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Cue the Twilight Zone theme.
The Wall Street Journal reported the object shot down over by U.S. planes Lake Huron Sunday afternoon was “shaped like an octagon.” Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) said in an interview with Fox News a few minutes ago the object shot down by an F-16 that fired an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile was an “octagonal structure” over Lake Huron at about 20,000 feet. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) implied in a statement the object was the same one tracked over Montana Saturday night (tweet posted further down in article. UPDATE: ABC confirms, and that Biden ordered shootdown, at end of article.)

Octagon via Wikipedia.
“A F-16 fighter jet shot down the object, according to a Congressional aide, who said the object was shaped like an octagon and was at an altitude of 20,000 feet, posing a hazard to commercial aircraft.”

“The object was shaped like an octagon and was at an altitude of 20,000 feet” — WSJhttps://t.co/2B8KaPg7g2
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) February 12, 2023

Reuters reported Saturday the object shot down over Canada’s Yukon territory was “cylindrical” (excerpt):
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first announced Saturday’s shootdown over the northern Yukon territory, saying Canadian forces would recover and analyze the wreckage.
Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand declined to speculate about the origin of the object, which she said was cylindrical in shape.
She stopped short of calling it a balloon but said it was smaller than the Chinese balloon shot down off South Carolina’s coast a week ago, though similar in appearance.
Aloft at 40,000 feet (12,200 m), it posed a risk to civilian air traffic and was shot down at 3:41 EST (2041 GMT), she added.
TGP reported the pilots who shot down the object over Alaska Friday said it “interfered with sensors’ and that they saw no identifiable propulsion.
Military jets searched for but could not find an object detected by radar over Montana Saturday evening. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) appeared to imply the object shot down over Lake Huron was the same object tracked over Montana, posting after the shootdown:
“Protecting Montana and our freedoms is my top priority, and I support the move to shoot down the object that invaded Montana’s airspace last night. I remain in contact with senior defense officials, and I’ll keep demanding answers for the public.”

Protecting Montana and our freedoms is my top priority, and I support the move to shoot down the object that invaded Montana’s airspace last night. I remain in contact with senior defense officials, and I’ll keep demanding answers for the public.
— Senator Jon Tester (@SenatorTester) February 12, 2023

A China spy balloon was shot down a week ago Saturday off the coast of South Carolina.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said the Michigan national Guard “stands ready”, “Our national security and safety is always a top priority. I’ve been in contact with the federal government and our partners who were tracking an object near our airspace. I’m glad to report it has been swiftly, safely, and securely taken down. The @MINationalGuard stands ready.”

Our national security and safety is always a top priority. I’ve been in contact with the federal government and our partners who were tracking an object near our airspace. I’m glad to report it has been swiftly, safely, and securely taken down. The @MINationalGuard stands ready.
— Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) February 12, 2023

UPDATE: ABC News excerpt:
The object was shot down by a U.S. military aircraft, according to one of the officials.
A senior administration official said President Joe Biden directed that the object be shot down “out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of military leaders.”
This official said the object shot down was detected on radar over Montana on Saturday and was seen again on radar over Wisconsin and Michigan on Sunday.
The object was octagonal in structure, unmanned and traveling at about 20,000 feet, the official said. There is no indication of surveillance capabilities but the administration cannot rule that out.

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Joe Biden on Sunday complained about big corporations taking advantage of the tax code after the US military ‘decommissioned‘ an object over Lake Huron.

The US military has decommissioned another “object” over Lake Huron.

I’ve been in contact with DOD regarding operations across the Great Lakes region today.
The US military has decommissioned another “object” over Lake Huron.
I appreciate the decisive action by our fighter pilots.
The American people deserve far more answers than we have.
— Rep. Jack Bergman (@RepJackBergman) February 12, 2023

“The U.S. military shot down an unidentified object over Lake Huron Sunday, a congressional source briefed on the matter and two U.S. officials told NBC News — the fourth in less than two weeks to be downed over North American airspace.” NBC News reported.
“The officials all said there are no indications of any collateral damage and that the object went down in the lake and officials expect to recover it.” the outlet reported.
Joe Biden has nothing on his public schedule on Sunday.
This is the third object shot down in three days.
Meanwhile Joe Biden is complaining about big corporations not paying their fair share of taxes.
“Big corporations aren’t just taking advantage of the tax code,” he said. “They’re taking advantage of you, the American consumer.”
“Here’s my message to all of you out there – I have your back,” Biden added.

Big corporations aren’t just taking advantage of the tax code.
They’re taking advantage of you, the American consumer.
Here’s my message to all of you out there – I have your back.
— President Biden (@POTUS) February 12, 2023

Biden got roasted.

