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i m paula reid. jim acosta has the day off. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news. the u.s. military has shot down another high-altitude object, this time over lake huron. this is according to aus u.s. official and a congressional source briefed on the matter. this would be the fourth object brought down by u.s. fighter jets in the past nine days. cnn s kylie atwood is at the state department. kylie, war you learning? that s right, paula. and the third object brought down in just the last three days. of course, we re learning that this high-altitude object was traveling and so the down over lake huron, north of michigan, in between michigan and canada. that is according to a u.s. official and a congressional source briefed on the matter. it appears that members of congress from michigan are learning more about this in conversations with the pentagon today. i want to read to you what congresswoman slotkin tweeted just in the last few hours or so, saying,
what do you think the top brass are talking about right now? they re clearly reacting to this situation? is it possible to get ahead of this now or are they going to continue to react? i think in some ways they re reactive. it s kind of our national past time is to be reactive to events like this. they re trying hard to refine their processes. and we see part of that in the way that north com has responded to these things, much more frequent, much more engaged, clearly everyone from the radar operators to the fighter pilots is doing what they can to make sure that they know what s going on and that they take care of the issue based on the president s direction. so, that s something where they re trying to be very proactive. and i think they re trying to manage the public expectations at this particular point. and that, of course, is all of us, a very tough challenge. well, colonel cedric leighton, juliet kei m, thank you so much. an f-16 was ordered by
sure thing. this is the third object shot down in just three days. it seems like we have lost the congressman. we will go to our expert panel and try to circle back with congressman jack bergman. let s talk more about this with cnn military analyst, retired air force colonel, cedric leighton and juliet thank you so much for being with us. i want to get your reaction to what we just heard from the pentagon. juliet, i want to start with you. so, it s just a confirmation of what we have been reporting, which is essentially we still don t know what the object is. i think what s really important is the military is acknowledging that they are getting lots of positives now. because after what happened with the chinese balloon, they are now opening up the aperture. they are getting more positives. they are then assessing what it is in the sky. if it is unmanned, if it is a threat to commercial aviation,