[6] On February 12, after receiving a briefing from the United States National Security Council, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the U.S. believes that both the Yukon and Alaska objects were balloons.

[9] Minister of National Defence Anita Anand said the object was flying at an altitude of approximately 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight.

[11] The White House said president Joe Biden and Trudeau had "discussed the importance of recovering the object in order to determine more details on its purpose or origin".

[8] Canadian military and police forces searched for remnants of the object across a large portion of Yukon, roughly between Dawson City and Mayo.

[18] The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said that the search area encompassed 3,000 km2 (1,870 sq miles) of "rugged mountain terrain with a very high level of snowpack" in Yukon.

[21] The RCMP lead the search effort, with coordination by Public Safety Canada and assistance from Yukon-based units of the Canadian Armed Forces.