According to a confirmation from the White House, US President Joe Biden ordered the shooting down of an unidentified object flying at “high altitude” over Alaska.
It comes just a week after Pentagon fighter jets shot down a Chinese spy balloonaccording to the United States, which however the authorities of the Asian nation assure that it is a meteorological object.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed Friday that an object was flying over Alaskan airspace and President Joe Biden ordered it shot down.
“So I can confirm that the Department of Defense has been tracking a high-altitude object over Alaskan 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. “Out of an abundance of caution and on the recommendation of the Pentagon, President Biden ordered the military to shoot down the object and they did, and it entered territorial waters.” (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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