The U.S. Northern Command said Friday it recommended to conclude searches for two unidentified objects that were shot down in U.S. airspace earlier this month. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin concurred with the recommendation, the command said in a statement. One of the unidentified objects was shot down on Feb. 10 over U.S. waters off the northern coast…

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs said Tuesday that the first U.S. F-16 missile that was fired at an unknown object near Lake Huron on Sunday missed its target, prompting the jet to fire a second one that successfully hit. In a news conference, Joint Chiefs of Staffs Chairman Mark Milley confirmed anonymously…

Canada and the United States are eyeing the sky with suspicion these days—as well as the shared continental defence system that’s supposed to be watching it for them. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or Norad, appeared to lose track of the mysterious object that was eventually shot down Sunday over Lake Huron. Jamil Jaffer,…

The Pentagon on Sunday night said that President Joe Biden acted on guidance from military officials to shoot down an object flying near Lake Huron, Michigan, and also confirmed that it transited near sensitive military sites. The object—likely the same one that was picked up on radar in Montana on Saturday—flew “in proximity to sensitive [Department of…