The Pentagon confirmed it shot down a “high altitude object” over Alaska on Friday afternoon.

Officials did not say what the object was and would not confirm if it was a second Chinese spy balloon, nearly one week after shooting down a craft over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Carolinas.

An official told the New York Times the object entered the airspace above Alaska on Thursday night. The official said the situation was "fast-moving."

This story is breaking and will be updated.