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The shootdowns came in steady succession over the weekend, after alarms were raised in early February over an object spotted over Montana.

The Pentagon has an office to study what it describes as ‘unknown aerial phenomenon’ but the White House says the objects shot down by US and Canadian planes over the last few days show no ‘indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity’

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with President Joe Biden about the object, and jets from both countries, operating as part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, were scrambled.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that on his order a U.S. fighter jet has shot down an unidentified object flying high over northern Canada, acting a day after U.S. planes took similar action over Alaska

Two Chinese spy balloons have been shot down by the US military in the last week at the request of President Biden after a "high-altitude object" was spotted off Alaska yesterday

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The object was roughly the size of a small car

For the second time in a week, the US has shot down an uninvited object in its airspace. Here's what we know about the latest incident.