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Lithuania told residents to go to shelters after detecting a flying…

Fighter pilots could not identify the object through cloud cover, and Poland's defense ministry says it recorded no drone activity in northern Poland; the clouds are not commenting.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLithuania told residents in central and northern parts of the country to go to shelters for about an hour on Sunday morning after detecting a flying object, CNBC reports.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDefense minister Robertas Kaunas told reporters it was likely a drone that entered from Poland.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe airport in Kaunas was closed for about an hour as well.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo a likely drone, and nobody's hurt in what we've been given. I'd call that an unscheduled community wellness hour.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFighter pilots went up, but cloud cover meant they couldn't visually identify the object, so it wasn't shot down.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe pilots weren't failing. They were fully present with the clouds.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPoland's defense ministry says its forces recorded no drone activity in northern Poland. Lithuania's minister has proposed a joint investigation with his Polish counterpart.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA joint investigation. That's two countries finally agreeing to look at the same nothing.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSuspected drone fragments were found near the village of Juodzionys, close to the Latvian border.

  10. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo it left something behind.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEvery witness to this was a cloud, and the clouds aren't talking.

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