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BREAKING: Pentagon Shoots Down Object Over Alaska

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Moments ago, Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby confirmed that another spy balloon has been shot down over Alaska within the last 24 hours.

“I can confirm that the Department of Defense was tracking a high altitude object over Alaska airspace in the last 24 hours … [The object] posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight … fighter aircraft assigned … took down the object,” he said.

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Here’s more from the NY Times:

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon downed an unidentified object over Alaska on Friday at the order of President Biden, according to U.S. officials. John Kirby, a White House spokesman, confirmed the incident at a news conference on Friday.

U.S. officials said it was not confirmed if the object was a balloon, but it was traveling at an altitude that made it a potential threat to civilian aircraft.

Mr. Biden ordered the unidentified object downed “out of an abundance of caution,” Mr. Kirby said. He said the object was shot down over waters off the coast of Alaska.

Mr. Kirby said the object was traveling at 40,000 feet. He said officials were describing it as an object because that was the best description they had of it.

Details are still scarce at the moment, but we will update this post when we learn more…

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