Pentagon Finally Releases Footage Of Unidentified Object Shot Down By F-16 Over Lake Huron
Published on: May 23, 2026 at 2:13
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
Lake Huron object
The UAP shot down by an ANG F-16 over Lake Huron in 2023. (Image credit: Department of War)
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In 2023, a U.S. Air National Guard F-16CM shot down a UAP, or unidentified aerial phenomenon, over Lake Huron. Newly released footage appears to show that the object was likely a balloon.
On Feb. 12, 2023, a U.S. Air National Guard F-16C shot down an “unidentified object” in the Canadian airspace above Lake Huron. At the time, the object was described as being shaped like an octagon and was flying at 20,000 feet, posing a threat to commercial aircraft flying in the area.
The engagement marked the fourth time an object was shot down over North America: as we reported in detail back then, the first one was the famous Chinese high altitude balloon shot down with an AIM-9X infrared-guided air-to-air missile off the coast of South Carolina and within U.S. territorial airspace on February 4, 2023, at 2:39 p.m. by an F-22 Raptor, belonging to the 1st Fighter Wing from Langley Air Force Base. The second one was a “high altitude object” described as “cylindrical and silver-ish gray” and appeared to be floating, that was shot down by F-22 launched from Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson on Feb. 10, 2023, over Alaska. The third object was shot down on Feb. 11 over Yukon, Canada. According to some reports, the objects shot down over Alaska and Yukon (second and third downing) were too balloons, although the size of both was smaller than the famous Chinese one shot down in Feb. 4.
This is how this Author commented the third object being shot down yesterday. It still applies today:
“For the moment we can’t but notice the trend is concerning. What’s particularly interesting is that while the first one was clearly a balloon, the second and third remain unidentified, hence possibly belonging to the category of the so-called UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena). Are these objects unmanned aircraft unleashed to spy on the U.S.? Maybe. For sure something is happening and after the criticism caused by the response to the China’s spy balloon (that flew over the U.S. for days before being shot down over the Atlantic Ocean), NORAD has engaged the “intruders” earlier (off the coast of Alaska, over territorial waters on Feb. 10; most probably over an unpopulated area in Canada, on Feb. 11).”
https://theaviationist.com/2026/05/23/image-of-object-shot-down-over-lake-huron/#deny
