U.S. shoots down “high-altitude object” over Alaska

The White House said an F-22 fighter jet shot down an unidentified object flying over Alaska on Friday, saying it posed a threat to the safety of civilian aircraft. The object breached U.S. airspace less than a week after the military shot down a Chinese spy balloon. Weijia Jiang has the latest. 

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