{"id":1842583,"date":"2023-02-10T15:05:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T20:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1842583"},"modified":"2023-02-10T15:08:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T20:08:03","slug":"pentagon-shoots-down-unknown-object-flying-in-u-s-airspace-off-coast-of-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-shoots-down-unknown-object-flying-in-u-s-airspace-off-coast-of-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Shoots Down Unknown Object Flying in U.S. Airspace Off Coast of Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-shoots-down-unknown-object-flying-in-u-s-airspace-off-coast-of-alaska%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1842583&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><span class=\"author\">By Associated Press<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"datetext\"> Last updated: 17 seconds ago<\/span><span class=\"datetext\"> Published 12 minutes ago<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<figure><source media=\"screen and (min-width: 992px)\" \/><source media=\"screen and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source media=\"screen and (min-width: 0px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Biden\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YBHBTEFINXL4C6JKX5ADHZ2S6Q.jpg\" width=\"1440\" height=\"0\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1gn0vty-0 WzIXV image-metadata\"><span>John Kirby, National Security Council spokesperson, speaks at the White House daily briefing on Friday, February 10, 2023. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh) <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-y3faug-0 kATmmV body-paragraph\">The Pentagon sank a \u201chigh-altitude object\u201d White House officials confirmed that Friday&#8217;s flight was in U.S. airspace just off Alaska&#8217;s coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-y3faug-0 kATmmV body-paragraph\">The exact location wasn\u2019t immediately specified. The FAA had already issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/tfr.faa.gov\/save_pages\/detail_3_4532.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avise restriction on flight<\/a> Friday for the area around Deadhorse, near the Prudhoe Bay oil fields on Alaska\u2019s North Slope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-y3faug-0 kATmmV body-paragraph\">The object was at around 40,000 feet when it flew and was being photographed. \u201creasonable threat\u201d John Kirby (White House National Security Council spokesperson) stated that civil flights should be safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-y3faug-0 kATmmV body-paragraph\">Kirby claimed that President Joe Biden ordered military personnel to bring the object down. Kirby described the object as about the size a small car. It was not immediately clear what the object was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-y3faug-0 kATmmV body-paragraph\">The object fell in U.S. waters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-y3faug-0 kATmmV body-paragraph\"><i>[<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/politics\/2023\/02\/09\/murkowski-other-senators-press-defense-department-on-military-response-to-chinese-spy-balloon-in-alaska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Murkowski, other senators press Defense Department on military response to Chinese spy balloon in Alaska<\/i><\/a><i>]<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-y3faug-0 kATmmV body-paragraph\">This development follows the U.S.&#8217;s downing of a Chinese spy balloon Saturday. Officials continue to recover debris from the object that was shot off South Carolina&#8217;s coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-y3faug-0 kATmmV body-paragraph\"><i>Keep checking back for more updates.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Associated Press Last updated: 17 seconds ago Published 12 minutes ago John Kirby, National Security Council spokesperson, speaks at the White House daily briefing on Friday, February 10, 2023. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh) The Pentagon sank a \u201chigh-altitude object\u201d White House officials confirmed that Friday&#8217;s flight was in U.S. airspace just off Alaska&#8217;s coast. 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