US warplane shoots down unidentified object over Canada, Justin Trudeau confirms
It comes a day after US planes took similar action over Alaska and it is the third high-altitude object to be shot down by the US in seven days.
A suspected Chinese spy balloon had been flying through Canadian and American airspace when it was shot down by a US war plane last Sunday. The object was flying at about 40,000ft on Friday and posed a "reasonable threat" to the safety of civilian flights, said John Kirby, White House National Security Council spokesman.According to US Northern Command, recovery operations continued on Saturday both near Deadhorse, Alaska, and off South Carolina.
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