4 Shootdowns in 8 Days Over US Airspace Unprecedented in History: Top General

U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, attends a hearing held by the House Armed Services Committee in Washington on March 1, 2022. The committee heard testimony on fiscal year 2023 strategic forces posture. Win McNamee/Getty Images

The United States has shot down four objects flying over U.S. airspace in just under two weeks, an amount that officials consider to be unprecedented.

Since the downing of a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4, the U.S. military has shot down three additional unidentified flying objects (UFOs) over Alaska, Lake Huron, and Canada’s Yukon.