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- A US F-22 fighter jet has shot down an "unidentified object" flying over northern Canada.
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered NORAD to shoot it down Saturday.
- Canadian forces will recover and analyze the object's wreckage, Trudeau said.
Acting on the orders of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a US fighter jet shot down an "unidentified object" flying over northern Canada on Saturday.
"I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace," Trudeau said, adding that both Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled, and a US F-22 successfully took down the object.