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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

First F-16 missile strike at flying object over Lake Huron missed, US officials confirm

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The first missile fired by an American F-16 fighter jet in an attempt to take down an unidentified flying object over Lake Huron missed its target.

US officials confirmed on 14 February that the object - the third spotted above North American airspace in as many days - was taken down with a second shot when it appeared above the lake on 12 February. The first shot landed in the waters straddling the state of Michigan and the Ontario province of Canada.

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