Norad shot down an “unidentified object” over the Yukon on Saturday, an action Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered after the object entered Canadian airspace
“Canadian and US aircraft scrambled, and a US F-22 successfully fired at the object,” Trudeau said in a statement on Twitter.
“I spoke with President Biden this afternoon. Canadian forces will now recover and analyze the object’s debris. Thank you NORAD for monitoring North America.”
Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand also confirmed the object was shot down. say on Twitter that she discussed the matter with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin “and reaffirmed that we will always defend our sovereignty together.”
Norad, or North American Aerospace Defense Command, confirmed in a statement to CTV News earlier on Saturday that it was tracking a high-altitude flying object that flew over Northern Canada.
“Military aircraft are currently operating from Alaska and Canada in support of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) operations. NORAD has confirmed that we have identified a flying object. at high altitudes over Northern Canada,” Norad and the US military’s Northern Command said in a statement. statement.
“While we are unable to discuss the specifics regarding these operations at this time, please note that NORAD conducts distributed, sustained operations to protect North America through one or both of these activities.” NORAD is a bi-national organization of the United States and Canada responsible for aerospace warning, aerospace control, and maritime warning missions for North America.”
This comes a day after the United States shot down another unidentified high-altitude object the size of a small car off the coast of Alaska on Friday near the Canadian border.
Anand said in a statement to CTV News on Friday that the object did not enter Canadian airspace.
She added that Canada supports the US “to take action” to bring down the subject. Trudeau also said on Friday night that he supported the decision after being informed of the matter.
Recovery efforts are currently underway in a stretch of the Beaufort Sea that is believed to have been frozen.
The incident occurred after the US shot down a hot air balloon suspected of being a Chinese spy over the Atlantic Ocean on February 4, after the balloon traveled over Canada and the US for a week.
Featuring files from CTV National News Parliamentary Office correspondent Annie Bergeron-Oliver and CTVNews.ca writer Daniel Otis
