Government2023

Defence Minister Anand gives Canada's account of the Yukon object shootdown

When: 11 Feb 2023
Where: Yukon, Canada
Sources: 2 public sources

Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders via U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand said NORAD aircraft, on the prime minister's order, downed a small cylindrical object flying near 40,000 feet over central Yukon. She said recovery was under way with the military and RCMP and that its origin and purpose were unknown.

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OfficialMinister Anand provides an important national security update (opens in a new tab)National Defence, Government of Canada / 2023-02-12
PressThe U.S. military shot down an unidentified object over Canada's Yukon territory (opens in a new tab)NPR (via KUNC) / 2023-02-11

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