THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Mark Thiessen

By The Canadian Press

High-altitude object

Trudeau says flying object shot down on his orders over Yukon

Feb 11, 2023 | 4:41 PM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an object flying over Yukon has been shot down.

In a statement on Twitter, Trudeau says the object was shot down by an American fighter jet on his orders.

The North American Aerospace Defence Command first confirmed the object’s presence over Northern Canada this afternoon.

While NORAD says it was able to identify the object, officials have refused to reveal what it was.

The object is the third known to have violated North American airspace in the past two weeks.

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