The unidentified object that was observed flying over Canada on Saturday has been shot down, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
– I ordered the shooting down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. NORAD shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and American planes were sent and the object was shot down by an American F-22, the Prime Minister wrote in a press release. Twitter message Saturday.
NORAD stands for North American Aerospace Defense Command, which is a defense cooperation between the United States and Canada.
I spoke with Biden
Earlier Saturday, an unidentified flying object was observed at high altitude over Canada.
– I spoke to President Biden this afternoon. Canadian forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage, Trudeau writes.
This comes a day after the United States shot down another unidentified flying object seen over Alaska. US President Joe Biden ordered the shooting.
Third object in a short time
We already know that the balloon shot down on Friday was much smaller than the large Chinese balloon recently shot down off the coast of South Carolina.
What is not known about the now identified object is linked to the object shot down on Friday or to the Chinese balloon.