High-altitude object shot down over northern Canada, Montana airspace temporarily closed
A US F-22 once again shooting down an unidentified object in the sky today over Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeting, I ordered the takedown of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. NORAD Command shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled and a US F-22 successfully fired at the object. Trudeau says he also spoke to President Biden and Canadian forces will work to recover the wreckage. This as the US military is in the process of recovering the wreckage of another unidentified object shot down Friday off the coast of Alaska. The White House saying this object was flying at 40,000 feet posing a threat to civilian aircraft.
Out of an abundance of caution and the recommendation of the Pentagon, President Biden ordered the military to down the object and they did. One senior official describing it as cylindrical and silverish gray. The Pentagon saying it's about the size of a small car. Do you have anything to say about the object shot down over Alaska, Mr. President? The White House says the object was first detected Thursday evening. Fighter jets sent to observe determining it was unmanned. The president briefed Thursday giving the order to shoot it down Friday morning.
An F-22 fighter jet taking the shot at 1.45 p.m. This object didn't appear to have the gondola underneath it like the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was brought down off the coast of the Carolinas. There's no indication that it had any capability to be powered or to steer in a particular direction or to collect intelligence. President Biden has faced some criticism for not acting sooner to shoot down that Chinese spy balloon before it transversed the United States. Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski says Friday's action sends a better message.
Any aspect of US sovereign territory that is encroached upon, there's going to be consequences to it. On Friday, the military announced they had found the massive technology bay from that Chinese spy balloon at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. M-1, ABC News, Washington.
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