Mystery object shot down by US jets - but not a spy balloon

US fighter jets have shot down an unidentified object in the skies over Alaska, although authorities say they don't believe it was a spy balloon.

The object, which was the size of a car, and reportedly described by one official as silver coloured and cylindrical, was first spotted on Thursday, flying at around the same altitude as commercial airliners.

It comes just a week after a Chinese surveillance balloon was shot down over South Carolina.
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[urbanimage]

It might turn out a bit awkward if they've just shot down an alien tourist having a bit of fun.

[aka_rook]

"Its importance may have been inflated..."

I see what you did there.

[accountmygoogle]

Note for those saying the headline is clickbait: UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object, not flying alien ship from ET

[Templethrills]

The fighter jets have high rez cameras all over them…let’s see the damn footage!

[badasserien]

The mothership is now charging its plasma cannons.

[mr.wigglemunch]

Alien pilot: ''mayday mayday the human species are hostile, i repeat the humans are hostile, send everybody"

[laverite]

I think it may be the ball of the penalty missed by the English player during the past Football World Cup

[mrblanco]

It's been described as cylinder in shape and silver\grey in colour. About the length of a small car

[jabba]

One of these days, something like this will be filmed in high res!

[alexandermorrison]

Honestly Alaska feels like you can get lost easy even in the summer. It’s weird

[fox-fo]

My concern would be what if this is just a vessel that's transporting an air born virus sent from an enemy, and it's been shot down releasing it.

[Brett_S_]

Welcome to earth. This is how we do things, despite that if it were aliens, the fact they could get here would automatically make them more advanced than we are.

[BarberJ]

I like how a dainty balloon is considered a provocation but us moving the 7th fleet with nuclear powered carriers right off China’s coast is just business as usual.

[TV-jvos]

If you got home to find someone there you didn't know unannounced and uninvited, what would you do? Should that person have any rights? Let alone a right to justify being there?

[IvanAgram]

How was this cylindrical object flying? I mean, if it wasn't a balloon, how did it maintain the altitude?

[dirkaminimo]

If anyone thinks they didn’t get ever single bolt of both of these you be crazy!

[mrmelmba]

The news just came in that an object had been shot down over Yukon, Canada.

[macpakinga]

Mother ship is on its way 👽🛸. Thanks 😂😅🤣

[musaxcoco]

Suspicious how after the backlash from not shooting the Chinese balloon, all of sudden a UFO is shut down every other day.

[popius]

The US has inadvertently declared war on Zeta Reticuli.