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Bell 429s Search for 'Object' Shot Down Near Lake Huron
Bell 429s from the Canadian Coast Guard have joined a debris search fleet to look for an unidentified flying object shot down in Ontario on Sunday.
Canadian Coast Guard Bell 429 helicopter in flight over coast with lighthouse
Bell 429s from the Canadian Coast Guard have joined a debris search fleet to look for an unidentified flying object shot down in Ontario on Sunday. (Photo: Bell)

Canadian Coast Guard Bell 429s have joined the search for debris from an unidentified flying object shot down on Sunday. While it is believed the object was downed in an area near Manitoulin Island, the helicopter search focused on an area substantially south near the eastern shore of Lake Huron in the Kincardine, Ontario vicinity. Kincardine is proximate to the world’s largest nuclear powerplant, the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station. 

The unidentified object, reported to be octagonal in shape, was shot down by a U.S. Air National Guard F-16 from the 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth, Minnesota. Earlier this week, the Pentagon acknowledged that the initial firing of an AIM 9X “sidewinder” air-to-air missile at the target missed its mark and that the object was downed with a second shot. 

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