Lake Huron UAP Shootdown (February 2023)
Department of War UAP press release PR71. Recording associated with the Lake Huron shootdown, February 2023, when a U.S. F-16 from the North American Aerospace Defense Command engaged and shot down an unidentified high-altitude object over Lake Huron.
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Overview
On February 12, 2023, an unidentified high-altitude object was tracked into the airspace over Lake Huron and shot down by a U.S. F-16 acting under NORAD command. The Lake Huron engagement was one of four high-altitude shootdowns that took place between February 4 and February 12, 2023, the first being a People's Republic of China-attributed surveillance balloon engaged off South Carolina on February 4. DOW-UAP-PR71 is the press-release recording attached to the Lake Huron incident.
Timeline
- 2023-02-04
PRC-attributed balloon shot down off South Carolina.
- 2023-02-10
Second object shot down over Alaska.
- 2023-02-11
Third object shot down over Yukon, Canada.
- 2023-02-12
Fourth object, the Lake Huron shootdown.
- Released
Recording catalogued as DOW-UAP-PR71.
Known Facts
- Reference: DOW-UAP-PR71 (AARO catalogue).
- Engagement: U.S. F-16 under NORAD.
- Date: February 12, 2023.
- Part of a four-shootdown sequence over a 9-day period.
- Object identification was never publicly confirmed by the Pentagon.
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Archive Notes
Notable as the only release in the series associated with a publicly known kinetic engagement.
Official AARO recording attached to this archive.
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