Transmitted on Feb. 14, the “Memorandum for the Prime Minister” was classified “Secret” and for “limited distribution.” It was CC’d to Trudeau’s national security advisor, Jody Thomas, and signed by Janice Charette, who then served as the powerful clerk of the Privy Council.
Canada’s Department of National Defence
“Following the identification of the larger high-altitude surveillance balloon, NORAD adjusted our detection capabilities to give us better fidelity on seeing smaller, slower objects at various altitudes,” a Canadian defence spokesperson said. “Each event is unique and NORAD’s response is determined on a case-by-case basis.”
“It also appears to indicate a low level of understanding of the object in terms of its capabilities and function,” Boyd added. “Under normal circumstances, you’d like to think that the decision to shoot it down would only be made after a thorough assessment had been made of the danger it posed based on all information available.”
“We have gone from a crazy few days where four objects were shot down, to nothing in the six months since,” Boyd said. “It would be interesting to know what changes in procedures, if any, have been undertaken by Norad and other organizations charged with protecting Canada and the U.S.” Source
The memo: feb-2023-memorandum-for-pm-on-uap
PDF Source: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23937410/feb-2023-memorandum-for-pm-on-uap.pdf
