The White House made an unusual statement today — an attempt to quell concerns regarding reports of multiple alien encounters over the weekend.
U.S. military and government officials sparked concerns when several indicated that recent takedowns of objects in American and Canadian airspace were “UFOs” of “unknown origin” with no identifiable “means of propulsion.”
Adding fuel to the fires of speculation, on Sunday when General Glen D. VanHerck, commander of the Pentagon’s Northern Command, was asked about the possibility of ariel encounters being connected to extraterrestrials, he said cryptically: “I’ll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out. I haven’t ruled out anything at this point.”
On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre issued a formal statement to address the matter: “There is no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent takedowns,” she said firmly.
For emphasis, she repeated: “There is no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent takedowns,” adding, “It was important for us to say that from here, because we’ve been hearing a lot about it.”
U.S. fighter jets shot down three high-altitude objects over the weekend. The strike area covered a region of several thousand miles. For a time, airspace was closed over both Montana and Minnesota.
The encounters came approximately one week after a Chinese surveillance balloon crossed the United States. The U.S. military downed that balloon off the South Carolina coast. The U.S. claims the balloon carried sophisticated spy equipment.
China condemned the action, claiming the balloon was blown off course and only carried weather monitoring equipment.
Many sharply criticized the Biden administration for allowing the balloon to traverse thousands of miles across the country before taking it down. President Biden now seems committed to moving more quickly to intercept and dispatch unauthorized objects in U.S. airspace.
On Friday, a U.S. fighter jet shot down an object traveling at an altitude of 40,000 feet over Alaskan airspace, saying it posed a “reasonable threat” to civilian flight safety.
On Saturday, U.S. jets shot down an unidentified cylindrical object traveling at 20,000 feet over the Canadian Yukon territory.
On Sunday, U.S. jets shot down an unidentified object over Lake Huron. Government officials state the craft is likely the same object previously detected over Montana but not located by jets sent to investigate.
John Kirby, a national security spokesperson for the White House, tried to allay fears, noting that while officials are still investigating debris from the objects, it is possible “there is nothing nefarious about the objects.”
Kirby added that the objects could be “connected to a private company or research institution,” according to The Hill.
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