Aliens

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and John Kirby of the NSC threw cold water on the idea that the UFOs downed over the U.S. are alien.

Kirby did, however, highlight the extent of China’s surveillance balloon program while speaking to the press on Monday. The Pentagon has said it believes the object President Biden ordered shot down off the Atlantic coast earlier this month was a Chinese surveillance balloon, and though Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday that “I’ll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out. [shooting down a lot of unidentified flying objects lately](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/u-s-military-shoots-down-high-altitude-object-lake-huron-1234678449/), also known as [UFOs](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/ufos/). John Kirby of the National Security Council reassured Americans they aren’t in danger, as well. The government hasn’t provided much information about what exactly is happening, which has led to plenty of speculation about whether said UFOs were launched from the Earth or …

Four objects detected in U.S. or Canadian airspace have been shot down in a nine-day span.

The government is "laser-focused" on confirming the nature and purpose of the objects, he said, including through "intensive" efforts to collect debris in the areas where they fell. and Canada in light of the recent incursion by the Chinese airship. In Belgium, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters the priority is debris recovery. under the Biden administration is trying to gain greater understanding. "Wanted to make sure that the American people knew that, all of you knew that, and it is important for us to say that from here." [shot down an object over Alaska](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-shoots-down-high-altitude-object-alaska/) on Friday and, working with Canadian officials, an unidentified object over the Yukon on Saturday. The trio of incidents, all since Friday, came after the U.S. The Navy has been leading efforts to recover debris and retrieve the balloon's payload, and salvage operations resumed Monday after they were paused due to rough waters. did not believe the three objects posed a direct threat to people on the ground, but could have been a danger to civilian commercial air traffic, given their altitude. military shot down [another high-altitude object,](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unidentified-object-shot-down-great-lakes-region-lake-huron-sunday-2023-02-12/) flying at about 20,000 feet, over the Great Lakes region on Sunday. "I just want to make sure we address this from the White House. The nation's eyes have turned upward after three high-altitude objects detected over Alaska, Canada and Michigan were shot down by military fighter jets in so many days.

'There is no, again no, indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent takedowns,' the White House Press Secretary said.

But efforts to learn more about the Chinese balloon and its purpose have been slowed by bad weather off the coast of South Carolina. Kirby noted that when Biden came into office, Biden asked for “a broad assessment of Chinese intelligence capabilities.” That assessment found that China was using a “high-altitude” balloon operation to collect intelligence. Adding to the mystery, those three unknown objects were shot down within a week of a U.S. The remaining parts of the object shot off the coast of Alaska have been hard to find because of sea ice, he said, and the unidentified object over Canada fell in an area of remote wilderness. A few parts have been recovered from the bottom, Kirby said, but there’s more to retrieve. But the Pentagon and U.S. F-22 downing an alleged Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. The debris of the “object” shot while flying at 20,000 feet over Lake Huron on Sunday fell in deep water in the lake and U.S. Asked if the U.S. military hasn’t been able to examine the debris because the bits fell in hard to access places. fighter jet off the Alaskan coast on Friday, another shot over northern Canada on Saturday, and a third It was an unusual denial to hear from the podium in the White House press room.

The US government has ruled out "aliens or extraterrestrial activity" behind the multiple aerial objects t...

And it was important for us to say that from here because we've been hearing a lot about it," prompting laughter from reporters in the briefing room. [shooting down of a suspected Chinese spy balloon](https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-believes-objects-shot-down-over-canada-and-alaska-were-balloons/fc681536-c881-4905-b0e2-00014aa41501)that had crossed from Alaska to South Carolina, has sparked a new crisis in Beijing-Washington relations. She added: "I wanted to make sure that the American people knew that all of you knew that.

Sky News host Liz Storer says social media is likening the multiple shootings of unidentified flying objects to “aliens”. “Sounds like Chinese propaganda, ...

The Biden Administration shot down speculation that the four aerial vessels the U.S. military destroyed over North America in recent days were the product ...

The Chinese government criticized the balloon’s take down as an “indiscriminate use of force” and has maintained its narrative that the object was a civilian-operated device used for weather research. The president on Monday directed White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to develop an “interagency team” to study the policy implications and risks of unidentified aerial objects. The White House has not ruled out the possibility that the three most recent objects were used for surveillance purposes, but has gathered no evidence thus far to suggest they were, Kirby said, adding that no additional aerial objects had been detected as of Monday. fighter jets took down aerial objects over Alaska on Friday, Canada on Saturday and Lake Huron on Sunday, and while it’s unclear what the three most recent objects were used for, Kirby said Monday the military did not detect any “communication signals” from the devices, though Sen. military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on February 4, after it was first spotted over Alaska on January 28. military destroyed over North America in recent days were the product of alien or extraterrestrial activity—a day after a top military commander left open that possibility.

The US government's assessment so far is that there's no indication three unidentified objects it shot down were from a galaxy far, far, away.

