also
https://www.cf.org/news/new-details-emerge-about-the-object-shot-down-over-alaska/
New Details Emerge About the Object Shot Down Over Alaska
New details emerged over the weekend about the unidentified object that the U.S. military shot down on Friday several miles off the coast of Alaska.
The new information comes after the U.S. military shot down an object with a “cylindrical shape” that was about the size of a small car, according to U.S. officials. The object did not appear to have any “observable surveillance equipment.”
“We have no further details about the object at this time, including any description of its capabilities, purpose or origin,” said Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder. “The object was about the size of a small car, so not similar in size or shape to the high-altitude surveillance balloon that was taken down off the coast of South Carolina.”
Accounts from pilots of the F-35 fighter jets that were sent to intercept the object varied, according to CNN.
U.S. officials said that the jets observed the object on Thursday night and on Friday morning before shooting it down and were only able to report back “limited” information about what they saw.
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Pilots who encountered tic-tacs said the same thing.
Though that doesn't seem the sort of thing we are dealing with here--not yet at least--it still raises some interesting questions.