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This object, according to the pentagon, was traveling the about 20,000 feet aboveground. that elevation meant that it posed a threat to civilian aviation. and there was also a flight restriction by the faa that went into place on saturday in montana. and the pentagon is saying that theres reason to believe that this object is what actually triggered that flight restriction to go into place. based on the direction that it was headed in. and this object was shot down because of the potential threa...

Balloon last week. now, theres a growing call for transparency from the white house and the pentagon. in a moment, were going to be speaking with admiral john kirby. first, we get the details from nbc white house correspondent monica alba. >> reporter: the u.s. military shooting down another high altitude, unidentified object. this time, over lake huron. the pentagon saying in a statement, the object flew in proximity to dod sites and was deemed a threat due to surveillance capabilities. the faa...

Alert in air and on the ground. >> reporter: tonight, with super bowl lvii less than 24 hours away, we fly with authorities around state farm arena as they prepare to defend the airspace of one of the biggest sporting events in the world. you can see the stadium right here. this is going to be the center point of this temporary flight restriction. and the aircraft that im in right now, this will be monitoring within a ten-mile radius of this. and then, theyll have a fixed wing aircraft thats goi...

Just a short time ago, nor ride the north american aerospace defense command released this statement saying in part with the coordination of the faa nor at implemented a temporarily flight restriction in montana to ensure the safety of air traffic in the area during the operations do restrictions have been lifted a short time ago norad detected a radar anomaly and send aircrafts to investigate. those aircraft did not identify any objects to correlate to the radar hits, norad well continue to mon...

Inch of the stadium. scott brown is the federal top official in charge of security. >> i was in new york for 9/11. ive seen the devastating impacts of terrorism on our soil. i am deeply committed, as are all of my partners, to making sure we dont have an incident like that here. >> reporter: sky patrol is in the hand of the air and marine operations. when youre patrolling, what could they be looking for? >> were going to look for anything out of the ordinary. anything from smoke to disruptions. ...

50 nautical miles in montana, near the canadian border and classify the area as national defense airspace. just a short time ago, nor ride the north american aerospace defense command released this statement saying in part with the coordination of the faa nor at implemented a temporarily flight restriction in montana to ensure the safety of air traffic in the area during the operations do restrictions have been lifted a short time ago norad detected a radar anomaly and send aircrafts to investig...

>> reporter: theyll be able to fly over the stadium during the big game, but no other aircraft will because the faa will be imposing a flight restriction thats 30 miles wide. >> reporter: those tliet restrictions will be enforced by norad with these f-16 fighter jets. >> since 9/11, weve been able to safely escort out any aircraft thats violating the airspace. >> reporter: theyre taking no chances. this is part of the fleet on hand. it can carry up to 200,000 pounds of fuel. there are ten tanks ...

It was just sort of something that triggered it but not identifying an object. heres what senator tester said this morning about the efforts to figure out what triggered that temporary flight restriction. >> the truth is that theres an anomaly and investigated. got dark last night and im sure as we speak is it is being identified. >> there might be something out there? >> might be a false alarm. whats going on is nothing short of craziness and the military needs to have a plan to determine whats...

This temporary flight restriction for less than two hours is lifted. what we are hearing from norad and the faa due to operations but what they arent saying is what the operations were. the concerning thing that folks are thinking act is what are the objects in the sky to potentially be causing the flight restrictions? this is the same kind of flight restriction we saw in place last weekend when that chinese spy balloon was downed off the coast of south carolina. looking about this short lived t...