On Thursday, after four objects had been shot down, President Biden addressed the country.
His pledge of “sharper regulations” for dealing with UFOs in US airspace was met with much skepticism.
He speculated that three of the objects belonged to private businesses rather than government spies.
On Thursday, President Joseph Biden reiterated that he had no regrets about shooting down a Chinese spy balloon, but he did say that the three other unidentified aerial objects that had been destroyed by U.S. airplanes were not believed to be surveillance devices.
After being questioned for almost a week about what seemed to be repeated breaches into American airspace, he finally commented.
He said he will discuss the initial invasion with Chinese President Xi Jinping. When a reporter asked him if his family’s economic interests interfered with negotiating with China, he departed the podium without finishing his statement.
He denied that there was any sign of an uptick and instead noted that authorities were making a greater effort to locate the flying craft.
Nothing indicates at this time that the three items were connected to China’s spy balloon program or were surveillance vehicles from any other country, he added.
“The current opinion of the intelligence community is that these three objects were most likely balloons affiliated to commercial firms, recreation or research institutes, investigating weather or doing other scientific research,”
Biden was heavily criticized for waiting until the balloon was off the coast of South Carolina on February 4 to give the order to shoot it down.
On Wednesday, a US official speculated that the wind had pushed the missile away from its intended trajectory across the area between Guam and Hawaii.
Three other unidentified flying objects have been destroyed after the first balloon was discovered.
Since then, Biden has been attacked for failing to address the public as jets were being sent into the sky to try to shoot down unknown intruders.
This past Thursday, he justified his decision to delay bringing the spy balloon down.
“We were able to shield vulnerable areas from collecting since we anticipated its direction,” he explained.
To safeguard civilians and retrieve significant components for future analysis, we waited until it was over the sea.
Then we blasted it down to make our point very clear. Our sovereignty cannot be violated.
The president stayed on stage after finishing his planned speech to field audience questions.
Are you biased because of your family’s business ties to China, yelled one reporter?
“Give me a break, guy,” Biden replied, referring to the criticism of his son’s business dealings in China.
Biden allegedly invited one reporter to come for a private interview as the others screamed their questions.
He invited them to his office, saying, “When we have more courteous individuals, you may come and ask the question.”
The government has been saying all week that they don’t know for sure what the mysterious objects are for.
A White House spokeswoman acknowledged the possibility that their motivations were just business or benign.
That has led to speculation that the initial balloon fed into anti-Chinese hysteria, prompting a hasty government response when it began monitoring the sky more closely.
The president has stated his intention to contact the Chinese leader.
I want to have a conversation with President Xi and find out the truth behind this, he added. The speaker said, “But I apologize not for popping that balloon.”
He said that National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan had been instructed to head up a review of processes.
He explained that the goal was to develop a method for identifying whether or not an object constituted a threat to people’s well-being or security.
Believe me, if something poses a threat to the security of the American people, I will remove it, he said.
Last week, Defense Department representatives briefed members of Congress in secret on Capitol Hill.
According to DailyMail.com, one expert claims that the current increase in sightings is due to more people keeping a watch out for strange objects, while others worry that the United States Air Force has been firing down useless targets like defunct weather balloons.
On Tuesday, reporters asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre why the president had not spoken on the matter.
She defended his actions and said officials were disclosing all relevant information about the purported invasions.
She emphasized that it was important that the American people “do not panic” during this time.