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Biden Says Objects Shot Down Likely Not Surveillance Assets, Cites Improving Detection Capacity

Biden Says Objects Shot Down Likely Not Surveillance Assets, Cites Improving Detection Capacity
President Biden delivers remarks regarding the U.S.' recent response to unidentified high-altitude objects. Photo: Screenshot of White House livestream

President Biden said Thursday “nothing right now suggests” the three unidentified high-altitude objects the U.S. military shot down recently were surveillance capabilities, and may have likely been balloons for weather or scientific research purposes. Biden noted the new government-wide effort to address how the U.S.’ deals with objects intruding into U.S. airspace will include “further measures to improve our capacity to detect unmanned objects.” “We don’t yet know exactly what these three objects were, but nothing right now suggests they…

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