<p>A US fighter jet on Friday shot down over Alaska a high-altitude object that was the size of a small car, on the order of President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/joe-biden" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a>, the White House said on Friday.</p>.<p>White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters many details were unknown about the object but the United States expected to recover the object after it landed in U.S. territorial waters.</p>.<p>It was unclear where the object came from, Kirby said. "We don't know who owns this object," he said.</p>.<p>He said the object went down on the far northeastern part of Alaska near the Canadian border. He said the American pilot's assessment was that no human was onboard.</p>.<p>The United States on Feb. 4 shot down a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon that transited the United States.</p>.<p>Kirby was careful not to classify the object as a balloon.</p>.<p>He said the knowledge about the new object and its track first came to U.S. attention on Thursday night.</p>
<p>A US fighter jet on Friday shot down over Alaska a high-altitude object that was the size of a small car, on the order of President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/joe-biden" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a>, the White House said on Friday.</p>.<p>White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters many details were unknown about the object but the United States expected to recover the object after it landed in U.S. territorial waters.</p>.<p>It was unclear where the object came from, Kirby said. "We don't know who owns this object," he said.</p>.<p>He said the object went down on the far northeastern part of Alaska near the Canadian border. He said the American pilot's assessment was that no human was onboard.</p>.<p>The United States on Feb. 4 shot down a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon that transited the United States.</p>.<p>Kirby was careful not to classify the object as a balloon.</p>.<p>He said the knowledge about the new object and its track first came to U.S. attention on Thursday night.</p>