The US military has shot down a flying object over Lake Huron near the Canadian border, US officials said
Two US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the military had shot down the object but declined to say whether it resembled the large white Chinese balloon that was shot down earlier this month.
— Justin Trudeau February 11, 2023 "The security of citizens is our top priority and that's why I made the decision to have that unidentified object shot down," he said, adding that it had posed a danger to civilian aircraft. Canada also closed airspace today near Tobermory, Ontario, which is on Lake Huron near the US border, according to Nav Canada, a private non-profit that operates Canada's air traffic control system.
At least three other flying objects have been destroyed over North America since then, as military and intelligence officials focus on airborne threats. "We will not definitively characterise them until we can recover the debris, which we are working on," a spokesperson said.
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