Chinanews.com reported on February 13 that from February 10 to 12, unidentified objects were shot down by US military aircraft over North America for three consecutive days.

North American Aerospace Defense Command Commander Glenn Van Heck said in response to the source of the unknown objects on the 12th that he did not rule out any possibility of the origin of these three unknown objects-including that they may come from extraterrestrials.

　　On the 12th, when asked whether the United States ruled out the possibility that the objects shot down over Alaska, Canada and Michigan "come from extraterrestrials or extraterrestrial civilizations", Van Heek made the above comments.

　　"I'll let the intelligence community and the counterintelligence community figure that out," Van Heek said at the briefing.

"At the moment I have not ruled out any possibility."

　　Van Heek also said: "At this time, we will continue to evaluate every unknown threat or potential threat approaching North America and try to identify them."

　　However, Reuters quoted another defense official who did not want to be named as saying the U.S. military had not seen any evidence that the objects were of extraterrestrial origin.

Data map: American F-16 fighter jet.

　　The US Pentagon issued a statement earlier on the 12th, saying that in accordance with the order of President Biden, an American F-16 fighter jet shot down an object close to a sensitive US military base over Lake Huron on the US-Canada border at 2:42 pm that day. .

　　Pentagon press secretary Ryder said in a statement that the object was not assessed as a military threat but posed a flight hazard.

The Pentagon explained that the military shot down the target "because of its potential surveillance capabilities."

　　Ryder also said the object was the same one detected by radar over Montana the previous day.

That object caused Montana airspace to briefly close at night.

　　"Our team will now work to find the object (after it was shot down) to learn more about it," Ryder said.

　　A U.S. official said on condition of anonymity that the object that fell on the 12th appeared to be octagonal in appearance, with some ropes exposed, but no discernible payload.

　　Rep. Alisa Slotkin, D-Michigan, posted on social media that the object was shot down by U.S. Air Force and National Guard pilots.

"We were all interested in what exactly this object was."

　　The shooting down on the 12th also marked three consecutive days that unidentified objects were shot down by the US military in North American airspace.

On February 10, an American F-22 fighter jet shot down an unidentified object over Alaska.

On February 11, an unidentified object was shot down by the U.S. military over northern Canada.