Yukon, Alaska flying object search efforts being suspended – National | globalnews.ca

The search for the flying object is over Yukon was suspended on friday last week rcmp,

“The RCMP has decided to discontinue search efforts in the Yukon for the downed aerial object on February 11. The highest possible area has been searched and no debris has been found,” the RCMP said in a statement. statement Friday evening.

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“Given the snow that has occurred will reduce the likelihood of finding the object and the current belief the object is not tied to a scenario that justifies extraordinary search efforts, the RCMP is terminating the search.”

Meanwhile, according to a statement released by the Pentagon, the United States has ended the search operation for the two objects after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down earlier this month.

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The US Northern Command said air and sea security perimeters were being removed from two other sites where flying objects were shot down late last week.

“U.S. Northern Command recommends that search operations end today near Deadhorse, Alaska and Lake Huron, as search activities have not found any debris from downed aerial objects on February 10 and February 12, 2023,” it Said.

Fallen object discovered over Lake Huron was suspended on Thursday afternoon.


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Speaking to reporters on February 12, a day after the Yukon object was dropped, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Said it posed a “reasonable threat” to the safety of Canadians.

Trudeau said the unidentified object “illegally” entered Canadian airspace and was shot down by an American F-22.

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He gave the order to shoot down the object after it violated Canadian airspace. The announcement came minutes after an exclusive Global News report published at 3:36 p.m. ET that the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, was monitoring an object that could be another possible spy balloon.

The high-altitude aerial object was shot down at approximately 3:41 a.m. ET.

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us President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the Huron object and two other objects shot down over the Yukon and Alaska did not come from China or any other country and do not have surveillance capabilities.

The objects were shot down in quick succession not long after a Chinese surveillance balloon flew over Canada and the US earlier this month.

– With files from Global News’ Sean Boynton, Heidi Lee and Reuters

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