Posted on 02/10/2023 3:01:31 PM PST by Mariner
The White House said Friday that a 'high-altitude object' has been shot down over Alaska.
President Joe Biden ordered the shootdown, spokesman John Kirby said, adding that the origin of the object has yet to be determined.
Responding to reporters' shouted questions about the shootdown Friday afternoon outside the White House, Biden called the operation a "success."
It comes just days after the U.S. shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon last Saturday, following a political firestorm.
Kirby said the object was about the size of a small car and was at flying about 40,000 feet.
He said because it posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight, that out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of the Pentagon, Biden ordered the military to down the object.
ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz first reported that when fighters were scrambled, the pilots did visuals, got images and said there was no sign the object had propulsion.
It was described as "cylindrical and silver-ish gray" and seemed to be floating, a U.S. official said.
Asked if was "balloon-like," the official said, "All I say is that it wasn't 'flying' with any sort of propulsion, so if that is 'balloon-like' well -- we just don't have enough at this point."
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I’m getting the feeling our current government is our enemy.
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Well that’s understandable because it’s the same government that was foisted upon our country following the ‘08 election by that Kenyan fraud and creator of the Deep State!
Do you mean Rapid City, South Dakota?
Air Force, retired.
I flew on a KC-135 refueling mission in 1982 and we were at 41000 ft over Idaho. Refueled a group of A-10 Warthogs and I got to lay next to the boom operator and peer out the little window.
These are the commercial and private jets flying over North America at 40,000 feet or higher as of about 7 minutes ago.
If I assumed this was true (I don't) way to swing from one extreme pole of irresponsibility to the other, Joetato!
This admin has become the most epic clown show in the history of human governance in just two years.
I saw somethin' in the sky so I shot it down!
An alien probe - aliens of the Independence Day type - and Joe just pissed ‘em off?
Questions for Mr Kirby? When was this ‘object’ first detected by NORAD and where was it first detected?
Another reason to be skeptical: why aren’t the Chinese raising hell like they did the last time the USAF splashed one of their balloons?
Funny!
“no civilian aircraft fly at 40,000 feet.”
The ceiling for civilian aircraft is 42,000 feet. However, they usually do not go above 37,000 feet, though some have.
The largest state in the union has population centers??
10 Largest Cities in Alaska Anchorage (291,073) Fairbanks (32,809) Juneau (32,549) Knik-Fairview (20,608) Badger (18,896) College (10,843) Meadow Lakes (9,686) Wasilla (9,420) Tanaina (9,003) Kalifornsky (8,679)
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