FAA closes airspace in Montana to 'support Department of Defense activities'

BREAKING: FAA closes airspace in Montana to 'support Department of Defense activities'

Ret. Lt. Col. Tom Oltorik reacts to NORAD detecting a 'high-altitude object' over Canada the day after the United States shot down an unknown object in Alaska on 'Fox News Live.'

"The FAA closed some airspace in Montana to support Department of Defense activities," the FAA told Fox News Digital in a statement on Saturday evening.

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