On February 12, the US Air Force destroyed an aircraft found in the airspace over Lake Huron (located between US Michigan and Canadian Ontario). According to FOX News citing officials, the Air Force used an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter and two Sidewinder missiles to hit the target, one of which did not hit the target.
The FOX material notes that the site of the landing of the first rocket is still unknown. Its cost is regarding $400 thousand.
Since the end of January 2023, the US authorities have regularly reported the destruction of air objects that pose a danger to civil aviation. The first such incident occurred on January 28, when a PRC stratospheric balloon entered the airspace over Alaska.
For more information regarding unidentified flying objects over the United States, see Kommersant’s article “The whole sky was searched.”