Unidentified Object Shot Down Over Canada in Latest Incident
Natalie Obiko Pearson and Brian Platt
Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, speaks during a press conference at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, May 30, 2022. After banning 1,500 types of military-style assault firearms in 2020, Trudeau now announced new legislation to further strengthen gun control in Canada.
(Bloomberg) -- The US shot down an unidentified airborne object over northern Canada on Saturday, the third time this month that jets were deployed to counter such aerial incursions.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command earlier Saturday said it had identified the high-altitude object. Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled and a US F-22 fighter jet successfully took it down over the Yukon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a tweet.
The latest incident comes after the recent incursion of a Chinese balloon over US and Canadian territory that shone a spotlight on Beijing’s alleged surveillance programs and sparked a diplomatic standoff between the world superpowers. The US also downed another unidentified object in Alaska Friday near the Canadian border.
Canadian Forces will recover and analyze the wreckage of the object, Trudeau said, adding that he spoke with US President Joe Biden.
It’s unclear what the latest object is and where it originated. But the US has accused China of a years-long surveillance program in which it deployed spy balloons across the globe, a claim rejected by Beijing.
A US intelligence report released in January said reporting of unidentified aerial phenomena has increased, as the stigma surrounding claims of UFO sightings lessens and awareness increases about the threats such objects may pose.
Read more: UFO Sighting Reports to Government Increase as Stigma Lifts
NORAD is a US-Canada organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning for North America.
Natalie Obiko Pearson and Brian Platt
Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, speaks during a press conference at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, May 30, 2022. After banning 1,500 types of military-style assault firearms in 2020, Trudeau now announced new legislation to further strengthen gun control in Canada.
(Bloomberg) -- The US shot down an unidentified airborne object over northern Canada on Saturday, the third time this month that jets were deployed to counter such aerial incursions.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command earlier Saturday said it had identified the high-altitude object. Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled and a US F-22 fighter jet successfully took it down over the Yukon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a tweet.
The latest incident comes after the recent incursion of a Chinese balloon over US and Canadian territory that shone a spotlight on Beijing’s alleged surveillance programs and sparked a diplomatic standoff between the world superpowers. The US also downed another unidentified object in Alaska Friday near the Canadian border.
Canadian Forces will recover and analyze the wreckage of the object, Trudeau said, adding that he spoke with US President Joe Biden.
It’s unclear what the latest object is and where it originated. But the US has accused China of a years-long surveillance program in which it deployed spy balloons across the globe, a claim rejected by Beijing.
A US intelligence report released in January said reporting of unidentified aerial phenomena has increased, as the stigma surrounding claims of UFO sightings lessens and awareness increases about the threats such objects may pose.
Read more: UFO Sighting Reports to Government Increase as Stigma Lifts
NORAD is a US-Canada organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning for North America.
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Summary
Unidentified Object Downed Over Canada; Third Such Incident This Month. Jets scrambled by Canada and US, with a US F-22 fighter jet taking down the object over Yukon. Prime Minister Trudeau confirmed this in a tweet. Origin of the object remains unknown but previous incursions have been linked to