The United States has shot down an unidentified object flying over Alaska

The United States shot down a new unidentified object that flew over its territory in the area of ​​Thursday night Alaska. He himself was struck by Pentagon after receiving an order from President Joe Biden.

The newspaper reports it New York Timeswho recounted the incident, quoting an administration official, who immediately confirmed the information at the press conference.

“We describe it as an item because that’s the best description at the moment. We don’t know who it belongs toNational Security Council spokesman John Kirby told the White House.

According to US media, officials admitted there was no certainty that the downed object was a balloon, but noted that it was traveling at an altitude that made it a a potential threat to civilian aircraft.

“As a precaution,” said the head of state, Joe Biden, giving the order to act before him.

Kirby also noted that the object was “about the size of a small car,” much smaller than the Chinese spy balloon shot down days ago, which had a payload the size of several buses.

In this regard, he added: “There was no affirmative indication of a military threat to people grounded by the object.” She also observed it cannot guarantee that there was any surveillance equipment in it.

Days ago, the United States shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon

Thursday’s incident comes just days after US authorities ordered the shooting down of an alleged Chinese spy balloon that flew over the country last weekend. He himself had been shot down over the Atlantic.

The Biden administration provided the most complete description, saying the device was part of a global surveillance fleet operated by the Chinese military and was capable of detecting electronic communications.

The findings were outlined in a State Department document, according to which the US military had sent Cold War-era U-2 spy planes to track and study the balloon before it was shot down Saturday by a fighter over the Atlantic Ocean.

China’s spy balloons have flown over more than 40 countries on five continents, according to the Biden government, and appear to be made by one or more companies that officially sell products to the Chinese military. This finding underscores doubts among US officials about ties between some civilian-run companies in China and the country’s military, in what US officials are calling a “civilian-military merger.”

American surveillance planes photographed the balloon while it was still in flight. Its visible equipment, which included antennas, “was clearly for intelligence surveillance and inconsistent with equipment aboard weather balloons,” the State Department said — a rebuttal to the Chinese government’s claim that the balloon was a weather machine. .

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