High-altitude object shot down off Alaska, US says
US President Joe Biden ordered a fighter jet to shoot down an unidentified “high-altitude object” off Alaska on Friday, the White House says.
Spokesman John Kirby said the unmanned object was “the size of a small car” and posed a “reasonable threat” to civilian aviation.
He said that the object was flying at 40,000ft (12,000m) over the northern coast of Alaska and the object’s purpose and origin was unclear.
It comes a week after the American military destroyed a Chinese balloon over US territorial waters.
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