Early Friday morning, the US military responded to a 'high-altitude object' hovering over Alaskan airspace. The unidentified flying object was tracked at an altitude of 40,000 feet and National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby stated it posed a potential risk to civilian flights. President Biden gave the go-ahead for the military to take it down, and fighter aircrafts were assigned to the US Northern Command for this purpose.

This is the second time in a week US fighter jets had to intercept a similar object. Last week, a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon launched into US airspace and was eventually shot down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Carolinas. President Biden and his administration have been under fire from Republicans for taking so long to take down the first suspect.

This time, the object was shot down near the Canadian border in the frozen Arctic Ocean. It was unclear who or what the object belonged