Prime Minister Trudeau says flying object shot down on his orders over Yukon

WATCH LIVE: Defence Minister Anita Anand provides an update after an unidentified object was shot down over Yukon.

Last Updated Saturday, February 11, 2023 7:41PM EST

A short time later, Trudeau announced on Twitter that it had been taken down by an American fighter jet. “Two F-22 aircraft from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska monitored the object over U.S. airspace with the assistance of Alaska Air National Guard refueling aircraft, tracking it closely and taking time to characterize the nature of the object,” Pentagon spokesman Brig.-Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement.

“As Canadian authorities conduct recovery operations to help our countries learn more about the object, the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be working closely with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,” Ryder said. The object is the third known to have violated North American airspace in the past two weeks, but the first whose presence has been revealed while it was flying over Canada.

Members of the House of Commons' defence committee voted Friday to hold hearings on the issue, which will allow opportunities to hear from Anand and military officials.

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