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 White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was called out over the weekend after struggling to explain why the U.S. military shot down an unidentified airborne object over Canada.

A "high-altitude airborne object" over Northern Canada was shot down by an F-22 fighter jet at the directive of President Biden, a North American Aerospace Defense Command [NORAD] official confirmed in a statement to TAN. The incident came one day after the United States shot down an unidentified object over northern Alaska on Friday that entered U.S. airspace before it was detected and a week after the U.S. shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon spotted off the coast of South Carolina.

The White House confirmed President Biden authorized for the object to be shot down, but did not elaborate further.

In an interview on MSNBC Sunday, Jean-Pierre was asked pointedly, "Why is the American military shooting something out of the sky over Canada?"

The press secretary fumbled her way through a response, offering little clarity while avoiding a direct explanation on the matter.

"Because it's part of uh NORAD. The NORAD is uh part of like a, uh part of a, it's a – it's uh what you call a coalition and so that's why we were able to do that. Again, we didn't do it on our own, we did it in uh – in uh clearly, in uh, in step with Canadia – Canada," she said. 

Critics pounced on Jean-Pierre's botched response, with some bashing her communication skills and others pointing out her use of the term "Canadia."