{"id":50557,"date":"2023-02-14T15:19:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T15:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/34320\/The-White-House-Wants-You-To-Believe-Those-UFOs-Werent-Aliens.html"},"modified":"2023-02-14T15:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T15:19:40","slug":"the-white-house-wants-you-to-believe-those-ufos-werent-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/the-white-house-wants-you-to-believe-those-ufos-werent-aliens\/","title":{"rendered":"The White House Wants You To Believe Those UFOs Weren&#8217;t Aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 eLNveM align--bleed js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"8174\" data-height=\"4588\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"Photo of John Kirby and Karine Jean-Pierre\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 loxZOX has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" data-alt=\"Photo of John Kirby and Karine Jean-Pierre\" data-link-reference data-link-target data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"ap\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 dnhHtZ js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 lktKQM image-hydration-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2.jpg 80w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2.jpg 140w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2.jpg 265w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2.jpg 340w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2.jpg 490w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2.jpg 645w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2.jpg 965w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2.jpg 1465w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 25em) calc(100vw - 32px),(max-width: 37.31em) calc(100vw - 32px),(min-width: 37.37em) and (max-width: 49.94em) calc(100vw - 32px),(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 63.69em) 800px,(min-width: 63.75em) and (max-width: 85.19em) calc(66.5vw - 32px),800px\" alt=\"Photo of John Kirby and Karine Jean-Pierre\" draggable=\"auto\" data-chomp-id=\"f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"Photo of John Kirby and Karine Jean-Pierre\" data-anim-src><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/f9cf0c50dedb2a87803125cca11dd3c2\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"8174\" data-height=\"4588\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"Photo of John Kirby and Karine Jean-Pierre\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Unfortunately for the dedicated alien conspiracy theorists among us, the time is apparently not yet nigh to don your tinfoil hats. The Biden Administration has declared that the <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 cFSTdr js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/spy-balloon-china-pentagon-high-altitude-object-ufo-1850100688&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/spy-balloon-china-pentagon-high-altitude-object-ufo-1850100688\">recent<\/a><\/span> <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 cFSTdr js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/12\/us\/politics\/us-shoots-down-object-michigan.html&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/12\/us\/politics\/us-shoots-down-object-michigan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">instances<\/a><\/span> of unidentified aerial objects being shot down over U.S. and Canadian territory are not related to extra-terrestrial life. <\/p>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-2 hKBnez\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-1 goloRq instream-native-video instream-permalink instream-native-video--mobile\">\n<div class=\"sc-1h0epat-0 hykIxg\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-0 hxLRyg video-html5-playlist\" data-playlist=\"193518,192380,193595\" data-current=\"193518\">\n<div class=\"video-html5-loaded\">\n<div class=\"video-html5-player\">\n<div class=\"lhhce6-0 bVyOPq video-html5 autoplay muted mobile\" data-video-id=\"193518\" data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-title=\"Click, Click, Boom! | The Last of Us Review\" data-video-blog-id=\"4\" data-video-network=\"gizmodo\" data-video-duration=\"116\"><video disablepictureinpicture muted playsinline width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" preload=\"none\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/193518\/193518_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/193518\/193518_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/193518\/193518_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/193518\/193518_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https:\/\/kinja.com\/api\/videoupload\/caption\/18967.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"><\/video><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1yhvqfu-2 hovEJL video-controls\">\n<div class=\"sc-1yhvqfu-0 hGlMLe closed-captions\"><button class=\"cc\" type=\"button\">CC<\/button><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"selected\" data-label>Off<\/li>\n<li class data-label=\"English\">English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1h0epat-2 eXrsVI js_close-sticky-mobile-video\"><span class=\"iyvn34-0 bYIjtl\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"18\" aria-label=\"Close icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 18\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M15.25 2.13a.44.44 0 1 1 .62.62L9.62 9l6.25 6.25a.44.44 0 1 1-.62.62L9 9.62l-6.25 6.25a.44.44 0 0 1-.55.06l-.07-.06a.44.44 0 0 1 0-.62L8.38 9 2.13 2.75a.44.44 0 0 1 .62-.62L9 8.38z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cI know there\u2019ve been questions and concerns about this, but there is no\u2014again no\u2014indication of aliens or extra-terrestrial activity with these recent take downs,\u201d said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in a Monday afternoon <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 cFSTdr