A US fighter plane has hit down an anonymous object over Alaska
Key takeaways:
- Representative John Kirby says the anonymous object, the length of a small car, was ordered by President Biden to be shot by a US fighter plane .
A US fighter jet has hit down an anonymous object over Alaska that was the length of a small automobile, but the object’s nature, intent or origin stays unclear.
Joe Biden orders to shoot down an anonymous object that was over Alaska:
US officials said the targeted plane shot down on Friday was much less than the Chinese balloon hit last Saturday over the Atlantic.
They carefully avoided describing it as a balloon, drone or aircraft, giving nothing away about the object’s definition other than its rough size, altitude and path of travel.
Also read: Canada’s women’s football team to go on strike over pay cuts
John Kirby, the representative for the national security council, stated the pilot of the F-22 Raptor aircraft, which shot the missile that hit down the object, considered it to be unmanned.
A salvage action is underway off the Alaskan coast around the Canadian border to retrieve debris from the object, involving the navy, coast guard and FBI.
“The president instructed the military to hit the object,” Kirby said. Unlike the balloon, which was hit down on Saturday following an eight-day journey across North America, the roots of this plane could not be estimated, he said.
Source – The Guardian
