The US military shot down a high-altitude “object” above waters off the coast of Alaska, officials announced on Friday.
“We are calling this an “object” because that is the best description we have right now,” John Kirby of the National Security Council said during a briefing at the White House on Friday, describing the object as sitting at 40,000 feet and posing a “reasonable threat” to civilian aircraft before it was taken down by fighter jets.
