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The U.S. and Canada’s search for three unidentified airborne objects shot down earlier this month is now over, with no debris found.
The shootdowns came during a period of heightened concern over national security and espionage. On Feb. 2, a balloon belonging to China could be seen floating in U.S. airspace, leading to a larger search for potential threats in the skies.
U.S. fighter jets would later shoot down unidentified airborne objects near the Alaskan northern coast on Feb. 10, over Canada’s central Yukon on Feb. 11 and over Lake Huron near Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Feb. 12. They were the first known peacetime shootdowns of unauthorized objects in U.
