According to one of the officials, the object was shot down by a U.S. military aircraft.
Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin tweeted Sunday that she received a call from the Department of Defense, saying "Our military has an extremely close eye on the object above Lake Huron."
Around 3p.m., she tweeted again saying the object had been downed by pilots from the U.S. 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," Slotkin wrote.Airspace over parts of Lake Michigan were under temporary flight restrictions for national defense reasons earlier Sunday, according to a Federal Aviation Administration notice.
The notice said the FAA temporarily declared parts of the area as "national defense airspace." The North American Aerospace Defense Command said restrictions were implemented at about 11 a.m. "The FAA briefly closed some airspace over Lake Michigan to support Department of Defense activities. The airspace has been reopened," the FAA said in a statement just before 1 p.m."With the cooperation of the Federal Aviation Administration, North American Aerospace Defense Command implemented a temporary flight restriction airspace over Lake Michigan at approximately 12 p.m. EST on Feb. 12, 2023, to ensure the safety of air traffic in the area during NORAD operations.
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