Pentagon Confirms It Shot Down 'Object' 40,000 Feet Over Alaska

'We're calling this an object because that's the best description we have right now,' said a White House spokesperson, adding that the object was roughly the size of a small car.

John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, briefed members of the press on the incident, which he said involved a much smaller object than the spy balloon.

"We're calling this an object because that's the best description we have right now," Kirby told one reporter who;&#x201cNational Security Council;&#x2019s John Kirby confirms a second unauthorized ;&#x201chigh-altitude object;&#x201d has been shot down over U.S. territory:\n\n;&#x201cPresident Biden ordered the military to down the object. And they did ;&#x2026 within the last hour.;”&#x201dHe added that it was "roughly the size of a small car.

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