(FOX 2) - Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin said while much remains unknown about the object that was shot down by the U.S.
military over Lake Huron this weekend, it was not a national security concern.Amid speculation the latest sighting was from a foreign government after a Chinese balloon determined to be used for spying was downed by the U.S.
Air Force nine days ago, Slotkin said the agencies charged with protecting the country had lowered the bar for what it would be investigating."NORAD, which has the mission of protecting the United States, is paying extremely close attention to anything that's flying in our skies," she said Monday. "They've really lowered the threshold of what they're looking at and this pinged on their radars about 24 hours ago."The object in question was first detected over Lake Michigan.
Officials decided to shoot down the object after it had crossed over Michigan and above Lake Huron.An F-22 downed the object around 3 p.m.