Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday (Feb 13) that the four aerial objects shot down in recent days, including one over Yukon territory on Saturday, are connected in some way, without elaborating.
near Deadhorse, Alaska, and a third object, cylindrical in shape, was destroyed over Canada's Yukon on Saturday, with investigators still hunting for the wreckage, officials said.
Trudeau said search and recovery efforts were underway for the aerial object shot down over Yukon, adding that winter weather was posing challenges. Trudeau also said he would discuss the issue of aerial objects with US President Joe Biden when they meet in March. The presence of those aerial objects in North American airspace was a"very serious situation," Trudeau said.
Asked why Canada itself did not shoot down the object over Yukon, Trudeau said:"NORAD is a joint command, which means we do things together over North America, and there were Canadian and American fighter jets scrambled to intercept the object and to take it down."The United States and China traded claims about alleged spy balloons on Monday. China said that US high-altitude balloons had
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