According to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, another unidentified object has been shot down over North American airspace.
The most recent object, according to him, "violated Canadian airspace" and was shot down over the Yukon region of northwest Canada.
In order to find the object, which Mr. Trudeau claims was destroyed by a US F-22 fighter jet, both Canadian and US aircraft were dispatched.
It was shot down over North America three times in the previous week.
Last weekend, the American military shot down a Chinese balloon, and on Friday, an unidentified small-car-sized object was shot down off Alaska.
On Saturday, Mr. Trudeau said he had spoken with US President Joe Biden and had given the order.
He posted on Twitter, "Canadian forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage of the object.".
The most recent unidentified object was intercepted at around 15:41 local time on Saturday while flying over central Yukon at a height of about 40,000 feet (12,000 meters), according to defence minister Anita Anand.
Although recovery efforts are still being made in order to learn more, she described it as "small" and "cylindrical.".
She added that it posed a "reasonable threat to civil aviation" and that it was destroyed "about 100 miles" from the US border.
She referred to the enormous Chinese suspected spy balloon that measured 200 feet (60 meters) tall and said it "appears to be smaller than the one shot down off the coast of South Carolina" last Saturday.
Prior to the mission, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which provides air defense for the US and Canada, received praise from Prime Minister Trudeau in a tweet.
The White House claimed that "over the last 24 hours" the object had been tracked and watched.
The statement read, "President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau authorized it to be taken down out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of their militaries.
"The leaders spoke about the significance of locating the object in order to learn more about its function or origin.
The US Department of Defense confirmed the mission to shoot down the object was carried out by two F-22 jets, who took off from a military base in Anchorage, Alaska. An AIM 9X missile was used to bring the object down.
Additionally, the FBI will "work closely" with Canadian police, according to Pentagon Press Secretary Brig Gen Pat Ryder.
Separately on Saturday, the US military also sent fighter jets into action over Montana due to the closure of some airspace, but it turned out to be a "radar anomaly" and nothing unusual was discovered.
Only a week had passed since the US also destroyed a suspected Chinese spy balloon before the latest object appeared over North America.
On Friday, US President Biden directed the shooting down of a second unidentified object over Alaska.
The military issued a brief statement in which it stated that US troops, including members of the Alaska National Guard, were still engaged in sea ice search and recovery operations for the object from Friday.
It confirmed that the FBI is assisting with the recovery efforts close to the Alaskan town of Deadhorse but stated that it had no additional information regarding the object's capabilities, purpose, or origin.
The statement continued, "Arctic weather conditions, including wind chill, snow, and limited daylight, are a factor in this operation, and personnel will adjust recovery operations to maintain safety. The rescue operation will continue as long as the weather allows.
Last weekend, defense officials told US media that the Chinese balloon's debris had landed in shallower water than they had anticipated: 47 feet (14 meters) of water, close to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
China has refuted claims that the balloon, which first entered US airspace on January 28, was being used for espionage and instead claimed it was a weather device that got out of control.
The balloon, according to the US, is a component of a fleet of surveillance balloons that have traveled over five continents.
The balloon incident has strained ties between the US and China, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a trip to Beijing.
Chinese officials charged the US with "political manipulation and hype" on Friday.
President Biden asserted that his handling of the Chinese balloon was not "a major breach" in an interview on Thursday.