A new high-altitude flying object shot down over Northern Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau connected Saturday said helium had ordered the takedown of an entity that was flying astatine a precocious altitude implicit the Yukon successful Northern Canada.

In a connection connected Twitter, Trudeau said the entity was changeable down by an American combatant pitchy connected his orders.

"@NORADCommand shot down the entity implicit the Yukon," Trudeau tweeted. Canadian and U.S. craft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully changeable down the object, helium added. 

Trudeau said helium and U.S. President Joe Biden had been successful interaction astir the mission.

The North American Aerospace Defence Command archetypal confirmed the object's beingness implicit Northern Canada this afternoon.

While NORAD says it was capable to place the object, officials person refused to uncover what it was.

The entity is the 3rd known to person violated North American airspace successful the past 2 weeks.

A suspected Chinese spy balloon spent astir a week flying done Canada and the U.S. earlier it was changeable down past Sunday.

The U.S. subject shot down a 2nd object successful Alaskan airspace connected Friday, though it has not provided details connected what it was.

—CNBC contributed to this report.