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The latest chapter of Trump v. DeSantis, plus another flying object shot down from the sky.

Here are the big things we're watching for Monday, February 13th.

For the fourth time in eight days, the U.S. shot down a flying object yesterday.

The latest kill came above Lake Huron, near the border with Canada, after it had flown

over part of Michigan.

The Pentagon said an F-16 fighter jet took the object down with a sidewinder missile at around

20,000 feet after determining that it posed what they stated, no kinetic military

threat but could potentially interfere with flight safety or conduct surveillance.

Politico's, Paul McLeary, Olivia Lander, Lara Seligman, and Alexander Ward report

that defense officials remain mum on the topic, raising questions over

the threat the objects could have represented to civilians across North America.

What the purpose of the objects was and why there has been a rash of detections and responses

with fighter planes and guided missiles.

Air Force General Glenn Van Herk, who's in charge of monitoring North American

airspace, said yesterday he wouldn't rule out any explanation for the series of recent

unidentified airborne objects, including aliens. Phil Stewart and Idrisa Ali from Reuters' report

that Van Herk said, I'll let the Intel community and the counterintelligence

community figure that out. But a second defense official said there was no evidence of extraterrestrial

involvement. We asked Alex Ward, author of National Security Daily, what questions he's looking

to answer this week. One, why does there seem to be an increase in sightings of these objects?

Two, what is the US telling allies about the phenomenon?

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