Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday that teams are working to "find and analyze" an object shot down on Saturday over the Yukon, while another object was destroyed Sunday over Lake Huron by the American military.

This is reported by CBC News.

"The safety of Canadians is our No. 1 priority, that's why I made the decision to shoot down the object. It was a threat to civil aviation and a potential threat to Canadians," Trudeau said in brief remarks on Sunday morning.

A senior government source with direct knowledge of the situation told CBC News that the federal government was first alerted to the object on Friday night, when it was still travelling through Alaska.

Trudeau did not share any additional details about the nature of the object on Sunday, saying only that "teams are on the ground, looking to find and analyze the object."