On Orders Of President Biden A U.S. F-22 Shoots Down Second ‘High Altitude Object’ Over Alaska

 

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

* The Pentagon shot down an unknown object flying in U.S. airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday on orders from President Joe Biden, the White House said 

* '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 

The Pentagon shot down an unknown object flying in U.S. airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday on orders from President Joe Biden, the White House said. 

'So I can confirm that the Department of Defense was tracking a high-altitude object over Alaska airspace in the last 24 hours,' National Security Council spokesman John Kirby 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 our territorial waters.' 

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WNU editor: As of this posting, no details on what exactly was shot down have been released. 

U.S. F-22 Shoots Down Second ‘High Altitude Object’ Over Alaska  

Pentagon shoots down unknown object flying in U.S. airspace -- AP  

U.S. says it shot down object over Alaska, size of small car -- Reuters  

U.S. shoots down second ‘high altitude object’ days after Chinese spy balloon -- CNBC 

US military shoots down 'object' flying in territorial waters over Alaska -- FOX News 

Biden says shoot down of ‘high-altitude object’ over Alaska was a ‘success -- CNN  

US shoots down 'high-altitude object' over Alaska, White House says -- ABC News  

US shoots down unknown object over Alaska, White House says -- DW  

US shoots down another ‘high-altitude object’ over Alaska -- The Hill  

Pentagon shoots down "high-altitude" object over Alaska -- Axios 

F-22 Shoots Down “Object” Flying High Over Alaskan Waters -- Warzone/The Drive  

High-Altitude Object Over Alaska Shot Down By F-22 Jet; CH-47 Helicopters Deployed In Recovery Op -- Zero Hedge

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