Object Shot Down Over Canada in Escalating Aerial Drama
- It’s the third aerial incursion into North America this month
- China preparing to down object flying over Qingdao, media says
Justin Trudeau
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Canada downed an airborne object over its territory on Saturday, the third such incursion into North American airspace this month, while local Chinese media reported an unidentified object flying over one of its cities.
The high-altitude object was identified over Alaska late Friday evening and monitored by US military aircraft as it crossed into Canada, according to the Pentagon. Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled, and a US F-22 fighter jet successfully shot it down over the Yukon.