Spy balloon shot down off Carolina coast

A short time in the past North American Aerospace Safety Command (NORAD) introduced it had “positively identified” every other “high-altitude airborne object” over norther Canada. Just minutes later, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced it had been shot down in cooperation with the United States.

“Defense force aircraft are at the moment running from Alaska and Canada in improve of North American Aerospace Safety Command (NORAD) actions,” read a commentary put out on Saturday afternoon. “NORAD confirms that now we have positively recognized a excessive-altitude airborne object over Northern Canada.”

“Whereas we can not speak about specifics related to those actions right now, please notice that NORAD conducts sustained, dispersed operations in the defense of North The us thru one or all three NORAD areas,” it stated.

Breaking: NORAD says it has spotted a high-altitude airborne object over Northern Canada. Full observation via @paulanewtonCNN — p.c.twitter.com/W7MZaIQcLv

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) February 11, 2023

Quickly after that announcement, Trudeau tweeted that he spoke with President Joe Biden and the object had been shot down via an American F-22 Raptor

“I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the thing over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object.

I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. plane were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 efficiently fired at the object.

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 11, 2023

I spoke with President Biden this afternoon. Canadian Forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage of the object. Thanks to NORAD for retaining the watch over North The us.

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 11, 2023

This is a breaking story and could also be updated.

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