<!-- wp:html --><p>A Pentagon memo sent to Congressional leaders on Monday, and obtained by <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/13/politics/pentagon-memo-canada-small-balloon/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twcnnbrk&utm_term=link&utm_content=2023-02-13T21%3A57%3A47">CNN</a>, revealed that the flying object shot down in Canadian airspace on Saturday was a “small, metallic balloon with a tethered payload below it.”</p>
<p>The craft had previously been described as a “cylindrical object.”</p>
<p>The memo said that the object flew near “US sensitive sites” before it was taken down.</p>
<p>Additionally, defense officials wrote in the memo that the object <a href="https://breaking911.com/airspace-over-lake-michigan-restricted-due-to-national-defense/">shot down over Lake Huron in Michigan on Sunday</a> “slowly descended” into the water after impact.</p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://breaking911.com/breaking-object-shot-down-over-great-lakes-was-metallic-balloon-with-payload-that-surveilled-us-sensitive-sites-report/">Object Shot Down Over Canada Was ‘Metallic Balloon With Payload’ That Surveilled ‘US Sensitive Sites’: Report</a> appeared first on <a href="https://breaking911.com/">Breaking911</a>.</p><!-- /wp:html -->
A Pentagon memo sent to Congressional leaders on Monday, and obtained by CNN, revealed that the flying object shot down in Canadian airspace on Saturday was a “small, metallic balloon with a tethered payload below it.”
The craft had previously been described as a “cylindrical object.”
The memo said that the object flew near “US sensitive sites” before it was taken down.
