UFO

A U.F.O. shot down over Alaska on orders from President Biden raises concerns over possible surveillance efforts by adversaries like China.

Asked by reporters whether the shootdown of unidentified objects observed flying near or within U.S. officials, which are currently being hampered by weather conditions in the Alaskan region where the shootdown occurred. sovereign airspace, indicating the shootdown likely occurred near the vicinity of Prudhoe Bay along Alaska’s northern coast. Northern Command flying out of joint base Elmendorf that fired an A-9x at the object, which thereafter fell into U.S. U-2 spy planes, which participated in surveillance of the Chinese balloon that passed over the U.S. Pat Ryder confirmed that the object was dispatched by two F-22 fighter aircraft with U.S. last week, are capable of ascending to altitudes exceeding 80,000 feet. “The President will always act in the best interest of our national security, and the safety and security of the American people,” Kirby said. Ryder Ryder said the object shot down on Biden’s orders Friday displayed no indication of maneuverability, but “posed a reasonable threat to civilian traffic so the determination was to take it down.” “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,” Kirby said. The object was brought down after it was deemed to present “a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight,” Kirby said.