pentagon is that norad had detected the object over alaska actually late friday evening, and then two f-22 fighter jets from alaska monitored the object over u.s. airspace, and then tracked it as it went into canada. now this was obviously the u.s. and canada working very closely together because obviously we have seen these kinds of objects floating around in the area over the last several days. just yesterday the president authorized the shoot-down of yet another object that was flying over alaskan airspace. that was shot down yesterday about ten miles off the coast there. this one we're told they just wanted to wait and monitor it because it was first spotted over alaska, and they did not feel like it was the right time to shoot it down immediately. so they waited to see where it was going. itdented up going over canada -- it did end up going over canada. u.s. and canadian fire jets working together under the norad hat, they worked together to bring it down. it was ultimately a fighter jet,