UFO Fever Sweeps Washington as Jets Take Out Another ‘Object’ Over Great Lakes

China on Sunday reportedly had its own run-in with what it called an ‘unidentified flying object’ in the Shandong province north of Shanghai.

Department of Defense via AP
in this image from video provided by the Department of Defense, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it is tracked as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. Department of Defense via AP

UFO fever gripped Washington and began spreading elsewhere in the world Sunday after defense officials closed down another sector of airspace in the Midwest, another “object” was shot down over the Great Lakes, and speculation about the objects shot down over Canada and Alaska Friday ran rampant.

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