Days after the United States shot down four unidentified objects, often referred to as “UFOs” – any unexplained moving object seen in the sky, especially one believed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin – the Pentagon denied the claims and said that the details would be made public after the completion of the investigation.
The Pentagon clarified that investigators had found no evidence of aliens or any species belonging to “other universes”. Addressing a regular press conference on Monday, US Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre joked that she wanted to reassure the American population before making a reference to the film E.T.
“However, we assessed that their altitude was significantly lower than that of Chinese high-altitude balloons and posed a threat to civilian commercial air traffic. And while we have no particular reason to suspect that they Were monitoring, we can’t rule it out,” he said.
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What did America find?
Notably, the clarification came after the United States shot down four flying objects, all of different sizes and shapes – within two weeks of discovering Chinese “spy balloons”. This prompted several news outlets as well as social media platforms to link the recent appearance of unidentified objects to UFOs and aliens.
Meanwhile, answering questions from the press about the details of the debris found after the shooting of the “spy balloons”, she said that the investigators found some “priority sensors” and “electronic fragments”. “Large parts of the structure” were also recovered off the coast of South Carolina on Monday, the BBC quoted military officials as saying. According to CBS, “about 30-40 feet of the balloon’s antenna has been recovered. “
Chinese ‘spy balloon’ row
Significantly, an alleged Chinese “spy balloon” was seen hovering over the skies of the United States in the first week of this month, resulting in heightened tensions between the two countries. Although Beijing acknowledged that the giant balloon was removed from its territory, it denied claims of sending the spy equipment to the US. Instead, it dubbed the helium balloon a “weather data collector” and said it was floating towards the US by the current of the wind.
China has accused America of sending similar balloons to Beijing
Earlier on Monday, China now claimed Washington violated its airspace at least ten times in the last 13 months. According to China, US high-altitude balloons illegally flew into Chinese airspace on more than 10 occasions without the approval of relevant Chinese authorities.
Addressing a regular press conference on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin called the actions taken by the US reflective of its own behavior and asked the Pentagon to focus on its actions instead of slandering, slandering and provoking confrontation. should give. Although he did not comment on the latest incident in Lake Huron, but termed it as an overreaction of the US authorities. Furthermore, he claimed that Washington has the world’s largest surveillance network and that the US has misused its technological advances against several countries.