Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday ordered the shooting down of the flying object.

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U.S. Air Traffic Control closes airspace over Montana.

Once again, a "flying object" over North America is causing a significant alert!

As the Canadian news channel "GlobalNews" reports, employees of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) detected another "high-flying object" over northern Canada on Saturday.

Citing three sources in the security apparatus, "Global News" reports that the observed objects could be more potential spy balloons.

"We cannot discuss details of these activities at this time," a NORAD spokesman said, adding that military jets would conduct an operation from Alaska and Canada. 

The "flying object" was shot down by F-22 fighter jets

A short time later, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, 51, confirmed that the object had been shot down by F-22 jets. The prime minister wrote that he had spoken with U.S. President Joe Biden, 80 and that Canadian security forces will now examine the wreckage. His defense minister described the object as "small" and "cylindrical." It had been flying more than 160 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 12 kilometers.

The U.S. had just shot down a similar object Friday over Alaska, near Canada's northern border, that was said to have been about the size of a small car. A Pentagon spokesman said it had posed a threat to civil aviation. According to "CNN," some pilots reported that the object had interfered with their jet sensors and had no visible propulsion. They would have no explanation for how it could travel in the air.

The incident over Alaska occurred a week after the U.S. shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon that had been penetrating Canadian airspace and the northwestern United States for several days.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily closed part of the airspace over the U.S. state of Montana early Saturday evening (local time). The airspace has been classified as "national defense airspace," the aviation announcement said Saturday evening.

It said the temporary closure of the airspace was due to a "radar anomaly." The North American Air Defense Command Norad said that fighter aircraft were sent to investigate. "These aircraft could not identify any object that could be associated with the radar hits." However, the situation would continue to be monitored, it said.

No further details were available.