The US military shoots down another flying object near the United States-Canadian border, this time octagonal, in the fourth such interception by American fighters this month.
abc.net.au/news/us-military-shoots-down-flying-object-near-canadian-border/101964386The US military has shot down another flying object over Lake Huron near the United States-Canadian border, in the fourth such interception by American fighters this month.Canada is hunting for the wreckage of another object shot down over Yukon
US officials told Reuters that the military had shot down the object, which was octagonal, on Sunday afternoon, local time .The United States has no indication that the object posed a military threat or had surveillance capabilities. "Recovery teams are on the ground, looking to find and analyse the object," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday.
The 60-metre-high balloon — which Americans have accused Beijing of using to spy on the United States — caused an international incident, leading Secretary of State Antony Blinken to call off a planned trip to China only hours before he was set to depart.Twice in 24 hours, US officials closed air space — only to reopen it swiftly.On Saturday, the US military scrambled fighter jets in Montana to investigate a radar anomaly there.
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