In the United States, it was enough to speak “ofunidentified flying objects“(UFOs) to revive the hope of thousands of people.”Have aliens (finally) arrived on Earth?“, wondered the inhabitants for a few hours, pushing the White House itself to investigate the subject and “address this question” in a press conference.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, it depends), the spokeswoman for the White House affirmed thatthere are no ‘indications of extraterrestrial activity’ after the series of aircraft shot down by the US military.
“I know that there have been questions and concerns about this but there is no indication of extraterrestrials or extraterrestrial activities with these recent slaughters”, declared Karine Jean-Pierre, insisting on the that it was “important” to answer it from the White House.
Surveillance capabilities?
General Glen VanHerck, head of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad), questioned on this subject on Sunday, said he had not “nothing ruled out at this stage”a phrase that immediately went viral.
The United States shot down three unidentified flying objects over their territory and Canada in recent days. And this, after having already shot down on February 4 a Chinese balloon suspected of espionage activities. These objects were shot Friday over Alaska (northwest), Saturday over the Yukon in northwestern Canada, and Sunday over Lake Huron in the northern United States.
During the same press briefing on Monday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby offered few details on the origin of these unidentified objects or on the possibility that they were equipped with information gathering. “We’re not sure whether or not they were equipped with surveillance capability, but we can’t rule it out.“, he said, stressing also that the debris had not yet been recovered, on the American side at least.
He repeated that the order had been given by President Joe Biden to shoot them because they potentially endangering civil air traffic, even if they did not pose a “military threat”. “One of the reasons why we see more of them is that we are looking for them more,” explained the manager, pointing out that the radar capacities had been adapted in this direction.
