Apart from shooting down the balloon which was claimed to be a spy device from China, the United States military also shot down 3 other objects in the sky. So far, the three unidentified UFOs or flying objects are still mysterious.
A spokesman for the National Security Council said the US had found no evidence linking the objects to China's spy balloon program or any other country's spying programs.
Regarding the Chinese spy balloon, US Navy personnel have recovered its wreckage which was allegedly found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina. The debris included sensors and solar panels.
"We have not seen any indication or anything that leads to the idea that these three objects were part of a spying program or that they were involved in external intelligence gathering efforts," he said.
It is possible that the UFO object was operated privately for commercial or research purposes. The unidentified object shot down by US fighter jets over northern Canada on Saturday was a small metal balloon with a payload underneath.
The object shot down over Alaska on Friday was the size of a small car. Meanwhile, the object shot over Lake Huron was described as an 'octagonal structure' with ropes attached.
"These objects look nothing like and are much smaller than the Chinese balloons, and we will not characterize them definitively until we can locate the debris, which is what we are doing," a national security council spokesperson told CNN. /2/2023).
General Mark Milley, the top US military official, acknowledged that the first attempt to shoot down the object over Lake Huron failed. The first missile landed safely in the water while the second managed to bring down the object
"We are very, very careful to make sure that the shot is actually safe. And that's the directive from the president. Shoot it down, but make sure we minimize collateral damage and keep the American people safe," he concluded.