In a joint operation, fighters from Canada and the United States shot down an unidentified flying object (UFO) that was flying over northwest Canada, on Saturday 11.
The order for the overthrow came from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. O Aerospace Defense Command from North America shot down the artifact, which at the time of the crash was over Yukon.
“Canadian and American fighter jets were assigned, and a US F-22 successfully fired on the object,” Trudeau said. “I spoke with Biden in the afternoon. Now Canadian Forces will collect and analyze the wreckage.”
According to the Pentagon, the Defense Command had already detected the object flying over Alaska on the night of Friday the 10th, when American fighter jets began to monitor it. Canadian CF-18 and CP-140 aircraft joined the formation as the UFO entered Canadian airspace.
Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand did not speculate but said the object was smaller than the Chinese balloon shot down by Washington off the coast of South Carolina last week, was cylindrical in shape and was flying about 12 km away. height, representing a risk to civil air traffic.
“An F-22 shot down the object over Canadian territory using an AIM 9X missile after coordination between US and Canadian authorities,” Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said in a statement.
US President Joe Biden authorized joint action with Canada to take down the object after a call with Trudeau, according to the US Department of Defense. “Leaders discussed the importance of retrieving the object to determine more details about its purpose and origin,” the White House said in a statement.
This is the third case of its kind in the region this month. The Chinese balloon shot down last week passed over Billings, Montana, where a military base with intercontinental ballistic missile silos is located. For the US, the item served espionage; for Beijing, the object carried out research, mainly meteorological.
On Friday the 10th, a second high-altitude object flying over US territory was shot down. According to the US government, the item, which passed through the State of Alaska, was detected on the night of Thursday 9th and was flying at an altitude of 12 kilometers – therefore, it posed risks to civil aviation.