Rep. Slotkin announces Livingston County projects, discusses downing of aerial object

Efforts to recover object’s debris underway

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., holds a constituent community conversation at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. After the new member of Congress supported the impeachment of President Donald Trump, she will have to run for re-election in a Trump friendly district. Though she is considered a vulnerable freshman incumbent who ousted a Republican congressman, she maintains robust fundraising and has the strong backing of her party. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) (Carlos Osorio, Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

U.S. Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin on Monday held a press conference to discuss new projects in Livingston County -- and she also answered questions about the Sunday downing of an unidentified airborne object over Lake Huron.

More details here: Official: US, Canada recovering debris from Lake Huron to learn more about downed aerial object

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The congresswoman, who represents Michigan’s 7th congressional district, spoke from Howell to “discuss funds her office secured for four Livingston County projects.” Officials say Slotkin secured $3.5 in federal funding for projects “identified by local leaders as priorities,” including the depot lot in Howell; an aerial ladder truck for the Green Oak Charter Township Fire Department; the Livingston County Regional Trail Connections through the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority; and new ambulance equipment for Livingston County.

Following the press conference, Rep. Slotkin answered several questions about an unidentified airborne object that was shot down by a U.S. fighter jet Sunday over Lake Huron. The object is one of four aerial objects shot down by U.S. military this month.

According to the congresswoman, authorities watched the unidentified object traverse from the Lake Michigan side of the state to the Lake Huron side, and decided to shoot it down over the lake on Sunday, Feb. 12. Officials were working to recover debris from the object as of Monday to help determine what it was and why it was in the area.

Both U.S. and Canadian authorities were working together on recovery efforts.

Slotkin acknowledged the many rumors circulating about the object, and said that she has no reason to believe the object was a UFO.

“As long as these things keep traversing the US and Canada, I’ll continue to ask for Congress to get a full briefing based on our exploitation of the wreckage,” Slotkin tweeted Sunday.


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