Search efforts for Yukon, Alaska flying objects are being suspended

Canada's RCMP said Friday night that the hunt the object shot down over Yukon does not warrant 'extraordinary search efforts' as a similar hunt for object downed over Alaska ends.

The search for the flying object shot down over Yukon last week was suspended Friday by the RCMP.

“The RCMP has decided to discontinue search efforts in the Yukon for the aerial object shot down on February 11. The highest probability area has been searched and the debris was not located,” the RCMP said in a statement Friday evening.

“Given the snowfall that has occurred, the decreasing probability the object will be found and the current belief the object is not tied to a scenario that justifies extraordinary search efforts, the RCMP is terminating the search.”

Meanwhile, the United States has ended search operations for two objects it shot down earlier this month in the aftermath of downing a suspected Chinese spy balloon, according to a statement released by the Pentagon.

The U.S. Northern Command said air and maritime safety perimeters were being lifted at two other sites where flying objects were shot down last weekend.

“U.S. Northern Command recommended that search operations conclude today near Deadhorse, Alaska, and on Lake Huron, as search activities have discovered no debris from airborne objects shot down on Feb. 10 and Feb. 12, 2023,” it said.

The search for the object downed over Lake Huron had been suspended Thursday afternoon.

Speaking to reporters on Feb. 12, the day after the Yukon object was downed, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it posed a “reasonable threat” to the safety of Canadians.