The governments of Canada and the United States announced on the 11th that military fighter jets shot down an unidentified flying object that entered Canadian airspace.
In the neighboring state of Alaska in the United States, a flying object of unknown affiliation was just shot down the day before, and this time the Canadian military will collect the wreckage of the object and proceed with analysis.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Twitter on the 11th that a U.S. military F-22 stealth fighter shot down an unidentified flying object that entered Canadian airspace over the Yukon Territory in northwestern Canada.
After that, Canadian Defense Minister Anand, who held a press conference, explained that the object was flying at an altitude of about 12,000 meters, which could pose a danger to the flight of commercial aircraft.
Defense Minister Anand said the object "may be similar" to a Chinese balloon that was shot down by US forces over the southern coast of South Carolina on April 4. I explained that it was smaller and more cylindrical.
The Canadian military has recovered the remains of the object for analysis.
The U.S. Department of Defense also announced that it had been shot down, and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), made up of the U.S. military, discovered the object in the skies above Alaska in the United States late at night on the 10th of the previous day, and two fighter planes were shot down. tracked and monitored.
And even after entering Canadian airspace, he continued to monitor with a Canadian military fighter, and President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau had a phone conversation and decided to shoot down.
The US military has just shot down an unknown object flying over the territorial waters of northern Alaska adjacent to Canada on the 10th of the previous day, and is strengthening its vigilance.