VANCOUVER, Canada — The U.S. shot down an unidentified airborne object over northern Canada on Saturday, the third time this month that jets were deployed to counter such aerial incursions.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command earlier Saturday said it had identified the high-altitude object. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled and a U.S. F-22 fighter jet successfully took it down over the Yukon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a tweet.
The latest incident comes after the recent incursion of a Chinese balloon over U.S. and Canadian territory that shone a spotlight on Beijing’s alleged surveillance programs and sparked a diplomatic standoff between the world superpowers. The U.S. also downed another unidentified object in Alaska Friday near the Canadian border.
