The United States shot down a 'high-altitude object' over Alaska yesterday (Friday, February 10), the White House has announced.
The BBC reported that presidential spokesman John Kirby said the unmanned craft was "the size of a small car" - much smaller than the Chinese spy balloon downed last Saturday - and was over a sparsely populated area at the time.
President Joe Biden took the decision to shot down the object, which was of unknown origin, Mr Kirby said. He added that it was travelling at 40,000ft (12,000m) and posed a "reasonable threat" to civilian aircraft.
