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US military shoots down unidentified flying object over Great Lakes region; same object spotted over Montana | U.S. has shot down three aircraft over North America in the past week in addition to the Chinese spy flight downed off South Carolina. The Defense Department (DOD) said President Joe Biden, shortly before 2:42 p.m., directed an F-16 to fire an AIM-9X missile to shoot down an airborne object flying at around 20,000 feet over Lake Huron. The DOD said the path and altitude "raised concerns, including that it could be a hazard to civil aviation." "The location chosen for this shoot down afforded us the opportunity to avoid impact to people on the ground while improving chances for debris recovery. There are no indications of any civilians hurt or otherwise affected," Lt. Col. César Santiago said in a statement. It was the third time in as many days and the fourth overall since Feb. 4 that an "unidentified object" was shot down in North America. [Any dots to connect here?]