Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Feb. 12 that the unidentified cylindrical object detected in northern Canadian airspace and shot down yesterday represented a threat to aircraft.
Trudeau said the object “entered unlawfully Canadian airspace” and “represented a reasonable threat to civilian aircraft.” He said he gave the order, “to take it down,” and “recovery teams are on the ground, looking to find and analyze the object.”
The prime minister said he had spoken with U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday “and confirmed together that we will continue to do everything necessary to protect the sovereignty of our shared North American airspace, but also to do everything necessary to keep our citizens safe.”…