Watch: Clueless White House Humiliates The US During Presser
It's no secret that the Biden administration has been facing a lot of criticism lately over its handling of recent unidentified flying objects (UFOs). After the U.S. Air Force shot down three such objects, President Biden's National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, John Kirby, was unable to provide any explanation as to what the standard would be going forward for such occurrences.
Kirby's comments at the White House press briefing raised eyebrows when he expressed uncertainty as to whether it was "strange" that no country had yet to claim responsibility for the UFOs and couldn't comment on whether there were any releasable images of the three downed UFOs. It's concerning that the administration can't provide any answers to the public and is seemingly in "uncharted territory" with this situation.
This lack of knowledge and transparency is only serving to heighten the public's fears and suspicions of government secrecy. After all, if the government can't explain what is happening, then how can the public trust that it is doing the right thing for their safety and security?
What makes this situation even more confusing is the fact that the administration took days to take down the balloon once it was over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina. Kirby argued that there were differences in the situation with the Chinese spy balloon compared to the UFOs, including it flying at a higher altitude away from commercial aircraft and enhanced knowledge about its purpose.
While the administration is going to "learn from these three events," and "continue to study what happened" in order to decide what the standard would be going forward in handling such objects, it's still not enough to satisfy those who are demanding answers.
The Biden administration has been facing a lot of criticism over its handling of recent unidentified flying objects (UFOs) shot down by the U.S. Air Force.
Biden faced sharp criticism for waiting days to take down the balloon once it was over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina.
"I kind of feel like I took care of that in my opening statement, but I'm happy to revisit it," Kirby said, going on to argue there were differences in the situation with the Chinese spy balloon compared to the UFOs, including it flying at a higher altitude away from commercial aircraft and enhanced knowledge about its purpose.
"Really the option of shooting that down over land wasn't a legitimate option because somebody really could have gotten hurt. And we use the time available to us knowing what this thing was all about. We use that time to study it, to learn from it, to collect on it, then taking it down at the earliest opportunity in the water," Kirby said.
"These other three, they didn't have propulsion. They weren't being maneuvered. It was basically they were being driven by the wind. We don't think – we don't know for sure whether they had a surveillance aspect to them, but we can't rule it out. So there was a little bit, there was enough uncertainty there that, again, out of all abundance of caution, doing the prudent thing, the president directed that they get taken down," he said.
Kirby added that the administration was going to "learn from these three events," and "continue to study what happened" in order to decide what the standard would be going forward in handling such objects.
"We're going to have an interagency effort that helps us get around the policy implications here. And we'll see where this goes. But bottom line for President Biden is going to do the right thing for the American people, for our safety and security," he said.
Heinrich went on to ask whether Kirby thought it was "strange" no country had claimed responsibility for the three UFOs yet.
"I can't say whether that's strange or not, since we're sort of in uncharted territory here, no pun intended," Kirby said.
It's time for the Biden administration to come clean about the unidentified flying objects and provide the public with the information they are asking for. Until then, the public will remain in the dark and the administration will continue to face criticism.
The situation with these UFOs is a worrying sign that the government is unable to provide an adequate level of transparency and accountability. We all deserve to know what is going on and the public deserves to be informed and involved in the decision-making process. The Biden administration must do more to ensure that the public has the answers they deserve.