ALERT: US Military Shoots Down Unidentified Aircraft Over Alaska

(DCWatchdog.com) – HAPPENING NOW: Within the last several hours, on orders from President Joe Biden as Commander-in-Chief, the United States Armed Forces shot down an unidentified object over the coastline of Alaska.

You can watch videos of two portions of the press conference at the Pentagon further down this post.

Here is what is known so far.

According to National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby, the U.S. military shot down an “object” flying over territorial waters in Alaska. During a White House press briefing, Kirby stated that the Department of Defense was tracking a high-altitude object and that it posed a credible threat to the safety of civilian flight.

As a result, President Biden ordered the military to shoot down the object, which was described as being “much, much smaller than the spy balloon that we took down last Saturday.”

The object was about the size of a small car and was shot down by fighter aircraft assigned to U.S. Northern Command.

Kirby added that the government is currently unaware of the object’s origin, ownership, and capabilities, stating that they have not reached out to the Chinese government regarding the matter.

Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesperson, confirmed that the military has located a significant amount of debris from the object, which was shot down using an F-22 and an A9X missile. The debris is currently being loaded onto vessels and taken ashore for analysis.

Just over a week ago, a Chinese spycraft was spotted over Billings, Montana, and was shot down after President Biden gave authorization to take down the surveillance balloon as soon as it was safe.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III stated that U.S. military commanders determined that shooting down the balloon while it was over land posed a risk to people. Hence, the Department of Defense developed options to take down the balloon safely over territorial waters.

Here are the two video clips from the press conference at the Pentagon:

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