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Biden to speak on unknown aerial objects amid review
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February 16, 2023
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22:50Now PlayingPresident Joe Biden is set to deliver his most substantial account Thursday of U.S. efforts to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects, following three weeks of high-stakes aerial drama sparked by the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon transiting much of the country.
The president's White House remarks come after he directed National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to lead an “interagency team” to review U.S. procedures after the U.S. shot down the China balloon, as well as three other objects the U.S. now believes are most likely “benign” objects. The downing of the Chinese surveillance craft was the first known peacetime shootdown of an unauthorized object in U.S. airspace — a feat repeated three times a week later.
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the team would “look how we track, look how we decide to take action, and see if there’s anything else that needs to be done.” She said there would be “updated protocols” announced this week.
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