An unknown object hovering over Lake Huron has been shot down by pilots from the United States Air Force and the National Guard. .“Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters,” said Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI-07) in a Sunday tweet. .“We’re all interested in exactly what this object was and its purpose.”.She said as long as these objects keep flying over the United States and Canada, she will “continue to ask for Congress to get a full briefing based on our exploitation of the wreckage.”.Slotkin confirmed earlier she had received a call from the US Department of Defense about the military having “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,” she said. .The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) shot down a high-altitude airborne object flying over Yukon on Saturday..READ MORE: NORAD shoots down 'unidentified object' over Yukon."To the best of our knowledge, this was the first time that a NORAD operation has downed an aerial object," said Defence Minister Anita Anand. .Anand said the object, which posed a reasonable threat to airplane safety, was shot down around 3:40 p.m. by an F-22.
