• The Pentagon confirmed it shot down a “high altitude object” over Alaska on Friday afternoon.
• Officials did not say what the object was and would not confirm if it was a second Chinese spy balloon, nearly one week after shooting down a craft over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Carolinas.
• An official told the New York Times the object entered the airspace above Alaska on Thursday night. The official said the situation was “fast-moving.”

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