The unidentified object that was shot down over Lake Huron on Feb. 12 by the U.S. Air Force was first detected over southern Alberta, Canadian Military Major General Paul Prévost said on Feb. 13.
Prévost, the director of Strategic Joint Staff at National Defence, was providing a technical briefing alongside officials from the RCMP, Public Safety, and the Canadian Coast Guard.
Prévost clarified that the object did not originate in Alberta, but that authorities first became aware of it at that time, noting there is a gap in sensor coverage to detect these types of objects.
“They’re smaller in size, harder to find through radar, through ground radar, air surveillance radar. So we’re turning our minds to how can we address those gaps in the future,” he said….