The American military shot down an unknown aerial object over Alaska by order of the US president. About this reported White House National Security Council coordinator John Kirby during a briefing in Washington on Friday, February 10.

“Yes, the president took part in this decision. He ordered it done on the advice of Pentagon leaders. He wanted this facility to be hit, and they did it using fighters from our Northern Command.“, the White House representative noted.

He also noted that features and possible targets that the aircraft could track on American soil are currently being investigated. Kirby also noted that it is not yet known whether it is owned by the state, a company or privately owned.

In particular, the representative of the US National Security Council added that the unrecognized object was small in size – the size of a passenger car. Finding his wreck is complicated because it’s in frozen water. American journalists saidthat the object was shot down by an F-22 fighter jet.

“An F-22 from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson shot down a high-altitude object detected off the coast of Alaska.‘ said the journalist.

AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air guided missile was used. This is the second case of a flying object destroyed in American airspace in recent weeks. Last week, the Pentagon announced that the movement of a balloon with tracking equipment over United States territory was recorded. The balloon was dropped a few days later while away from human habitation. Against this background, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken postponed his trip to China.