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hello and welcome. the united states says it has shot down a "high—altitude object" flying over the state of alaska. the white house said it was much smaller than the recently downed chinese balloon, but was still the size of a small car and could have posed a threat to commercial planes. let's get more now from our correspondent nomia iqbal. she is in washington. nomia. yes, this ress she is in washington. nomia. yes, this press conference _ she is in washington. nomia. yes, this press conference was - she is in washington. nomia. 133 this press conference was held a short while a...

Purpose for this object. we do expect to be able to recover the debris, since it fell not only within our territorial space but on what we believe is frozen water. so a recovery effort will be made, and we're hopeful that it will be successful, and then we can learn a little bit more about it. after we were given details byjohn kirby, there was another press conference that was held by the pentagon, and patrick ryder, brigadier general macklin, gave a few more details about the incident. at the direction of the president of the united — at the direction of the president of the united states,...