BREAKING: John Kirby just confirmed that a second "high altitude object" has been shot down over Alaska: pic.twitter.com/0sgX2b6ST9
— Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) February 10, 2023
“The object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. Out of an abundance of caution, and at the recommendation of the Pentagon, President Biden ordered the military to down the object and they did and it came inside our territorial waters and those waters right now are frozen,” Kirby told reporters at the White House briefing.
[That altitude is a clear risk to commercial aircraft. Either it was malfunctioning or someone wanted to provoke a response. Some reports had it “hovering” over Alaska, but that it wasn’t a balloon. Perhaps it was a drone, since it was reportedly the size of a “small car.” We’ll see! Maybe … — Ed]
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