The UFO Phenomenon

US fighter jet shoots down 'unidentified object' over Alaska

By T.K. Randall
February 11, 2023

Image: F-22 Raptor
Credit: Kevin Robertson / (PD) U.S. Air Force Efforts are currently underway to determine the nature of an unknown high-altitude object that was spotted and then subsequently shot down by a US fighter jet over the state of Alaska on Friday.

According to Pentagon spokesman Brig Gen Pat Ryder, the object had been traveling at an altitude of around 40,000ft (the same altitude as jet airliners) and was deemed to be a risk to civilian traffic.

It was ultimately downed by an F-22 Raptor which fired a single AIM-9X Sidewinder missile.

Officials are currently in the process of retrieving and investigating the debris.As things stand, there's not much we know about the object other than that it was around the size of a car and was "cylindrical and silver-ish gray".

"The object was about the size of a small car so not similar in size or shape to the high-altitude surveillance balloon that was taken down off the coast of South Carolina on February 4," said Ryder.

When asked if it was "balloon-ish", he replied: "All I say is that it wasn't ‘flying' with any sort of propulsion, so if that is ‘balloon-like' well - we just don't have enough at this point."

With any luck, we should hear more about the situation over the coming week.

Source: The Guardian

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