Team will study ‘policy implications for detection, analysis and disposition of unidentified aerial objects that pose either safety or security risks’, spokesman says.
« : »The White House has established an inter-agency group to address the recent objects flying over North American skies, it announced on Monday. “The president, through his national security adviser, has today directed an inter-agency team to study the broader policy implications for detection, analysis and disposition of unidentified aerial objects that pose either safety or security risks,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing. “Every element of the government will redouble their efforts to understand and mitigate these events,” he added. This follows previous efforts by the Biden administration to broadly assess Chinese intelligence capabilities and to investigate the phenomenon of unidentified aerial objects, Kirby said. After shooting down a Chinese balloon on February 4, the US downed three additional objects flying over North America since Friday. The transit of the Chinese balloon escalated US-China tensions enough to postpone Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing.
