Prime Minister Justin Trudeau orders unidentified object shot down above northern Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered a fighter jet to shoot down an unidentified object Saturday that was in Canadian air space.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) -- an American-Canadian joint command tasked with defending the skies over North America, scrambled jets in the afternoon.

"I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace," Trudeau tweeted. "@NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object."

Trudeau said he talked with US President Joe Biden about the action.