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NORAD has confirmed that the United States military is monitoring yet another potential spy balloon currently flying over Canada.
This comes shortly after an unidentified object was shot down over Alaska after it was able to penetrate US airspace before detection, officials have revealed.
'We have positively identified a high-altitude airborne object over Northern Canada,' NORAD officials said in a statement.
'While we cannot discuss specifics related to these activities at this time, please note that NORAD conducts sustained, dispersed operations in the defence of North America through one or all three NORAD regions,' Major Olivier Gallant, a NORAD spokesperson, said in a statement. Earlier Saturday, Canada's Global News has reported that security sources were monitoring 'one or two more objects' that they thought could be spy balloons.
A source told Fox News the earlier unidentified object was discovered 'over Alaska not far from the northern coast'. The object was first spotted north of Anchorage, Fox News' Lucas Tomlinson tweeted.
It comes after sources told CNN the military had developed a method to track spy balloons last year - despite the object, which is said to be the size of a small car, not being picked up on radar until after it was over Alaska.
National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby revealed on Friday it had been shot down within an hour of an order issued by President Joe Biden. The Pentagon has since sent military helicopters to recover it from frozen waters.
originally posted by: xuenchen
One splashed by NORAD on orders from Canada PM Trudeau ❗❗👀
originally posted by: JBurns
a reply to: Violater1
These aren't the same size as the balloon and they specifically dismissed the idea that it is one. At this time it is entirely unknown, but not shaped in a way any balloon would be. Balloons are not silvery-gray cylinders
Is this the alien invasion that Von Braun warned us about?
originally posted by: WeDemBoyz
Is this the alien invasion that Von Braun warned us about?
If it is, then they're 0 for 1.
I'd have expected something that wouldn't get its ass blasted out of the sky with such ease.
originally posted by: Joneselius
Does it fill anyone else with confidence that the governments and military are being mum about this?
The people never ever have a right to know, do we. They treat us like children and it makes me want to stamp my feet and throw a wobbler.....
Readout of President Biden’s Call with Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada
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BRIEFING ROOM
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Earlier today, President Biden spoke with Prime Minister Trudeau on the unidentified, unmanned object in North American air space. The object was closely tracked and monitored by North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) over the last 24 hours and the President has been continually briefed by his national security team since the object was detected. 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. President Biden authorized US fighter aircraft assigned to NORAD to conduct the operation and a US F-22 shot down the object in Canadian territory in close coordination with Canadian authorities. The leaders discussed the importance of recovering the object in order to determine more details on its purpose or origin. President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau commended NORAD’s and U.S. Northern Command’s strong and effective partnership and agreed to continue their close coordination to detect, track, and defend our airspace.