The U.S. Air Force shot down an unidentified object flying above Alaska’s North Slope on Friday, White House officials said, less than a week after an Air Force fighter jet shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon off South Carolina. (via AlaskaBeacon)
An F-22 fighter jet from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson shot down an unidentified object flying above Alaska’s North Slope on Friday, officials at the White House said.
NORAD, in charge of air defense over North America, detected the object with ground-based radar on Thursday, according to the Defense Department. Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, a Defense Department spokesperson, said the object’s origin isn’t yet known. He declined to say how quickly the object was traveling. State Rep. Josiah Patkotak, I-Utqiagvik, represents the North Slope and said there is limited air traffic in the area — a regular flight between Utqiagvik and Kaktovik, plus commercial flights carrying cargo and passengers into Prudhoe Bay.Online flight tracking services showed a C-130 from Elmendorf Air Force Base circling south of Prudhoe Bay for much of the morning before flying offshore and circling above a spot northeast of Prudhoe Bay., Sen.
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