Pentagon Confirms US Military Shot Down A High Altitude Airborne Object Over Alaskan Airspace

At a Pentagon press briefing, Press Secretary, Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder spoke about the operation to shoot down a high altitude object over US airspace in Alaska.

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[thomaslanham]

That's what they should have done with the first balloon .

[heavymetal]

He says they identified it but won't tell us what the object is 😇😂

[steveharvey]

Do you have any visual footage on all this as proof?

[dennisbertrand]

And the whole world knew but our government and military

[shanetrane]

Hey China, what's at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Please do a fly by and report back.

[milt]

From the gang who couldn't shoot straight. I see they learned their lesson this time around.

[TinyCochran]

Trying to pretend to care now? Building a long lost trust?

[undertamssubjective]

WELL...😊👍
smells like teen spirit...🪐

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[annashepard]

It was a boomerang, toomerang, zoomerang.

[bichchan]

Xi the man, xi said you pay for my children birthday balloon

[donaldselfridge]

Seems they've learned from their mistakes we'll have to see though

[haydenknowlton]

Censor democrats from Twitter and we demand it

[lostinpa-dadenduro]

It the UFO. The aliens want to put all kind of hell in peoples butz. The aliens into the butz stuff.