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US fighter jet downs ‘object’ over Alaska, days after China spy balloon incident
A US fighter jet shot down an unidentified object over Alaska on Friday, the White House said but stopped short of blaming China after a spy balloon flew across the continental United States last week.
“We do not know who owns it,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. “We don’t know if it’s state-owned,” he added.
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More details are expected to be released during a Pentagon news briefing later in the day, but Kirby said the object was the size of a “small car.”
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