US "Biden Orders Investigation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena... 'China's Claim of US Reconnaissance Balloon is a Lie'"

John Kirby "No Need to Worry About Aliens"
"US Will Not Allow Balloons to Fly Over Chinese Airspace"

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] The White House announced on the 13th (local time) that President Joe Biden has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the unidentified flying objects that were consecutively shot down in U.S. airspace recently. It also dismissed as groundless China's claim that the U.S. sent reconnaissance balloons over Chinese airspace.

John Kirby, White House National Security Council (NSC) Strategic Communications Coordinator, stated at a briefing that President Biden has started receiving daily briefings on this matter.

He explained, "There is no need to worry about aliens in relation to these flying objects," adding, "Although the identities of the three shot-down objects have not yet been identified, there were no signs that these objects had control or propulsion capabilities."

U.S. authorities confirmed that the object shot down on the 4th was a Chinese reconnaissance balloon. However, they did not comment on the three objects shot down consecutively over the U.S. and Canadian airspace from the 10th to the 12th. When some suggested the possibility of extraterrestrial origin, they denied it.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also responded at the briefing that there are "no signs of aliens or extraterrestrial activity" when asked if these objects were related to alien activity.

Regarding China's Foreign Ministry announcement that U.S. reconnaissance balloons have intruded into Chinese airspace more than ten times, the White House rebutted that this is not true.

Coordinator Kirby appeared on MSNBC's morning program and emphasized, "The United States does not fly balloons over Chinese airspace. That is an absolute fact."

Adrian Watson, White House National Security Council (NSC) spokesperson, also tweeted that "claims that the U.S. government operates reconnaissance balloons over Chinese airspace are false." He pointed out, "This is a recent example of China desperately trying to minimize its own damage. China repeatedly falsely claimed that the spy balloons it sent to the U.S. were weather balloons and has failed to provide any credible explanation for intruding into other countries' airspace." He added, "It is China that operates high-altitude reconnaissance balloon programs for intelligence gathering, violating the sovereignty of the U.S. and over 40 countries across five continents."

Meanwhile, the U.S. Air Force stated that Chinese reconnaissance balloons have also been observed multiple times in the Middle East region.

Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich, commander of the U.S. Air Forces Central Command, which oversees the Middle East region, said at an event hosted by the U.S. think tank Center for a New American Security (CNAS), "High-altitude stratospheric objects have moved through this region." He explained, "There are balloons in the Central Command Area of Responsibility (AOR), and they have flown multiple times since I took command. The balloons I am referring to are Chinese, but they have not lingered over U.S. military bases nor posed a threat to U.S. forces."

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