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11/02/2023
USAF F-22 shoots down a flying object over Alaska
On February 9, NORAD detected an object flying at an approximate altitude of 43,000 feet. The next day, while it was over the coast of Alaska, the President of the United States ordered it shot down. The target in question had already been identified by two fighter patrols the day before. The Pentagon confirmed that the object was not of the same size as the recently shot down Chinese balloon but did not specify the type of flying object destroyed in flight.
