officials said recovery efforts for what remained of the object were underway with a variety of aircraft.įILE - National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Nov. “We have no further details about the object at this time, including any description of its capabilities, purpose or origin.” it wasn't an aircraft per se,” Ryder said, briefing Pentagon reporters. There was “no indication, at this time, that it was maneuverable,” said the Pentagon press secretary, Air Force Brigadier General Patrick Ryder, speaking less than two hours after the object had been brought down. Officials gave few details about the downed object. When asked by reporters at the White House about the object's downing, Biden said only, "It was a success." Officials at both the Pentagon and the White House defended the decision to shoot down the object, saying that at 12,000 meters it “posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight.”
planes approached the object, said to be the size of a small car, and determined that no human was in it before one of two F-22 fighter jets sent on an intercept course shot it from the skies with an AIM-9x Sidewinder missile. Pentagon and White House officials said U.S. Northern Command as it moved over the skies of northeastern Alaska, staying consistently at about 12,000 meters (40,000 feet). airspace late Thursday and was tracked by U.S.
fighter jet shot down a mysterious, high-altitude object that traveled into American airspace Friday, acting on orders from President Joe Biden after it was determined the object posed a potential threat to commercial aviation.Īccording to the Pentagon, the object first moved into U.S.
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