A senior U.S. official has said that the most recent unidentified flying 'object' shot down over Alaska on Friday had already entered U.S. airspace before it was detected.
A senior U.S. official has said that the most recent unidentified flying"object" shot down over Alaska on Friday had already entered U.S. airspace before it was detected.
"I can confirm that the Department of Defense was tracking a high-altitude object over Alaska airspace in the last 24 hours," Kirby said during the briefing."The object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. Out of an abundance of caution at the recommendation of the Pentagon, President Biden ordered the military to down the object, and they did it when it came in inside our territorial waters.
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