A few days after blowing up a Chinese spy balloon, the United States shot down an unidentified object that was flying over Alaska
Ο President Biden ordered the object to be shot down by fighter jets at the Pentagon's recommendation, said John Kirby, White House strategic communications coordinator at the National Security Council.
"The object was flying at an altitude of 40.000 feet and was threatening the safety of civilian flights," he told Press conference the manufacture. However, the Kirby said it is unclear what the nature of the object is. "It was much smaller than the spy balloon we destroyed last Saturday," he said. "As they described it to me it was about the size of a small car."
It also remains unclear if the item came from China. "We don't know who it belongs to. Whether it's government or corporate or private, we just don't know", he said.
That being said, the US is going to recover the downed object over the icy territorial waters of the United States. He also said Biden acted quickly to destroy the object after it was flying at 40.000 legs, i.e. at the same height as that at which civil aircraft fly. In contrast, the Chinese spy balloon was traveling much higher at 60.000 legs.
However, the Biden it may also have acted to quickly destroy the object when Pentagon officials are confident that the original Chinese spy balloon found hovering over the country could have been monitoring sensitive US military sites.
Ο Kirby he added that the same balloon had the ability to meander and "wander" in an area for a long time. In addition, US officials believe that the balloon was capable of picking up electronic communications via on-board antennas.
In an update on Friday, the Ministry of Defense he also said he could not provide further details about the mysterious flying object over Alaska. However, a spokesman confirmed that the object, which was first spotted a day ago, was shot down in 1:45 p.m. EST with the use of fighter aircraft F-22.
A second Chinese balloon was also found traveling over Latin America. However, China said the balloons were "civil aircraft" intended for research and testing purposes.
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