Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley confirmed Tuesday that the first shot aimed at taking down an unidentified flying object over Lake Huron on Sunday missed. Read more:
The Department of Defense did not consider the object a"kinetic military threat," but deemed it a"safety flight hazard and a threat due to its potential surveillance capabilities."
On Monday, the Pentagon confirmed that work was underway to"recover remnants" of the object downed from U.S. airspace, saying it was first detected at 4:45 p.m. ET on Saturday by the North American Aerospace Defense Command. The above photos show the U.S. Air Force's F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile . AIM-9X Sidewinders have been used to shoot down unidentified flying objects across North American airspace this weekend.was shot above Canada on Saturday, and a third UFO was downed by a U.S. F-22 fighter jet in Alaskan airspace on Friday. Both missiles were AIM-9X Sidewinders.
The object shot on Sunday marked the fourth unidentified flying object targeted by U.S. missiles in little over a week, after what the Pentagon called a"Chinese surveillance balloon" was taken out over South Carolina on February 4. The F-22 Raptor jet that took out the"Chinese spy balloon" earlier this month also used an AIM-9X Sidewinder.
But the F-16 jet tasked with shooting the object over Lake Huron on Sunday"missed on its first attempt," according to
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