Meanwhile, another US defense official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that the military had seen no evidence which suggested that the objects in question were of extraterrestrial origin. 'I'll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out,' said General Glen VanHerck during a press briefing.

The US Air Force General overseeing the North American airspace said that he would not rule out aliens or any other explanation just yet. China insisted the balloon was a 'civilian airship used for research,' while the US described it as a 'spy balloon' and shot it down Senior US General does not rule out aliens Tension over what the US sees as attempted spying peaked after a massive Chinese balloon was sighted above the US in late January. 'We need the facts about where they are originating from, what their purpose is, and why their frequency is increasing,' said US Representative Debbie Dingell from the state of Michigan, which lies south of the lake. It is the third unidentified object to be shot down by American fighter jets in as many days, after similar incidents in Alaska and Canada. The object, which had an octagonal shape with no discernible payload, was shot down out of an 'abundance of caution,' a senior US official added. 'We did not assess it to be a kinetic military threat to anything on the ground, but assess it was a safety flight hazard and a threat due to its potential surveillance capabilities,' the Department of Defense said. US President Joe Biden ordered the military to shoot down another unidentified flying object above Lake Huron, near the border with Canada, on Sunday.

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