Pentagon shoots down unidentified object over Alaska

BREAKING NEWS: Pentagon shoots down ‘high-altitude’ unidentified object over Alaska just week after fighter jets downed Chinese spy balloon

• National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed Friday there was an object flying over Alaska airspace and President Joe Biden ordered it shot down 
• ‘The object was flying at 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight,’ he said 
• Kirby said the military successfully shot down the object over the U.S.’s territorial waters, which are currently frozen  

By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com

Published: 14:35 EST, 10 February 2023 | Updated: 14:38 EST, 10 February 2023

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed Friday that there was an object flying over Alaska airspace and President Joe Biden ordered it shot down.

‘So I can confirm that the Department of Defense was tracking a high-altitude object over Alaska airspace in the last 24 hours,’ he said at Friday’s briefing. ‘The object was flying at 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight.’ 

Kirby said that ‘out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of the Pentagon, President Biden ordered the military to down the object and they did, and it came inside out territorial waters.’ 

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed Friday that there was an object flying over Alaska airspace and President Joe Biden ordered it shot down

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