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good evening. this time no one waited. just days after a chinese spy balloon was allowed to drift across the country, another unidentified object was spotted over alaska. in this case, fighter jets were scrambled to investigate and then shoot it down. president biden was asked about it not long after. >> do you have anything to say about the object shot down over alaska, mr. president? >> more on how all this played out and how the administration is handling it. what else has the administration said about this object? >> reporter: here's what we know, anderson. this mysterious object...

>> we're joined on how this played out and how the administration is handling it. what else has the administration said about this object? >> reporter: here's what we know, anderson. this mysterious object is the size of a small car. it was unmanned. it didn't appear to have the capability to maneuver itself within the windstream. and also according to a u.s. official, it didn't appear to have surveillance equipment on board. so those are some significant details, but we really don't know the answer to the major question here, which is who was responsible for sending this up into the...

There's fighter bases. there's some energy-intense stuff up there. alaska actually plays a very important role in national defense, particularly when you're looking at its west. you look at russia, and you look around the globe to china. so, yeah, i mean it could be anything from that level. but i mean it's really kind of an interesting mystery, and i think they made the absolute right decision to shoot it down. i'm not sure if it was shot down because of, you know, commercial airline traffic as they've said. i think that's probably the right thing to say. but, look, it's pretty sparsely popul...