Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an object flying over Yukon has been shot down.
In a statement on Twitter, Trudeau says the object was shot down by an American fighter jet on his orders.
I spoke with President Biden this afternoon. Canadian Forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage of the object. Thank you to NORAD for keeping the watch over North America.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 11, 2023
The North American Aerospace Defence Command first confirmed the object’s presence over Northern Canada this afternoon.
While NORAD says it was able to identify the object, officials have refused to reveal what it was.
The object is the third known to have violated North American airspace in the past two weeks.
A suspected Chinese spy balloon spent nearly a week flying through Canada and the U.S. before it was shot down last Sunday
The U.S. military shot down a second object in Alaskan airspace on Friday, though it has not provided details on what it was.
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