The US shoots down an unidentified object that appeared in Alaskan airspace

Behind the Chinese ‘spy balloon’

Biden gave the order to bring down what appears to be a “small” device due to the risk to commercial aviation

Takeoff of a US Air Force F-22 Raptor like the one that shot down the Chinese ‘spy balloon’ last Saturday

Mikaela Smith

President Joe Biden ordered this Friday to shoot and shoot down an unidentified “object” that had entered Alaskan airspace; the same as the Chinese balloon shot down last Saturday near the coast of South Carolina after having crossed the entire United States from the Northwest to the Southeast.

The device now shot down was “much smaller” than the balloon in question: it was the size of a “small vehicle” and its origin and nature are unknown for now, as explained on Friday afternoon by the White House Homeland Security spokesman. , John Kirby.

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Fernando Garcia

The object was flying at about 12,000 meters (40,000 feet): an altitude that made it a “potential threat” to civilian aircraft, although it is not known to endanger people on the ground.

The contraption was shot down over the waters off the Alaskan coast. And the Pentagon hoped to recover the remains as soon as possible so they could determine what it was.

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