hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour, with the search for answers after the u.s. shot down what is described as an unidentified high altitude object. the u.s. fighter jet is taking it down, off the coast of alaska this time, on friday, the pentagon officials say they acted swiftly, after the object, about the size of a small car, crossed into frozen territorile waters. the second time in less than a week a u.s. fighter jet has shot an object out of the sky. following the spy balloon that was taken down off the coast of south carolina last saturday. cnn reporter is live in our washington bureau with more on this, so katie, twice, in a week s time, what are we learning about this second object, and who it might belong to? well, at this point, we still really have more questions than answers, and we do know is that on thursday, the u.s. military observed an unknown object in american air space, off of the
transited the continental united states and was shot down off the coast of south carolina last week, and we do know from one u.s. official, it does not appear to have any surveillance equipment attached to it, and it didn t appear to be have any maneuverability, riding the wind making the movements unpredictability. that s all we know at this point. we are waiting for the u.s. military as well as the fbi to recover this thing, that was shot down ten miles off of coast of alaska over frozen waters and try to piece together and learn what they can about who might own it, and was it privately owned, was it operated and owned by a nation state. and as well as what it is. so really, kind of a big mystery right now. a big mystery. all right, thank you so much. so let s talk more about all of this now. let s bring in former director of national intelligence, najam clapper. still, lots of unanswered questions about the origin, the potential intent, but knowing