Planes from the US and Canada participated in the operation, although it was an American F-22 that "fired successfully" at the object, the prime minister explained.

Canada shot down an unknown object that violated the country's airspace and was flying at a high altitude,

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced.

The device was detected by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD for its acronym in English), an organization formed by Canada and the United States, and shot down while flying over Yucón, a territory in the northwest of the country that borders Alaska.

This event occurs after the United States shot down an unknown flying object that was flying over Alaska and shot down a balloon of Chinese origin.

"I have ordered the downing of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace

," Trudeau said on

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I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace.

@NORAD Command shot down the object over the Yukon.

Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled, and a US F-22 successfully fired at the object.

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 11, 2023

Planes from the United States and Canada participated in the operation to monitor the device, although it was an American F-22 that "successfully fired" at the object, explained the prime minister, who coordinated with the president of the United States, Joe Biden.

Trudeau assured that the Canadian Armed Forces will recover the remains of the downed device for analysis.

(With agency information)