A U.S. fighter jet shot down a second unidentified flying object over Canada on Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement.
Trudeau spoke with President Joe Biden this afternoon after North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which is responsible or joint U.S.-Canada aerospace warning and defense, identified the object in Canadian airspace, the leader said in a statement. Canadian and U.S. jets mobilized to intercept the object, and at Trudeau’s order it was downed by a U.S. F-22 jet.
The Canadian military will recover the debris from the object, Trudeau added.
NORAD had earlier identified an object traversing sovereign Canadian airspace.
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.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 11, 2023
“U.S. military aircraft are currently operating from Alaska and Canada in support of [NORAD] activities. NORAD confirms that we have positively identified a high-altitude airborne object over Northern Canada,” the command said in a statement, according to CNN.
NORAD did not provide further details on activities or the object in question.
The event happened roughly one day after U.S. jets assigned to U.S. Northern Command took down a high-altitude object off the northern coast of Alaska at Biden’s order. U.S. officials said the object was traveling at an altitude of 40,000 feet and could therefore pose a threat to commercial air traffic, justifying a military response.
The object was first spotted on Feb. 9 and tracked as it entered U.S. airspace and traveled in a northeasterly direction, according to Ryder.
NORAD said in a statement Saturday that recovery efforts for the object were ongoing as the icy conditions permitted.
NORAD did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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