Biden Admin Shoots Down a Second High-Altitude ‘Object’
The Biden administration downed a high-altitude “object” hovering at 40,000 feet over Alaska on Friday, the White House National Security Council said.
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) first detected the object on Thursday, according to the Pentagon. President Joe Biden was briefed Thursday evening on the “object” and gave the order to shoot it down Friday morning, officials said. Fighter jets subsequently took it down at about 1:45 p.m. ET.
The “predominant concern by the president was the safety of flight issue at that altitude,” as it could’ve “posed a threat to civilian aircraft,” National Security Council coordinator John Kirby said Friday afternoon.