The White House says there is no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity after a series of shoot-downs of unidentified objects over North American ...

The Biden administration has laughed off speculation several UFOs shot down over North America in recent days came from outside Earth.

[objects shot at over the weekend](https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/federal-aviation-administration-briefly-shuts-airspace-over-lake-michigan-in-united-states-to-ensure-safety-of-air-traffic/news-story/62bffe7cbef6f9ed6c52acdde1c4e40c) “did not closely resemble” the Chinese spy balloon taken down earlier in the month, according to a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council. The [Chinese spy balloon](https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/united-states-confirms-existence-of-chinese-intelligence-balloon-program-following-series-of-unidentified-flying-objects/news-story/d9d554dad08b73fcf023e63935c212b4) was shot down over the coast of South Carolina in early February, sparking a diplomatic tit-for-tat between the two rival nations. [Three more airborne objects were downed over the weekend](https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/federal-aviation-administration-briefly-shuts-airspace-over-lake-michigan-in-united-states-to-ensure-safety-of-air-traffic/news-story/62bffe7cbef6f9ed6c52acdde1c4e40c) – the origins of which have yet to be confirmed - due to concerns over their impact on civilian aircraft. Social media has been rife with chatter about the possibility several unidentified objects shot down in North American airspace in recent days are from outer space. The White House has dismissed speculation that the four mysterious objects shot down over North American airspace in recent days have extra-terrestrial origins.

If life is common in our Universe, and we have every reason to suspect it is, why do we not see evidence of it everywhere? This is the essence of the Fermi ...

[Universe Today](https://www.universetoday.com/). Given the exponential rate at which computing progresses (using humanity as a template), advanced civilizations might have a short window in which they broadcast in radio wavelengths. After all, if extraterrestrial life has had a jump on humanity (which seems reasonable given the age of the Universe), it stands to reason they would have outgrown radio communications and digital computing a long time ago. "Up until now, we have completely overlooked a natural direction for SETI in form of high energy neutrinos and other particles produced by the Hawking radiation of artificial black holes. The Hawking component of radiation is expected to be a superposition of black body spectra of very high energies. These black holes would likely be artificial in nature and micro-sized rather than large and naturally occurring (for the sake of computing efficiency). The emission of this radiation reduces the mass and rotational energy of black holes, theoretically resulting in their eventual evaporation. This survey relied on the [Green Bank Observatory](https://greenbankobservatory.org/)'s 26-meter (85-foot) radio telescope to listen for radio transmissions from the nearby star systems of Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani. In their later paper, Dvali and Osamov suggest that black holes could be the ultimate source of computation. This space lies just outside the event horizon, where infalling matter forms a disk that is accelerated to near the speed of light and emits tremendous amounts of radiation. Possible indications include self-replicating probes, megastructures, and other [Type III](https://www.universetoday.com/129735/will-type-iii-civilization/)-like activity. [Project Ozma](https://www.seti.org/project-ozma)) was conducted in 1960 and was led by famed astrophysicist [Dr.

Less than a week after the U.S. downed what officials say was a Chinese surveillance balloon, the U.S. military shot down three more flying objects of ...

Chinese officials say they can’t say whether the newly downed objects are theirs but say the U.S. downed what officials say was a Chinese surveillance balloon, the U.S. Less than a week after the U.S.

Officials say altitude, size and speed of flying objects muddle picture while treacherous conditions obstruct recovery.

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BALLOON BOY — White House officials said this afternoon that the three unidentified flying objects shot down this weekend over the United States and Canada ...

But making a fortune in biotech investing is different than glad-handing on the campaign trail or withstanding a barrage of attacks from Trump. Our main goal is the security of citizens and the state,” Sandu said. Recently, he was dubbed by the New Yorker as the “CEO of Anti-Woke Inc.” It was only, as they say, out of an “abundance of caution” as a result of the supposed threat to aviation — and that the balloon was flying at the height that a lot of civilian planes fly — that the U.S. [will participate in a candidate forum](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/13/tim-scott-nikki-haley-to-attend-presidential-forum-00082631) set for next month in South Carolina, another sign that the two popular Palmetto State Republicans are on track to becoming primary opponents. In an order released this morning responding to requests from media organizations, McBurney said he intends to put the introduction and conclusion into the public record this week, along with a portion of the report’s discussion about potential false statements made to the grand jury under oath. decided it was best to shoot them out of the sky. The Chinese balloon — that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month — was pretty clearly an attempt by China’s government to gather information. And I would love to see the administration say more about what’s going on, especially relative to timelines on when they expect to be able to exploit some of the debris. Certain filters, like only examining objects flying at a certain speed, appear to have been removed, for instance, and as a result, we are seeing this surge in sightings. Why are lawmakers and the media giving these surveillance techniques and unidentified flying objects so much attention? They want to be able to communicate effectively with their constituents, and they cannot do that until they know more.