You’re a sick man.
— Joel Fischer (@realJoelFischer) February 12, 2023

Have our backs? But you want to tax people’s tips? Marxist?
— Kris Chandler (@KrisChandler5) February 12, 2023

For the time being, I think most people wonder more about the objects (balloons?) being downed all over the place.
— Mikael Pawlo (@mpawlo) February 12, 2023

You have no one but China’s back.
— Joshua Niday (@JoshuaNiday_) February 12, 2023

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre hasn’t released a statement on the latest object shot down over Lake Huron.
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(photo above – another Biden – Schumer blunder)
Now the White House is finally jumping in the game and saying that Senator Chuck Schumer may have spoken too early when he said that the objects shot down yesterday were small balloons. 
Do any of these people have a clue what’s going on?
As reported earlier today, Senator Chuck Schumer claimed that the objects shot down yesterday over Alaska and Canada were small balloons.
US Says Two Objects Shot Down Over US and Canada Were Smaller Balloons

Daily Mail reports on the White House’s sudden decision to discuss unidentified flying objects shot down over the US and Canada last night.  To date Schumer had more to say about this situation than anyone.

White House officials contradicted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday after he claimed the two unidentified objects shot down over Alaska and Canada were ‘balloons.’
The Senate Majority Leader told ABC News’ This Week that he had been briefed on the pair of incidents on Saturday night by President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
It comes after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina last weekend.
But a spokesperson for the National Security Council said the latest objects did not closely resemble the surveillance device.
And the Biden administration would not definitively characterize them as ‘balloons’ until the debris is recovered, according to Bloomberg.

The White House must have woken up from their naps and decided they better say something on the matter.  Unfortunately, Senator Chuck Schumer already did and he apparently said the wrong thing.
Americans still don’t know why Montana airspace was shut down last night or why airspace over Lake Michigan is currently shut down.
What a sh*t show.  When you elect a clown, expect a circus. 
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Michigan Congressman Jack Bergman (R) posted on Twitter, “I’ve been in contact with DOD regarding operations across the Great Lakes region today. The US military has decommissioned another “object” over Lake Huron. I appreciate the decisive action by our fighter pilots. The American people deserve far more answers than we have.”

I’ve been in contact with DOD regarding operations across the Great Lakes region today.
The US military has decommissioned another “object” over Lake Huron.
I appreciate the decisive action by our fighter pilots.
The American people deserve far more answers than we have.
— Rep. Jack Bergman (@RepJackBergman) February 12, 2023

Canada had recently closed airspace over Lake Huron. That followed an earlier incident Sunday where the U.S. closed and then reopened airspace over Lake Michigan.
UPDATE: Canada says this was a joint NORAD operation.
“Defence Minister Anita Anand statement: ” Today, a high-altitude object was detected in U.S. airspace over Lake Huron. NORAD launched Canadian and U.S. aircraft to investigate and the object was taken down in U.S. airspace by U.S. aircraft.””

Defence Minister Anita Anand statement: ” Today, a high-altitude object was detected in U.S. airspace over Lake Huron. NORAD launched Canadian and U.S. aircraft to investigate and the object was taken down in U.S. airspace by U.S. aircraft.”
— Steven Chase (@stevenchase) February 12, 2023

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) previously tweeted, “Just got a call from @DeptofDefense — our military has an extremely close eye on the object above Lake Huron. We’ll know more about what this was in the coming days, but for now, be assured that all parties have been laser-focused on it from the moment it traversed our waters.”

Just got a call from @DeptofDefense — our military has an extremely close eye on the object above Lake Huron. We’ll know more about what this was in the coming days, but for now, be assured that all parties have been laser-focused on it from the moment it traversed our waters.
— Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) February 12, 2023

FlightRadar24 image showed a U.S. plane tracking an object from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron.

A Unidentified object has been detected over Lake Huron between Michigan and Ontario, Rep. Slotkin says pic.twitter.com/j1exzdMCw5
— jinyoJr (@JinyoJr) February 12, 2023

UPDATE: Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), “BREAKING: The U.S. military has shot down another unidentified flying object over Lake Huron. We need answers now.”

BREAKING: The U.S. military has shot down another unidentified flying object over Lake Huron.
We need answers now.
— Congressman Troy E. Nehls (@RepTroyNehls) February 12, 2023

ABC News confirms shootdown, “BREAKING: Another high-altitude object was shot down this afternoon over Lake Huron, U.S. officials tell
@ABC News – @LMartinezABC”

BREAKING: Another high-altitude object was shot down this afternoon over Lake Huron, U.S. officials tell @ABC News – @LMartinezABC https://t.co/oyooKtAQuo
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) February 12, 2023

More via NBC News, “NEWS: The U.S. military shot down another unidentified object over Lake Huron, two sources tell @ckubeNBC and me. The officials say there are no indications of any collateral damage. The object went down in the lake and the officials expect to recover it.”

