Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirms that a flying object was shot down over the Yukon by NORAD.
I ordered an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace to be brought down. THE @NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Planes from Canada and the United States were dispatched to the scene, and fire from the US F-22 hit the object.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 11, 2023
NORAD says a flying object has been spotted high over northern Canada.
A military spokesman, Major Olivier Gallant, did not specify what the object was or what it was doing over the country. He did not reveal his exact location.
Major Gallant said Canadian and American planes have been deployed.
It is the third flying object to violate North American airspace in the past two weeks.
A week ago a Chinese balloon suspected of espionage was shot down by the American air force after having violated American and Canadian airspace.
A US fighter jet shot down a second unknown object in the sky off the Alaskan coast near the Canadian border on Friday, White House officials confirmed.
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