Breaking news: U.S. military shoots down an unidentified object over Canada
that Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled to respond in the latest incident, with a “U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object.”
“Arctic weather conditions, including wind chill, snow, and limited daylight, are a factor in this operation, and personnel will adjust recovery operations to maintain safety,” U.S. military officials said of the object shot down over Alaska. “Recovery activities are occurring on sea ice." John Kirby, a White House spokesman, said President Biden was notified of the situation Thursday night and, on a recommendation from the Pentagon, ordered it to be shot down Friday. At such an altitude, he said, it posed a risk to civilian air travel.Friday’s encounter bookended a week in which the Biden administration faced scrutiny over its decision to allow
the North American Aerospace Defense Command , said in the aftermath of that incident that he did not initially shoot the balloon downIt crossed above mainland Alaska and into Canada before appearing over the continental United States, first in northern Idaho on Jan. 30 and then in Montana the following day.
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NORAD confirms 'high-altitude airborne object' flying over northern CanadaNORAD confirmed on Saturday that it is tracking an unidentified airborne object that is hovering over Northern Canada but did not provide further details.
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High-altitude object tracked over northern Canada: NORADBREAKING: A high-altitude object has been tracked over northern Canada, the North American Aerospace Defense Command says.
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