js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3GQmzVDJIL8&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3GQmzVDJIL8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press briefing<\/a><\/span>. \u201cAgain there is no indication of aliens,\u201d she emphasized for a third time, adding \u201cWe wanted to make sure that the American people knew that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cWould you tell us if there were?,\u201d one journalist in the crowd of reporters shouted back. In response, Jean-Pierre chuckled and made a brief joke about the movie <em>ET<\/em>. <\/p>\n<div id class=\"bxm4mm-6 dIYVrz js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-8 dpxQKd ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">As recently as Sunday night, Pentagon officials had indicated that <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 cFSTdr js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/ruling-out-aliens-senior-us-general-says-not-ruling-out-anything-yet-2023-02-13\/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/ruling-out-aliens-senior-us-general-says-not-ruling-out-anything-yet-2023-02-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they weren\u2019t ruling anything out<\/a><\/span> yet\u2014meaning aliens were still technically on the table. But the White House\u2019s announcement seemingly squashes that pipe dream. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sc-1bwb26k-1 fvPqJk\" id=\"h94429\">Wait, what\u2019s going on?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Over the past three days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) the U.S. Military has shot down, or aided in Canadian operations to shoot down, three different, as-of-yet unidentified aerial objects. According to White House officials, all of those objects were aimlessly drifting without propulsion in the atmosphere between about 20,000 and 40,000 feet, and thus posed a risk to commercial aircraft. <\/p>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-15 BiRlJ\" readability=\"3.9166666666667\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-0 sc-1atgi65-1 bdNdA-D js_commerce-inset-permalink\" data-inset-url=\"https:\/\/howl.me\/ci7N6yBf0uv\" data-inset-category=\"CommerceInsetMobile\" readability=\"4.478386167147\">\n<p>G\/O Media may get a commission<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-3 hMBKyp creative-type-A\" readability=\"3.9369085173502\"><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-1atgi65-4 dxZfFS js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;CommerceInsetMobile&quot;,&quot;Click&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/spy-balloon-china-ufo-aliens-areal-objects-1850109286&quot;],[&quot;ns:unique&quot;,&quot;CommerceInsetMobile&quot;,&quot;Click&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/spy-balloon-china-ufo-aliens-areal-objects-1850109286&quot;],[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;CommerceInsetMobile&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/howl.me\/ci7N6yBf0uv&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/howl.me\/ci7N6yBf0uv\" data-linktype=\"[t|mod-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-6 gLSKws\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-10 hherpH js_lazy-image\"><picture class=\"lazy-picture\"><source media=\"all\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_center,h_180,q_80,w_320\/b8406cdc7a4bdbf128837f987ea19bb2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Galaxy Book 3 Series\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_264,pg_1,q_80,w_470\/b8406cdc7a4bdbf128837f987ea19bb2.jpg\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-15 jrXWJC\">\n<p>Pre-order now<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy Book 3 Series<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-12 dRyRwx\" readability=\"5.4084507042254\">\n<p class=\"sc-1atgi65-13 iFlqWg\"><strong>Available February 24<\/strong><br \/><span>Each new laptop model comes with a free storage upgrade. The 1TB version of each is priced the same as the 512GB version which basically means the 1TB version is $200 off.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-6 dIYVrz\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-0 cULvCC\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-8 dpxQKd ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">The three, back-to-back-to-back take downs followed <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 cFSTdr js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/us-military-shoots-down-chinese-spy-balloon-carolina-1850074732&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/us-military-shoots-down-chinese-spy-balloon-carolina-1850074732\">the earlier down-age<\/a><\/span> of the <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 cFSTdr js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/china-spy-balloon-navy-recovery-photos-1850084925&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/china-spy-balloon-navy-recovery-photos-1850084925\">200-foot tall craft<\/a><\/span> that U.S. officials are calling a Chinese surveillance or spy balloon. However, none of the subsequent aircraft targeted in recent days have been linked to China, or any particular owner\u2014state, corporate, or otherwise. Further, officials haven\u2019t determined any purpose, surveillance or otherwise, of any of the three most recent objects taken down, John Kirby, the Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council, said in the Monday briefing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cWe need to separate the Chinese spy balloon&#8230;from these other three instances,\u201d Kirby said.<\/p>\n<div id class=\"bxm4mm-6 dIYVrz js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-8 dpxQKd ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sc-1bwb26k-1 fvPqJk\" id=\"h94430\">Why is the U.S. suddenly shooting down these all of these objects now?