An unidentified flying object was shot down today Friday (02/10/2023) by the US Air Force, as announced by the Pentagon, on the orders of President Joe Biden and upon confirmation of the incident by the White House.
According to the New York Times, White House spokesman John Kirby confirmed the shooting down of an unidentified object over Alaska at a press conference.
For their part, US officials said it was unclear if the object was a balloon, but it was flying at an altitude that made it a potential threat to planes full of civilians.
Joe Biden ordered the downing of the unidentified object “out of great caution,” John Kirby said, adding that the object fell over water off the coast of Alaska. He pointed out that the object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet (about 12 kilometers) and that they called it an “object” because they couldn’t figure out what it was.
“President Biden ordered the military to shoot down the UFO, and they did it,” John Kirby told reporters, adding that a US Air Force fighter jet was involved in the downing operation.
At the same time, he explained that the object was the size of a “small car”, much smaller than a Chinese spy balloon, and that an operation would be organized to retrieve it.
A White House spokesman said that the object was shot down by US Northern Command fighters. His remains landed in US territorial waters. Kirby did not provide other information – in particular, who exactly owns the object and how it ended up in US airspace – Kirby did not provide.
This all happened less than a week after the outrage in the US over China. spy balloon. The balloon crossed most of the country before being shot down by the US military.
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