The White House issues an "important" clarification regarding questions about alien activities over America

A White House spokeswoman confirmed Monday that "there is no indication of alien activity" after the US military shot down a group of flying objects in recent days.

"I know there are questions and concerns about this issue, but there is no indication of (the presence of) aliens or alien activities with the recent projections," said Karen Jean-Pierre, stressing that it was "important" for the White House to answer in this regard.

In response to a question on this issue on Sunday, General Glenn Vanherk, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), said that he "is not ruling anything out at this stage," which has raised many ambiguities.

The United States shot down three unidentified flying objects over its territory and Canada in recent days.

And on the fourth of last February, it shot down a Chinese balloon, which it declared was being used for espionage purposes.

These objects were dropped on 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 conference, Monday, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby gave only a few details about the source of these objects or the possibility of providing them with information-gathering capabilities.

Kirby said, "We are not sure that it provided or did not provide a reconnaissance capability, but we cannot rule that out," explaining, on the other hand, that the debris of the objects has not yet been collected, at least from the American side.

He reiterated that President Joe Biden had ordered them shot down because they could endanger civilian air traffic even if they did not pose a "military threat."

denied accusations

Kirby also denied Chinese accusations that it had sent balloons into Chinese airspace more than 10 times since January 2022.

"We don't do that, that's not right at all," said a spokesman for the National Security Council, in response to a question from MSNBC.

Earlier, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters today, "It is not strange for the United States to illegally enter the airspace of other countries."

"Since last year alone, American balloons have illegally flown over China more than 10 times without any approval from the Chinese authorities," he added.

On the other hand, the White House and the US State Department today accused China of "trying to put an end to the damage" associated with "its (special) spy balloon program."

An ongoing crisis

Washington's downing of the Chinese balloon last week led to an exchange of accusations and statements between both Beijing and Washington, as China responded at the time that it reserved the right to "take further measures," and criticized the United States for its "exaggerated response and serious violation of international practices."

It is noteworthy that the US government had accused China of using the balloon, which was shot down a few days ago, for the purposes of "espionage on US military facilities", while Beijing said that it was a civilian research balloon that deviated from its course.

The US State Department also accused China of running a large-scale international surveillance program, targeting more than 40 countries on five continents with a fleet of spying balloons, allegations rejected by Beijing, accusing the US government of waging an "information war" on it.

This incident caused the postponement of a scheduled visit by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to China, and the US authorities are still making efforts to collect the debris of the airship from the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of South Carolina.