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Following the Chinese balloon incident, the military adjusted its radar capabilities to better pick up on slow moving, high-altitude objects, Kirby said. The White House is attributing the recent, high number of unidentified aerial objects being seen and shot down, in part, to this change. <\/p>\n<div id class=\"bxm4mm-6 dIYVrz js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-8 dpxQKd ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">There have long been lots of different things floating in the atmosphere at high altitudes, the National Security Council spokesman noted. The skies contain objects deployed for \u201cscientific research, weather balloons, and all manner of innocuous craft,\u201d Kirby said. \u201cOne of the reasons that we think we\u2019re seeing more [now], is that we\u2019re looking for more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">When it comes to deciding if\/when\/how to take floating objects down, Kirby added that the White House has been using a previously established protocol to assess whether or not the objects pose a \u201ckinetic threat\u201d to people on land, are transmitting data, are being propelled or moving, or are manned. In all three of the most recent cases, Kirby said U.S. officials determined the answer to those questions was \u201cno.\u201d <\/p>\n<div id class=\"bxm4mm-6 dIYVrz js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-8 dpxQKd ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">However, he reiterated multiple times that, because of their altitude and lack of directional movement, the objects could\u2019ve posed a risk to commercial flight. He also added that, though there was no apparent evidence of it, U.S. officials were unable to entirely rule out surveillance capabilities from any of these three objects\u2014further incentivizing the take-downs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">President Biden faced <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 cFSTdr js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/china-spy-balloon-pentagon-marjorie-taylor-greene-tweet-1850072663&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/china-spy-balloon-pentagon-marjorie-taylor-greene-tweet-1850072663\">extensive flack<\/a><\/span> over his \u201cdelayed\u201d response to the suspected Chinese balloon from Republican legislators. Though, the White House has denied that conservative push back was a factor in forming the new, seemingly more aggressive tack on aerial objects. <\/p>\n<div id class=\"bxm4mm-6 dIYVrz js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-8 dpxQKd ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sc-1bwb26k-1 fvPqJk\" id=\"h94431\">What happens next?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Operations to retrieve and analyze all three of the now-destroyed objects, along with the remainder of the Chinese balloon, is underway. Though Kirby noted this could take awhile as all three of the most recent objects landed in remote, hard to reach areas (ex: the bottom of Lake Huron, the Canadian wilderness, over Alaskan sea ice). <\/p>\n<div id class=\"bxm4mm-6 dIYVrz js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-8 dpxQKd ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Kirby indicated that the U.S. will continue to monitor for additional objects, but noted that there were none being tracked at the time of the news conference on Monday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Separately from these three unidentified objects though, the ongoing debacle with the Chinese balloon raises separate concerns. Multiple journalists at the press briefing asked about the state of U.S.\/China relations in the aftermath of the balloon incident. <\/p>\n<div id class=\"bxm4mm-6 dIYVrz js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-8 dpxQKd ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">In response to those inquiries, the National Security Council spokesman outlined that the U.S. was maintaining its embassy in China and still has ongoing contact with officials, but that there are no immediate plans for President Biden to speak directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping. \u201cPeople shouldn\u2019t take away from this that all communication has been severed,\u201d said Kirby. But, this \u201chas certainly not helped us move forward [with China] in the way we wanted to move,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Chinese officials initially denied that the balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina more than a week ago was for spying or surveillance, and called it a weather balloon. However, more recently the Chinese government has shifted messaging and <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 cFSTdr js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/china-says-u-s-flew-surveillance-balloons-in-air-space-1850107681&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/china-says-u-s-flew-surveillance-balloons-in-air-space-1850107681\">accused the U.S. of also sending surveillance<\/a><\/span> balloons into their airspace. Asked about these accusations, Kirby said the U.S. \u201chas no craft over Chinese airspace.\u201d A journalist asked if that statement included contested or Chinese-claimed territories like Taiwan and parts of the South China Sea, and the Kirby declined to add more detail.<\/p>\n<div id class=\"bxm4mm-6 dIYVrz js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-8 dpxQKd ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cI don\u2019t think the American people need to worry about aliens with these craft. Period. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any more that needs to be said there,\u201d Kirby stated. But we might just need to worry about terrestrial conflict.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/34320\/The-White-House-Wants-You-To-Believe-Those-UFOs-Werent-Aliens.html\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[372],"class_list":["post-50557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packet-storm","tag-headlinegovernmentusa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The White House Wants You To Believe Those UFOs Weren&#039;t Aliens 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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