This “object”, which was “the size of a small car” and flew at an altitude of approximately 12,000 meters, posed “a threat to the safety of air traffic”, said a spokesman for the White House. .
By Le Figaro with AFP
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The United States, on the orders of President Joe Biden, on Friday, February 10, shot down a “high-flying objectover Alaska, a White House spokesman said on Friday, February 10, without giving more details on its nature, origin or use.
Cet «objet“, which he said had “the size of a small carand flew at an altitude of about 12,000 meters, posed “a threat to air traffic safetysaid John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council.
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An object the size of a “small car”
He specified that this object wasmuch smallerthan the Chinese balloon that the United States destroyed last Saturday, and which Washington said was carrying out espionage operations. The American administration has been made awareyesterday eveningof the presence of this object whose debris fell on frozen waters, and will try to recover them, said John Kirby.
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«We don’t know which entity owns this item“, he hammered, nor for example if it is a question of a State or a private owner. The spokesperson also specified that, unlike the Chinese balloon, this as yet unidentified object did not appear to have a propulsion system or controls allowing it to steer.
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