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2023 - 2 - 11

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Canada hunts for wreckage of latest unidentified object (Reuters)

OTTAWA/WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Canadian investigators are hunting for the wreckage of an unidentified flying object that was shot down by a U.S. jet ...

U.S. On Saturday, the U.S. Republican lawmaker Mike Turner, who serves on the U.S. The first object was a balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. And a third object was destroyed over [Canada's Yukon](/world/us/us-still-gives-no-details-about-alaska-ufo-new-object-seen-over-canada-2023-02-11/) on Saturday with investigators still hunting for the wreckage. China denies the first balloon was being used for surveillance and says it was a civilian research craft. It can be brutally cold in the winter, but temperatures are unusually mild for this time of year, which could ease the recovery effort. officials identified the first object as a Chinese surveillance balloon, and the detection has strained U.S. On Friday, a second object was shot down over sea ice near Representative Debbie Dingell, one of several Michigan lawmakers who applauded the military for downing the object. On President Joe Biden's order, a U.S. F-16 fighter shot down the object at 2:42 p.m.

The U.S. military shot down an unidentified object over Canada's ... (NPR)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Biden ordered the takedown "out of an abundance of caution" after the object violated Canada's airspace ...

The U.S. Following the call between President Biden and Trudeau, Biden authorized the F-22 to shoot down the object with a missile in Canadian territory, Ryder said. The Federal Aviation Administration said it briefly closed that airspace to support NORAD operations on Saturday evening. The object was shot down by a U.S. military fighter jet from the U.S. She said it was downed in central Yukon, about 100 miles from a U.S.-Canada border.

Chuck Schumer: Two more flying objects shot down were likely ... (BBC News)

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer claimed China was using a "crew of balloons" around the world.

It was taken out by a US F-22 fighter jet. The US said the balloon - shown in the video below - was part of a fleet of surveillance balloons that had flown over five continents. It was downed by Air Force and National Guard pilots on Sunday, Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin said. Referring to the efforts to take out the Saturday's object over Canada, the White House said in a statement that the object had been tracked and monitored for 24 hours. Mr Trudeau said recovery teams were on the ground trying to find the object and that there was still "much to know". While he didn't say specifically that the objects from Friday and Saturday were Chinese, Mr Schumer told ABC on Sunday that Beijing was likely using a "crew of balloons" that had "probably been all over the world".

U.S. jet downs unidentified object over Canada (Politico)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered the mission after talking with President Joe Biden.

Sullivan called for a redoubling of efforts “to recover, exploit and analyze the unidentified aircraft shot down over Alaska and Canada ... NORAD said in a Saturday statement that the work in the High North is being hampered by adverse weather conditions. However, no object was identified that correlated to the radar hits, NORAD said. to fully understand the nature of the threat we are facing right now,” in Air Force personnel who shot down the unidentified object in Canadian airspace. Flying at roughly 40,000 feet, the object posed a “reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight,” she said. “Last year, we announced the upgrade to our continental defense and NORAD, about C$40 billion [$30 billion],” she added. and Canadian aircrafts were involved in the operation. American F-22s were launched from the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage and Canadian F-18s from Cold Lake, Alberta. Canadian Forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage of the object. from Montana to South Carolina, before it was downed over the Atlantic. Thank you to NORAD for keeping the watch over North America,” Trudeau added.

Both 'objects' shot down over Alaska, Canada believed to be ... (Fox News)

The unidentified “object” the U.S. shot down over Canada was a “small metallic balloon” carrying a payload, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Fox News on ...

The U.S. Only the one shot down off of the U.S. The unidentified "objects" the U.S. [DEMOCRAT UNLOADS ON BIDEN DECISION DELAYING TAKEDOWN OF CHINESE SPY BALLOON, SAYS ADMIN 'OWES AMERICA ANSWERS'](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrat-unloads-biden-decision-delay-shooting-down-chinese-spy-balloon) [CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink) "Out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of their militaries, President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau authorized it to be taken down," the readout said. Details regarding the object that was flying through Canadian airspace were scarce throughout the weekend, but U.S.

High-altitude object shot down over northern Canada, temporarily ... (ABC News)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered the takedown of "an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace." "Canadian and U.S. aircraft ...

By adding these companies to the list, the U.S. "The FAA briefly closed some airspace over Lake Michigan to support Department of Defense activities," the FAA said in a statement Sunday. The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday it added six Chinese entities to their Entity List for "supporting the PRC's military modernization efforts, specifically those related to aerospace programs, including airships and balloons and related materials and components, that are used by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) for intelligence and reconnaissance," according to a press release. NORAD will continue to monitor the situation," the statement continued. The restriction has been lifted," the statement read. also shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. Northern Command said Saturday it had no further details on the object's "capabilities, purpose or origin." That object was about the size of a small car and flying at around 40,000 feet, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Friday. They also stressed the importance of recovering the object to determine its purpose or origin, the readout stated. F-22 aircraft monitored the object over Alaska, then Canadian aircraft joined as it crossed into Canadian airspace, he said. The object was shot down approximately 100 miles from the Canada-U.S.