Pentagon: Unknown object that posed 'reasonable threat' shot down over Alaska
Biden: Chinese spy balloon was not major national security threat
US officials knew the Chinese were trying to watch us with their massive spy balloon. Now the pentagon believes they were attempting to listen, too, using multiple antennae to collect electronic conversations and solar panels to power collection sensors. Fox's Caroline Shively reports from Washington.
The Pentagon said an unknown object flying over United States airspace was shot down Friday.
According to the Associated Press, the object was 40,000 feet above the ground and was spotted over Alaska.
The White House's National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the object posed a "reasonable threat" to civilian and commercial aircraft.
Kirby told the White House press pool that President Joe Biden ordered military officials to take down the threat immediately.
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The object was said to be the size of a small car.
Officials said the UFO fell into U.S. waters, similarly to the Chinese spy balloon that was shot out of the sky off the coast of South Carolina a week prior.
Chinese spy balloon image courtesy Fox News