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The oval office because the president of brazil is here, so it is possible the president may have more to say about it. we have to bring the tape back m and play it, it will be a few minutes, we ll see if the president has any information. the white house broke this news after reporters began asking about something trending online about the possibility of another object out there. there is a lot that the white house admits they do not know at this point. it was from john kirby, who was able to offer details about what they learned so far, take a listen from the briefing late this afternoon. it was an object at 40,000 feet and the predominant concern by the president was the safety of flight issue at that altitude. last saturday was at 65,000 plus feet, no threat to civilian ....
He also said no significant payload, keep in mind last weekend, the payload about 2,00y craft, he says that the object was shot shot down because it was a flight issue, because u.s. civilian airliners are flying a 40,000 feet and saying the object did not appear to maneuver like the spy balloon that the u.s. shut down last week off the coast of south carolina. trace: i want to go back to the breaking news said that john kirby standby, we will get back to you. the prime minister told president putin to stop the war, and they said, this is not the way and will go like this, and with think that there is still time for him to stop the war? with president putin? i think that there is still time for mr. pruden to stop the war i think there is still time for mr. putin to stop the ....
Spycraft, size of a small car, no significant payload. kirby said it was shot down over alaska, it was deemed flight issue because at 40,000 feet, you have civilian airliners flying. it did not maneuver like the chinese aircraft, he said the object was discovered last night and shot down over northern alaska, here is pat ryder. aerospace defense command detected an object and further investigated and identified the object using flighter aircraft, flying at altitude of 40,000 feet and posed reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. u.s. northern command is beginning recovery operations now. lucas: john kirby said it is not clear which country owned that object, pat ryder said the ....
and as of this moment, are you convinced you shot down do you know what you shot down, it wasn t just a harmless weather balloon that, you know, that there was some motivation to fly this over u.s. air space, or i think we re going to try to learn more. i can tell you it was an object at 40,000 feet. and the predominant concern by the president was a safety of flight issue at that altitude. remember the one that was shot down last saturday was at 65 plus thousand feet. so no threat to civilian aircraft. this one at 40,000 feet could have posed a threat to civilian aircraft and it did not appear to have the maneuverable capability that the other one did. so, virtually at the whim of the wind. thank you. so to follow up on what you said about civilian aircraft, is that what you meant initially when you said there was a reasonable threat to shoot it down? yes, my exact words were ....
Flying this over u.s. airspace? i think we re going to try to learn more. i can tell you it was an object at 40,000 feet, and the predominant concern by the president was a safety of flight issue at that altitude, remember the one that was shot down last saturday at 65 plus thousand feet, so no threat to civilian aircraft. this one at 40,000 feet could have posed a threat to civilian aircraft. it did not appear to have the maneuverable capability that the other one did. so, you know, virtually at the whim of the wind. thank you. so to follow up on what you just said about civilian aircraft, is that what you meant initially when you said there was a reasonable threat to shoot it down? yes, my exact words were reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. reporter: and given what you said earlier about intent with regard to the chinese spy ....