The mystery surrounding the unidentified flying objects shot down by US planes in the past few days remains open. The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has decided to form a team to analyze the security risks of these objects, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby announced on Monday. Back then, the White House was trying to scare away the alien specter, fueled in part by a clumsy testimony by a general this Sunday. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has jokingly said she loves ET, but has affirmed that “there is no evidence of extraterrestrial or extraterrestrial activity” in the objects discovered.
Kirby, when asked the same question, put it another way: “I don’t think the American people need to worry about extraterrestrials because of these objects. I don’t think more needs to be said.” However, there are no clear explanations as to the origin, purpose or capabilities of the three flying objects shot down since Friday, one in Alaskan waters the size of a small car, another in Canada, cylindrical shaped and another apparently octagonal over Lake Huron.
Unlike the Chinese balloon, which was spotted at a much higher altitude last week, these three objects were flying at an altitude that Kirby said posed “a very real risk” to air travel, justifying their downing. And it’s not clear if they posed additional risks: “The President today, through his National Security Adviser, tasked an interagency team to study the broader implications for the detection, analysis and removal of airborne objects, unidentified persons that constitute security.” , or security risks,” announced Kirby.
The spokesman for the National Security Council has provided more information on the objects, always cautiously. Apparently they had neither their own propulsion nor manoeuvrability, but were at the mercy of the wind. It is assumed that these were not spy objects with surveillance devices, but without completely ruling out the possibility.
The White House wanted to distinguish the Chinese balloon, which was known and flew at a higher altitude, about 60,000 feet, from these new objects that posed a risk to commercial aviation by moving between 20,000 and 40,000 feet. However, much of Kirby’s message was aimed at denouncing what he believes to be a Chinese spy program using balloons that have flown over dozens of countries.
Kirby has insisted that the United States’ goal is to have a constructive relationship with China, but that this is not the best time for rapprochement. He has indicated that the defense minister has not been able to speak to his Chinese counterpart, but diplomatic contacts from the foreign ministry and embassies are continuing. Although this has not been confirmed and no explanations have been given, multiple sources have told Portal that Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken is considering meeting with the Chinese government’s top foreign policy adviser, Wang Yi. during the next Munich conference, which will be held in the German city on February 17-19.
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The entire air object episode began with the appearance of a Chinese balloon sighted from the ground by Montanans and identified by the United States as a Chinese spy balloon. It was later revealed that it had first been spotted in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and that after flying over Canada it had re-entered US airspace via Montana.
According to the official version, on the advice of the Pentagon, Biden decided not to demolish it immediately, due to the risk that the collapse of its remains could endanger the population and land. The balloon crossed the United States from northwest to southeast and was shot down by a short-range missile launched from a US F-22 aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina.
Following that initial incident, Kirby himself announced at a news conference last Friday that another airborne object the size of a small car was spotted Thursday over Alaskan airspace at an altitude of about 40,000 feet. It shot down another F-22 Friday on orders from US President Joe Biden, and its wreckage crashed into the frozen waters of northern Alaska. The task of recovering the remains began without much success given the difficulties.
On the same Friday afternoon, the radar devices discovered a new object. The joint US-Canadian air force followed, and eventually Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave the order to fire after discussions with Biden. It was another American F-22 that made it, over the Canadian region of the Yukon, near Canada.
That Sunday, radars spotted another signal on Lake Huron. The fighters mobilized and shot down a new, unidentified flying object that appeared to be octagonal in shape at about 20,000 feet. In this case it was an F-15 firing.
The idea is to try to get more information by analyzing the remains of the knocked down objects, but for that you have to find them first. They have fallen and plunged into frozen seascapes of northern Alaska, the rugged lands of northwestern Canada, and Lake Huron. They are also remnants of objects that were hit by a rocket. Unraveling these mysteries will not be easy, even if they are not aliens.
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