Published 11 February 2023 at 10.19
Foreign. The US Air Force shot down an “unidentified flying object” over Alaska on Friday. The agency has since been very limited with information about the object, but according to White House spokesman John Kirby, it was traveling at an altitude that potentially posed a danger to air traffic.
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What it actually is is still unclear, but US authorities say it was probably unmanned.
Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon spokesman, does not want to categorize the object as a balloon and emphasizes that there are no similarities to the Chinese balloon that was shot down last week.
This is the second time in less than a week that US defense forces have been in a situation where they have had to shoot down a flying objects over its own territory.
Just a few days ago, a Chinese hot air balloon flying over the United States was shot down.
The balloon was suspected of being used for espionage, but China claims that it was used in research purposes.
So far, US authorities have been unable to provide any additional information about Friday's object, including any description of its capabilities, purpose or origin.
This has led to speculation, according to Reuters , because America's top experts should be able to identify They only confirmed that the object was about the size of a small car and that it does not resemble the Chinese balloon in size or shape.< /p>