Mystery in the sky: Shortly after shooting down a mysterious flying object over the US, the US military shot down a second object over Canada. US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jointly approved the launch on Saturday, the White House said. The object was shot down out of caution and on the advice of the army. It was completely open to whom it belonged and for what purpose it was on its way.
The downed plane was shot down by a US F-22 fighter jet over the Yukon region of northwestern Canada on Saturday. The object was under close surveillance for the past 24 hours by the North American air defense command Norad, according to Washington. On a phone call, Biden and Trudeau discussed the importance of retrieving the object to learn more about its purpose and origin. It wasn’t until Friday that the US military shot down a suspected similar plane over Alaska, not far from the Prudhoe Bay oil fields. The US government justified the action by saying that civil air traffic was in danger.
Airspace closure over Montana due to ‘radar anomaly’
Saturday evening (local time) the FAA temporarily closed parts of the airspace over the US state of Montana. The closure was reminiscent of what the US military did before the Chinese balloon was shot down. However, the North American Air Defense Command quickly gave permission. There was a “radar anomaly”. As a result, fighter jets were sent to investigate them. “These aircraft failed to identify any object associated with the radar hits.”
The second flying object is similar to the one shot down the day before
Trudeau wrote on Twitter that Canadian and American fighter jets were involved in the shooting. An American F-22 plane then fired at the object. “The Canadian Forces will now recover and analyze the debris of the object.” Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said the flying object was shot down over Canada at an altitude of about eight miles. The object off the coast of Alaska was also at this altitude – both would have been unmanned. The minister also called the object small and spoke of a “cylindrical shape”. It also has this in common with the previously shot down object.
The salvage of both objects was in full swing last weekend. The recovery of the shot down missile near Alaska proved to be particularly difficult. The command staff told Northern Command (Northcom) that it was made more difficult by the “Arctic weather conditions”. These include icy winds, snow and limited daylight. The disposal of the debris takes place on the sea ice. Northcom said it has no further information about the object: “At this time, we have no further details about the object, including its capabilities, purpose or origin.”
China’s ballooning strained relations with the US
The incident was reminiscent of the Chinese balloon allegedly used for espionage purposes that the US Air Force had taken down a week ago. According to military information, this had flown about 11 miles, but significantly higher than the object over Alaska, which flew at an altitude of twelve to eight miles. The US military floated the Chinese balloon over the US mainland for several days and then shot it down over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina. The United States accuses the Chinese government of using it to spy on military facilities. Beijing, on the other hand, spoke of a civilian research balloon off course – describing the launch as an “overreaction”. The incident added tension to the already tense relationship between the two countries.
Source: Krone
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