After the shooting down of several mysterious flying objects by the military, the US government has prepared the public for a longer wait until the background could be clarified. Speaking at the White House in Washington, National Security Council Communications Director John Kirby said the government is working to find out exactly what those craft were and were targeting. This included intensive efforts to recover their debris from the remote launch sites. “It can take a long time, depending on the sea and weather conditions.”
Within a few days, the US military first shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon and then three other unidentified flying objects. There is hardly any reliable information on the three most recently destroyed missiles.
Kirby pointed out that remains of the Chinese balloon were pulled out of the Atlantic off the coast of South Carolina. In the other cases, the search is more difficult. “It’s important to remember that the objects in Alaska and Canada are in fairly remote terrain.” You are dealing with “ice and wilderness and everything that makes it difficult to find them in winter weather”. The object shot down over Lake Huron in the northern United States on Sunday is in very deep water.
The military continues to monitor the airspace closely, Kirby emphasized. At the moment, however, no other suspicious missiles are on the trail. The government does not yet know whether the three previously unidentified flying objects were also used for surveillance, “but we cannot rule it out”. For this reason and because of their altitude, which could have posed a threat to civil air traffic, they were shot down.
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre, meanwhile, was pressed for a somewhat extraordinary clarification. “There is no evidence of aliens or extraterrestrial activity in these recent launches,” she said. “I wanted to make sure the American people knew that.” There were many questions about it. “And it was important for us to say that from here.”