“Mystery Solved? Pentagon Uncovers ‘Octagonal’ Object, Pilots Say ‘Not Balloon’ in Just-Released Cockpit Audio”

Just-released cockpit audio from pilots flying over Lake Huron has revealed new details about the mysterious ‘octagonal-shaped’ object shot down Sunday. The audio, authenticated by the US Airforce, captures the pilots trying to figure out what the unidentified object is.

“I wouldn’t really call it a balloon… I don’t know what… I can see it outside with my eyes,” one pilot said. “It’s so slow and so small you can’t see it. It’s just some kind of dark object. You can see some strings or something hanging down below it. I can’t tell if it’s holding anything.”

The Pentagon said the object likely fell into Canadian waters on Lake Huron, but no debris has been recovered.

This isn’t the only mysterious ‘object’ to enter US airspace. On Friday, pilots shot down an ‘high-altitude’ object over Alaska, which they say interfered with their sensors.

The fighter jet employed an AIM-9X to take down the object, and though reports from the pilots have differed, some have said they observed