Canada has shot down an “unidentified object” that violated its airspace a day after the US shot down a similar unidentified high-altitude object over Alaska. The country’s prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he ordered a US warplane to shoot down the unidentified object that was flying high over northern Canada. It is the third known flying object to violate Northern American airspace in the space of two weeks.
The Canadian Prime Minister tweeted: “I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object.”
The flying object was detected at a high altitude over Canada shortly before Mr Trudeau’s tweet, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said. NORAD provided no additional information, such as when the object was discovered or what it is.
In a second tweet, Trudeau said: “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.”
A suspected Chinese spy balloon flew through Canadian and American airspace for nearly a week before being shot down by US warplanes last Sunday.
The United States military shot down a second object in Alaskan airspace on Friday, though authorities have not revealed what it was.
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