Shortly before True’s tweet, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said it had detected an object flying at high altitude over Canada. NORAD did not provide any further details, including when the object was first observed or what it is.
I ordered the removal of an unidentified object violating Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the object… https://t.co/OsSOD5ojur
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) 1676152531000
On Twitter, Trudeau said: “I ordered an unidentified object violating Canadian airspace to be taken down. @NORADCommand shot down object over Yukon. Canadian and American aircraft were driven off, and a US F-22 successfully fired upon the object.
The object was the third known object to have violated North American airspace in the past two weeks.
In a second tweet, Trudeau said: “I spoke with President Biden this afternoon. The Canadian military will now recover and analyze the wreckage of the object. Thank you NORAD for keeping an eye on North America.”
A suspected Chinese spy balloon spent nearly a week flying over Canadian and US airspace before being shot down by US warplanes last Sunday.
The US military shot down a second object in Alaskan airspace on Friday, although officials did not say what it was.