NEWS: The U.S. military shot down another unidentified object over Lake Huron, two sources tell @ckubeNBC and me.
The officials say there are no indications of any collateral damage. The object went down in the lake and the officials expect to recover it.
— Julie Tsirkin (@JulieNBCNews) February 12, 2023

Video and photos reportedly taken from Petoskey, Michigan on the northeast side of Lake Michigan:

Got some photos of the same one – it was so close we could see the radar spinning on the back through binoculars! pic.twitter.com/BV9X6EXFKd
— DLDT Mr. Hills (@DLDT_MrHills) February 12, 2023

This was circling near Petoskey, on Lake Michigan
— DLDT Mr. Hills (@DLDT_MrHills) February 12, 2023

More from Rep. Slotkin, “The object has been downed by pilots from the US Air Force and National Guard. Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters. We’re all interested in exactly what this object was and it’s purpose. 1…/2/ As long as these things keep traversing the US and Canada, I’ll continue to ask for Congress to get a full briefing based on our exploitation of the wreckage.”

2/ As long as these things keep traversing the US and Canada, I’ll continue to ask for Congress to get a full briefing based on our exploitation of the wreckage.
— Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) February 12, 2023

The post BREAKING: Congressman Reports Object Over Lake Huron “Decommissioned” (Update: More Sources Confirm Shootdown) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Things are getting sporty over the Great Lakes this Sunday. First it was the FAA closing airspace over Lake Michigan while military planes conducted a patrol, now Canada has closed airspace over Lake Huron due to an “active air defense operation” somewhere over Tobermory, Ontario.

Here we go again…. 17 miles from Tobermory in Ontario, Canada, a new NOTAM/TFR has just been issued.
The reason for this is an “ACTIVE Air Defense Operation.”#ufotwitter #UFOs pic.twitter.com/NRDCsG1E7Z
— Live Storm Chasers (@LiveStormChaser) February 12, 2023

On Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister ordered a NORAD shootdown by a U.S. F-22 of a high altitude object over the Yukon. Later Saturday the U.S. shut down airspace over Montana for an object that was not found by patrolling aircraft. The U.S. shot down an object over Alaska on Friday and shot down a China spy balloon a week ago Saturday off the coast of South Carolina. Earlier Sunday the U.S. shut down airspace over Lake Michigan for a short while but so far no reports on whether any object was found.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), “Just got a call from @DeptofDefense — our military has an extremely close eye on the object above Lake Huron. We’ll know more about what this was in the coming days, but for now, be assured that all parties have been laser-focused on it from the moment it traversed our waters.”

Just got a call from @DeptofDefense — our military has an extremely close eye on the object above Lake Huron. We’ll know more about what this was in the coming days, but for now, be assured that all parties have been laser-focused on it from the moment it traversed our waters.
— Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) February 12, 2023

Note: Corrected misspelling of Rep. Slotkin’s first name in headline and article. Apologies.
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Pilots who shot down the mysterious ‘high-altitude’ over Alaska say it ‘interfered with their sensors.’
The ‘object’ shot down over Alaska on Friday entered US airspace before it was detected, a senior US official told Fox News.
“The official told Fox News the object was detected by the U.S. military while it was “over Alaska not far from the northern coast” on Thursday night.”
Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said the aircraft that took out the object was an F-22 flying out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson out of Alaska.

The fighter jet employed an AIM-9X to take down the object.
Pilots gave differing reports on what they experienced and observed, according to a report by CNN.
Some pilots said the object interfered with their sensors.
Other pilots said they observed no identifiable propulsion and couldn’t explain how the object was staying in the air.
CNN reported:
F-35 fighter jets were sent up to investigate after the object was first detected on Thursday, according to a US official. Kirby told reporters that the first fly-by of US fighter aircraft happened Thursday night, and the second happened Friday morning. Both brought back “limited” information about the object.
But the pilots later gave differing reports of what they observed, the source briefed on the intelligence said.
Some pilots said the object “interfered with their sensors” on the planes, but not all pilots reported experiencing that.
Some pilots also claimed to have seen no identifiable propulsion on the object, and could not explain how it was staying in the air, despite the object cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet.
The conflicting eyewitness accounts are partly why the Pentagon has been unable to fully explain what the object is, the source briefed on the matter said.
In a statement Saturday, US Northern Command said the command has no new information to share about the object’s “capabilities, purpose or origin,” but noted that recovery efforts are being affected by Arctic weather conditions, “including wind chill, snow and limited daylight.”
The statement added that “fighter aircraft” downed the “high altitude airborne object” on Friday following an order from Biden and said recovery operations for the remains of the object continue Saturday in coordination with the FBI and local law enforcement.

