The object shot down over the Yukon was described by U.S. officials as a balloon significantly smaller than the one hit by a missile on Feb. 4.
was more cylindrical and described as a type of airship.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gives remarks about the unidentified object in Canadian airspace shot down on Saturday. Both were believed to have a payload, either attached or suspended from them, according to the officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation. Officials were not able to say who launched the objects and were seeking to figure out their origin.
U.S. officials said the two more recent objects were much smaller in size, different in appearance and flew at lower altitudes than the suspected Chinese spy balloon that fell into the Atlantic Ocean after the U.S. missile strike. They said the Alaska and Canada objects were not consistent with the fleet of Chinese aerial surveillance balloons that targeted more than 40 countries, stretching back at least into the Trump administration.
On Sunday, the U.S. briefly closed the airspace over Lake Michigan; on Saturday night, that was done over rural Montana. Officials Sunday said they were no longer tracking any objects over those locations.FILE - Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., before President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington.
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