NEW: High altitude object shot down at 1:45pm EST Friday over northern #Alaska - @USNorthernCmd recovery operations getting under way now, per @PentagonPresSec BrigGen Patrick Ryder, with update details from @DeptofDefense
It was "about the size of a small car"
It was "about the size of a small car"
On the #China spy ballon shot down this past Saturday off the coast of #SouthCarolina - teams have "located a significant amount of debris" that will allow US to get a better sense of the balloon's capabilities, per @PentagonPresSec
High altitude object was shot down by a F-22 out of Joint Base Elmendorf in #Alaska using an AIM-9X sidewinder missile, per @PentagonPresSec
"No indication at this time that it was maneuverable" per @PentagonPresSec on the high altitude object that entered US airspace Feb. 9 and shot down just hours ago
"This was traveling at about 40,000 feet ... reasonable threat to civilian air traffic" per @PentagonPresSec, on why latest object was shot down at this time
US pilots made visual contact before the shootdown of the high altitude object and determined it was not manned
Additionally, per @PentagonPresSec: "At that altitude, very very small, very unlikely it was manned"
Additionally, per @PentagonPresSec: "At that altitude, very very small, very unlikely it was manned"
"We don't know the point of origin of this object" per @PentagonPresSec
Unidentified high altitude object was at 40,000 feet when it was first noticed by @USNorthernCmd Thursday, per @PentagonPresSec
"This was an object, so it wasn't an aircraft per se" per @PentagonPresSec
It was traveling in a northeasterly direction when it was shot down by one of a pair of F-22s
It was traveling in a northeasterly direction when it was shot down by one of a pair of F-22s
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