Um.
Some pilots said the object “interfered with their sensors” on the planes…Some pilots also claimed to have seen no identifiable propulsion on the object, & could not explain how it was staying in the air, despite cruising at 40,000 feet. https://t.co/m0cTKKzPvc
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) February 12, 2023

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Chinese spy balloons.
Airspace closed over Northern Michigan.
A huge chemical cloud over Ohio.
And in recent months, 96 food processing plants have been damaged or destroyed.
Watch Emerald Robinson explain:
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NBC’s Chuck Todd on Sunday opened his show by blasting the Biden Regime for their lack of transparency surrounding the China spy balloon and the ‘high-altitude object’ shot down over Alaska.
National Security Council spokesman Adm. John Kirby fielded questions from reporters on Friday after another ‘object’ was shot down over Alaska.
Kirby did not voluntarily offer up information about the object.
A reporter on Friday had to ask him about rumors and reports of another ‘spy balloon’ flying over Alaska before he divulged any information.
WATCH:

Q. Can “YOU” speak to rumors that there’s another “Chinese Spy Ballon” above Alaska the U.S. military shot down?
Kirby: I can confirm the DOD was tracking a “high altitude object” over Alaska air space…Biden ordered to down the object”
Was it even a spy balloon? pic.twitter.com/naHUHLwV0y
— Wayne DuPree  (@WayneDupreeShow) February 11, 2023

Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder revealed more details about the military object shot down over Alaska.
He said the aircraft that took out the object was an F-22 flying out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson out of Alaska.
The fighter jet employed an AIM-9X to take down the object.
WATCH:

.@PentagonPressSec with more details on what fighter aircraft was used to take down the latest “high-altitude object” over U.S. airspace and what military assets are being used to assist in the recovery efforts (question by AP’s @TaraCopp) pic.twitter.com/od4tByiKyJ
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) February 10, 2023

Chuck Todd blasted Kirby and the Pentagon for their lack of transparency.
“For some reason, the spokesperson, John Kirby, did not volunteer this information about fighter jets being scrambled to shoot down another object until a reporter in that room asked,” Chuck Todd said on Sunday’s “Meet the Press.”
WATCH:

Good Sunday afternoon —
In the last 48 hours, U.S. fighter jets shot down 2 more high-altitude objects over Alaska and Canada. … So far, the military hasn’t shared much detail about them.
In both cases, the White House and Pentagon missed opportunities for transparency. pic.twitter.com/Cp2glr734x
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) February 12, 2023

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There were reportedly two objects shot down over the weekend – one in Alaska and one in Canada.  Today it’s being reported that both were small balloons. 
TGP reported on various reports of unidentified flying objects over the weekend.  One object was flying over Canada and
One report over the weekend was that a US fighter jet shot down an object over Canada.  According to Canada’s Defense Minister, US and Canadian jets were called in and a US F-22 shot down the object.
‘Posed a Reasonable Threat to the Safety of Civilian Flight’ – Canadian Defense Minister Holds Press Briefing on ‘Unidentified Object’ Shot Down Over Yukon (VIDEO)

TGP didn’t report on the Alaska object but another report that TGP did report on was related to the FAA closing Montana air space for NORAD activity.  Two F-15s were reportedly sent off to that area of Montana and nothing was shot down.
Breaking: FAA Closes Montana Airspace for NORAD Activity (Update: Reopened, No Object Found)

China also reported identifying an object over the weekend near its border.  Nothing more has been reported on this since China first reported it.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT: China Claims It Sighted an Unidentified Flying Object Near Its Border

FOX News reports:

The unidentified “objects” the U.S. shot down over Canada and Alaska are were both believed to be balloons carrying a payload, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Fox News on Sunday.
Details regarding the over Canada object were scarce throughout the weekend, but U.S. officials now describe it as a “small metallic balloon with a tethered payload,” the official told Fox. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also said he received a briefing on the issue Sunday and was told that the device over Alaska was also believed to be a balloon.
The devices were “much smaller” than the Chinese spy craft shot down last week, however, Schumer told ABC’s This Week.
Last week a Chinese spy balloon was able to fly all the wary across the US and Americans were livid that Biden allowed that to happen.  Now, this weekend Biden and Trudeau are claiming to be great defenders of North America.  
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Director of China Policy at Center for Security Policy, Brad Thayer joined Rose Unplugged to discuss China’s balloons and what they mean to us.
Key takeaways from the interview:
– Biden’s ‘Sputnik moment’: Is China’s spy balloon political warfare?
– The spy balloon that China sailed over the United States and Canada should compel Americans to ask what, exactly, Beijing is doing.
– This was likely a component of china’s political warfare campaign against the US and its Allies.
– China WANTED us to know they had a balloon hovering over us
AUDIO:
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