{"id":1858550,"date":"2023-02-24T06:35:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T11:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1858550"},"modified":"2023-02-24T06:47:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T11:47:28","slug":"report-u-s-military-spent-1-5m-to-shoot-down-3-harmless-ufos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-u-s-military-spent-1-5m-to-shoot-down-3-harmless-ufos\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: U.S. Military Spent $1.5M to Shoot Down 3 Harmless UFOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-u-s-military-spent-1-5m-to-shoot-down-3-harmless-ufos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1858550&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><br \/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Defense Department spent <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/17\/biden-admin-told-to-boost-ufo-reports-prior-to-shootdowns\/\">At least $1.6 Million <\/a>Three unidentified objects were shot down by the Biden administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To bring down the targets over Alaska and Canada&#8217;s Yukon Territory, Air Force jets used four AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles worth $400,000 to destroy them. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/12\/unidentified-object-shot-down-over-lake-huron-third-in-as-many-days\/\">Lake Huron <\/a>February 10, 11 and 12, respectively<\/p>\n<p>However, a defense official told The Post that total doesn&#8217;t include the cost of the flights used to track and shoot down the devices \u2014 since those flight hours were considered part of previously budgeted pilot training. <\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t even include the cost of the Navy, Coast Guard, Alaska National Guard, or Canadian forces that search remote areas for debris.<\/p>\n<p>February 17th was the end of the search. 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119&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 260w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=246, 112&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 246w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=234, 107&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 234w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=195, 89&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 195w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=180, 82&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 180w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=160, 73&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 160w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=140, 64&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 140w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=107, 49&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 107w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=93, 42&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 93w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=84, 38&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 84w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=200, 91&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=231, 105&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=322, 147&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=87, 40&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=150, 68&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/NYPICHPDPICT000007082860-1.jpg?resize=50, 23&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\" \/><figcaption>Before being shot down, the spy satellite flew above sensitive military installations in midwest.<\/figcaption><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"credit\">Department of Defense<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\nAdvertisement\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Biden, however <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/16\/biden-speaks-on-ufo-shootdowns-after-days-of-silence\/\">Last week<\/a> There is no evidence that they are Chinese or used by other countries to spy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The intelligence community&#8217;s current assessment is that these three objects are most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreational or research institutions, studying weather or conducting other scientific research,&#8221; The president spoke to Americans February 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It took <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/14\/us-missed-ufo-with-first-missile-shot-over-lake-huron\/\">Two attempts were made to bring it down <\/a>The object was seen floating above Lake Huron, February 12, after the first Sidewinder missile failed to reach its target. 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