In the wake of three unidentified objects being brought down within a span of three days over Alaska, the Yukon, and Lake Huron in February, coupled with the earlier interception of a Chinese spy balloon off the South Carolina coast a week prior, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a confidential memorandum.
This memo outlined the Canadian government’s response to the Yukon incident on February 11, while also mentioning that the “full exploitation” of whatever the U.S. Air Force had downed over Alaskan waters on February 10 had not been completed.
The precise nature of this intelligence exploitation remains unclear, The Drive reported.
The “Memorandum for the Prime Minister,” dated February 14, was acquired by Canadian news outlet CTV News through a source who had filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
This request was independently verified by CTV News. According to the memo, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) assigned sequential numbers to unidentified objects as a tracking measure for those not immediately identified.
In most cases, these objects were found to be harmless and did not warrant higher-level reporting or engagement.
However, the memo pointed out that one object, designated as “UAP #23” (indicating it was the 23rd unidentified radar track by NORAD over North America up to that point in the year classified as a UAP), raised greater concern due to the fact that it had been shot down.
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