This announcement comes after the American army shot down on Saturday, off the coast of South Carolina, a Chinese ball considered by the Pentagon as a spy ball.
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On the order of President Joe Biden, the United States, have just cut down a “high altitude flying object” above Alaska, a spokesman for the house said on Friday February 10 White, without giving more details on its nature or its origin.
This “object”, which, according to him, “the size of a small car”, posed “a threat to air traffic security,” said John Kirby, spokesperson for the National Security Council White. He said, however, that this object was “much smaller” than the Chinese ball that the United States destroyed last Saturday, and which Washington indicated that it carried out spying operations.
The American administration was aware of the presence of this object “last night” of which fell on frozen waters, and will try to recover them, said John Kirby. “We do not know which entity has this object,” he hammered, nor for example if it is a state or a private owner.
Furthermore, the spokesperson for the National Security Council of the White House clarified that unlike the Chinese ball, this object not yet identified did not seem to have a propulsion system or commands allowing it to Direct.
This announcement comes after the American army shot down on Saturday, off the coast of South Carolina, a Chinese ball considered by the Pentagon as a spy ball, intended to collect sensitive information. Beijing argues that it was a civil aerostat, mainly intended to collect meteorological data.
Thursday, American officials said that images captured by American military planes showed that the Chinese ball was well equipped with spy tools, and not intended for the weather.