Officials said the object was detected above Alaska before it crossed into Canadian airspace.
that he had ordered the"take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace."
Both Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, Trudeau said, and it was a U.S. jet that"successfully fired at the object." Canadian Forces"will now recover and analyze the wreckage of the object," Trudeau said. North American Aerospace Defense Command detected the object flying at a high altitude over Alaska on Friday evening and it crossed into Canadian airspace on Saturday, Brigadier General Pat Ryder, theRyder said jets were scrambled following a call between Trudeau and President, who also ordered the object to be shot down."A U.S. F-22 shot down the object in Canadian territory using an AIM 9X missile following close coordination between U.S. and Canadian authorities," Ryder said.
An F-22 Raptor takes part in a NATO exercise at the 32nd Air Tactical Base on October 12, 2022, in Lask, Poland. A U.S. F-22 jet has shot down an unidentified object flying over Canada, officials said.A recovery operation for the wreckage is underway involving the Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted. Ryder said the Federal Bureau of Investigation would be"working closely" on the investigation with the RCMP.
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