Trudeau said that the dropping of the body was carried out by Canadian and American planes, indicating that the Canadian forces will collect and analyze the wreckage of the body.
He wrote on Twitter: “I ordered the shooting down of an unknown object that violated Canadian airspace. The object was dropped over the Yukon. Canadian and American planes were pushed back, and an American F-22 succeeded in hitting the object.”
The Prime Minister of Canada added: “I spoke with President (US Joe) Biden on Saturday afternoon. Canadian forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage of the object. Thanks to the US-Canadian Joint Space Agency for observing North America.”
The North American Aerospace Defense Command said earlier Saturday that it was observing a “high-altitude flying object” over northern Canada, and that military aircraft are currently operating in the region from the US state of Alaska and Canada, according to a press release issued by the command.
It is not clear if the new object is linked to the suspected Chinese spy balloon last week, or to another object that was dropped by a US fighter over Alaska on Friday.
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