The balloon escaped on Tuesday morning past, by the Galway Technical Institute, according to Mr. Brendan O'Toole. It was supposed to be tethered for a three day period of observation, at an altitude of 300 meters and somehow was released. The balloon is orange colored with a diameter of 1.5 meters.
U.S. shoots down 'high-altitude object' over Alaskan airspace, White House says
The object was flying at 40,000 feet and "posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight," National Security Council official John Kirby said. Biden ordered the military to shoot it down.
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