The object that fell over the US state of Alaska was the size of a ‘small car’, White House spokesman John Kirby said. Photo: File
Washington: The United States says that it has shot down a suspicious object flying high in the air of the state of Alaska.
White House spokesman John Kirby said in a press conference that they shot down an object “about the size of a small car” flying high in the air over the northwestern US state of Alaska. He said that Washington does not know the origin of this object.
He said the incident came less than a week after US forces shot down an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon after several days in the country, which Beijing says was used to conduct weather research. It was a plane that “accidentally” flew into US airspace.
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White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters that on the orders of US President Joe Biden, the US shot down a suspicious object flying at an altitude of 12,000 meters (40,000 feet) in the air over Alaska that posed a threat to civil aviation. was
John Kirby said during the news conference that he did not know who owned the object, adding that it was significantly smaller than the Chinese balloon that flew over the country last week. “Right now we’re calling it one thing, we don’t have any information that confirms its motive,” he said.
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On the other hand, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said that the US military is working to find the wreckage and remove it. He told the media that he did not have any details on the object’s capabilities, purpose or origin at this time.
He said the object did not match the body or shape of the alleged Chinese balloon, which was brought down off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday.
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On the question that the object above Alaska could be connected to China? The Pentagon doesn’t know where it came from, Ryder said. He said that concern was expressed that the object was a potential threat to normal flights, but further details were being sought.
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