Pentagon Refuses To Release ‘Classified’ Imagery Of UFOs Shot Down Over North America

The Pentagon has no plans to publicly release videos of U.S. fighter jets shooting down unidentified flying objects (UFOs) over North America, according to a Department of Defense spokesperson. Although footage of the objects and the takedown exists, the imagery remains classified at this time, and there is no known timeline for its potential declassification.

In early January, U.S. fighter jets shot down at least three mysterious UFOs over Alaska, Canada, and Lake Huron. The objects’ identities remain a mystery, but U.S. and Canadian officials fired missiles at them out of concern for civilian aircraft safety and potential surveillance activities.

Imagery of the objects may not be available for public viewing, but The Drive published audio recordings of pilots intercepting the UFO over Lake Huron. The pilots described seeing a small object with strings attached, likely a balloon from an Illinois hobby club. One missile missed the object, landing harmlessly in the lake, while another brought it down.

The U.S. and Canada dispatched search teams to scour the areas for debris, but inclement winter weather and terrain complications eventually forced officials to call off the operations.

During a February 16 public address, President Joe Biden said intelligence officials had assessed that the objects were likely balloons tied to private companies or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research, and were probably not surveillance balloons from another country. The U.S. military salvaged a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina after successfully shooting it down, releasing a selfie taken by the U-2 spy plane pilot tasked with monitoring it.

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