U.S. ends search for 2 unidentified objects shot down over Alaska, Great Lakes
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Searches for two of the unidentified objects which were recently shot down by the U.S. military — over Alaska and the Great Lakes region — have been concluded with no sign of debris from either, federal officials announced Friday.
U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORTHCOM/NORAD) said in a statement that "no debris from airborne objects" was found following multiday "systematic searches" involving "airborne imagery and sensors, surface sensors and inspections, and subsurface scans."
The two objects were shot down by the U.S. military near Deadhorse, Alaska, on Feb. 10, and over Lake Huron on Feb. 12. Multiple federal and Canadian agencies were involved in both searches.
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