"We need answers now": What are the unidentified objects being shot down in the sky?

After the U.S. military shot down a new suspicious object on Sunday, there have now been four objects shot down by the military over North America in just over a week. The first was the controversial Chinese spy balloon. The rest, however, still have unknown origins.

The latest object was shot down while flying over Lake Huron in Michigan airspace and near the Canadian border. A day earlier, another unidentified object was shot down over Canada. Prior to that, another aircraft flying over Alaska was shot down. No one has so far been able to determine what exactly these objects are.

Shortly before the latest object was downed, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a temporary national defense airspace flight restriction over part of Lake Michigan. The restriction was lifted after several hours. A day earlier, on Saturday, the U.S. Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) ordered a temporary airspace closure in Montana due to a "radar anomaly."

This is a strange sequence of events, and explanations are already being demanded. Republican Congressman Jack Bergman believes that "the American people deserve far more answers than we have."

Several Republican representatives expressed similar sentiments. "We need answers now," tweeted Republican Troy E. Nehls.

What are these objects?

Some of the unidentified objects were flying at an altitude of about 65,000 feet, making them a risk to civilian traffic. The Chinese surveillance balloon, on the other hand, was traveling well above commercial air traffic. In any case, the Pentagon says it does not rule out any hypothesis, including an extraterrestrial origin of the objects.

"I haven’t ruled out anything," the head of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, Gen. Glen VanHerck, told a reporter from the New York Times, responding to the question of whether the possibility of the downed unidentified flying objects being of alien origin has been ruled out.

The truth is that since the Chinese spy balloon was located, the surveillance of U.S. airspace has increased, so it is logical that more such sightings have occurred. In any case, the administration speaks of "unidentified objects," which is close to the unidentified flying object (UFO) term that gives rise to more far-fetched theories.

One thing is for sure. Since the appearance of the first balloon, tension with China has increased, with condemnations from the House of Representatives and responses from the communist regime. Incidentally, China also claimed this Sunday to have located another "unidentified object" over its airspace. This is yet another twist in this strange saga.