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Latest downed objects likely had ‘benign purpose’, says US

The three still-unidentified aerial objects shot down by the US in the past week likely had merely a "benign purpose,” the White House acknowledged Tuesday, drawing a distinction between them and the massive Chinese balloon that earlier traversed the US with a suspected goal of surveillance.

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Mysterious objects shot down over United States and Canada likely 'benign', as officials admit first missile missed its Lake Huron target

As alien theories abound and more "objects" are spotted over Europe, US officials say their main theory on the three balloons shot down over North America is that they could be harmless — here's what we know.

ABC News

Three objects shot down after Chinese spy balloon may be benign, White House says

Flying objects could be commercial- or research-linked, while US military admits first shot at object over Lake Huron missed

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White House: No indication yet downed objects were part of China spy balloon program

Kirby said a leading explanation could be that the objects were "benign" and "tied to commercial or research entities."

Axios

First F-16 missile strike at flying object over Lake Huron missed, US officials confirm

Fighter jets shot three unidentified objects out of North American airspace in as many days

The Independent UK

1st missile strike at aerial object over Lake Huron missed

The chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs says the first U.S. missile fired at an unidentified object over Lake Huron missed the second target and “landed harmlessly” in the water, but that the second one successfully hit

The Independent UK

US military recovers SENSORS from UFO shot down amid fears of spy balloon

A Chinese balloon shot down in the Atlantic Ocean has been found with sensors and electronic pieces by rescue crews as the US believe the items were used to spy on sensitive military sites

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US Air Force missile MISSED first attempt to shoot down UFO flying over 'sensitive sites'

President Biden ordered a "small, metallic balloon" floating over Lake Huron in Michigan, US, to be shot down. However, the US Air Force's jet missile missed with officials unsure where it landed

Daily Mirror

‘It’s surreal’: search for mystery flying object rocks quiet Canadian lakeside

Military aircraft patrol above Lake Huron, on the US-Canada border, as a Canadian coast guard icebreaker searches for debris

The Guardian - US

US general refuses to rule out ALIENS after 'octagonal' UFO shot down from sky

The octagonal object with strings hanging off of it but no discernable payload was flying low at about 20,000 feet over Lake Huron in the US near the border with Canada

Daily Mirror

Mapped: Where mysterious objects have been shot down over America

Tensions rise between US and China as recovery operations underway over suspected spy balloons

The Independent UK

Elon Musk weighs in on spy balloon mystery: ‘Just my friends stopping by’

Twitter boss makes light of the Lake Huron ‘object’ being shot down by US military

The Independent UK

Everything we know about the mysterious ‘objects’ shot down by US warplanes

Three high-altitude objects were destroyed days after a fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon

The Independent UK

US doesn’t know what shot down Lake Huron ‘object’ is and doesn’t rule out UFO

Officials working on recovering debris to characterise the ‘object’

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Chinese spy balloon - live: US says 3 newly shot-down objects unlike China craft but rule out ‘alien’ activity

US military recovers ‘significant debris’ from the downed Chinese ‘spy’ balloon

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Unidentified object’ shot down by U.S. fighter jets over Lake Huron is the third in a week

Officials briefly shut down air traffic over Lake Michigan but reopened it after an hour. Concerns are high in Washington about a large-scale Chinese aerial surveillance program.

Evening Standard

US authorities shoot down fourth ‘unidentified object’ near US-Canada border

The object was downed by US Air Force pilots over Lake Huron

WEKU

Over Lake Huron, the U.S. downs a 3rd unidentified object in 3 days

A unidentified object has been shot down by U.S. forces over Michigan's Lake Huron, according to the Pentagon. It's the fourth aerial shootdown in just over a week in North America.

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The Independent UK

US military shoots down another ‘object’ above Lake Huron

Comes after Norad destroyed objects over Alaska, Canada, South Carolina

Daily Mirror

Another UFO shot down above North America in third incident in three days

The US military has shot down another UFO after temporarily shutting down airspace around Lake Michigan-Huron for two hours amid fears of possible foreign spying campaigns

France 24

US military shoots down fourth flying object after Great Lakes airspace closure

A US fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Joe Biden. It was the fourth such downing in eight days and the latest military strike in an extraordinary chain of events over US airspace that Pentagon officials believe has no peacetime…

Daily Mirror

Huge twister waterspout forms over Lake Huron as Canadian beachgoers look on in awe

The enormous column of water was seen swirling over Lake Huron in Canada - one of north America's five Great Lakes and later touched ground causing damage

Tribune News Service

House chiefs try bipartisan experiment: Talking to each other

At first blush, Reps. Joe Wilson and Dan Kildee don’t seem to have much in common. Wilson, a Republican, represents a mostly rural patch of inland South Carolina, while Democrat Kildee’s district of factory towns runs along the Lake Huron waterfront down to the city of Flint, Michigan.

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