US shoots down fourth high-altitude object in a week, citing danger to civilian aviation

On February 12, the US Air Force downed what it said was an unidentified “object” flying at around 20,000 feet above Lake Huron, saying it could have interfered with commercial flights. “I will let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out,” said General Glen Van Herck, when asked what the object was. The US has shot down three unidentified objects, including one in Canadian airspace, since downing what it said was a Chinese spy balloon on February 4. The balloon was described as flying too high to be a threat to commercial aircraft. The US closed three