NORAD is monitoring more objects that could be additional spy balloons: sources
Global News
The information from three security sources comes after the U.S. shot down a 'high-altitude' object on Friday and after the shootdown last weekend of a Chinese spy balloon.
Officials with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) are monitoring what appear to be one or two more potential spy balloons, three security sources tell Global News.
No information on where the objects were located was immediately available and Global News is not aware of whether a decision to intercept or shoot the objects down has yet been taken.
NORAD is the joint North American military response alliance that sees Canadian and America military officials working together on continental defence. The Canadian Department of National Defence deferred comment to NORAD Saturday.
The U.S. shot down a “high-altitude object” over Alaska, near Canada’s northern border, on Friday. A spokesperson for the Pentagon said the balloon was believed to be heading towards Canadian airspace.
The ‘high-altitude’ object shot down on Friday had not entered Canadian airspace, Defence Minister Anita Anand said in a statement on Friday.
The incident came a week after the U.S. took down a Chinese surveillance balloon that had flown over Canadian airspace and the northwestern U.S. for several days before being shot down over the Atlantic Ocean by the U.S Air Force.
More to come.