In the last two weeks, U.S. military fighter jets shot down at least four aerial objects, including a Chinese spy balloon that flew across country from Alaska to South Carolina over an eight-day stretch.
President Biden addressed the situation for the first time on Thursday, more than two weeks after the initial Chinese spy flight that traveled across the continental United States for several days. Biden said the additional objects were “most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research,” and not Chinese spy aircraft.
But the Biden administration is still assessing the three unknown objects, and White House National Security Council Director of Strategic Communications John Kirby said Friday they might never know what the objects were.
在过去的两个星期里，美国军用战斗机击落至少四个空中物体，其中包括一个中国间谍气球，该气球从阿拉斯加飞到南卡罗来纳州，为期八天。
星期四，拜登总统首次谈到了这一情况，这是中国首次在美国大陆进行数天的间谍飞行两周多之后。 拜登说，这些额外的物体”很有可能是绑在私人公司、娱乐或研究机构上的气球，研究天气或进行其他科学研究”，而不是中国的飞机。
但拜登政府仍在评估这三枚不明物体，白宫国家安全委员会战略通讯主任柯比星期五说，他们可能永远不知道这些物体是什么。
Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich asks the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, John Kirby, about Americans’ safety if they see an aerial object in the sky.
