White House spokesman John Kirby announced on Friday that the U.S. has downed an unidentified object over Alaska.
'Object' brought down over Alaska
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 10: Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council John Kirby speaks as White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre listens during a daily news briefing at the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on February 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kirby announced that the U.S. military, following President Joe Biden’s order, has just shot down a “high-altitude object,” over Alaska.
The “high-altitude object” was brought down Friday afternoon on the northeast portion of Alaska near the Canadian border over water that is frozen, Kirby said during the briefing. The object was first seen by officials Thursday evening. The object was shot down at the order of President Joe Biden by a fighter jet, Kirby said, according to“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 – and those waters right now are frozen – but inside territorial airspace and over territorial waters.
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