A U.S. fighter jet shot down a second unidentified flying object over Canada on Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement.

Trudeau spoke with President Joe Biden this afternoon after North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which is responsible for joint U.S.-Canada aerospace warning and defense, identified the object in Canadian airspace, the leader said in a statement. Canadian and U.S. jets mobilized to intercept the object, and at Trudeau’s order and Biden’s authorization it was downed by a U.S. F-22 jet, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed in a statement.

“A U.S. F-22 shot down the object in Canadian territory using an AIM 9X missile following close coordination between U.S. and Canadian authorities, to include a call today between Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Minister of Defence Anita Anand,” Ryder said.

source dailycaller.com