Defense officials address the shooting down of several objects in the sky over the weekend on Monday.
addressed questions Monday about what exactly is happening in the skies over the United States following the shooting down of various unidentified objects over the weekend. "They do not present a military threat to anyone on the ground," he added."They do however present a risk to civil aviation and potentially an intelligence collection threat. And we'll get to the bottom of it.
The Defense Department said President Biden, shortly before 2:42 p.m., directed an F-16 to fire an AIM-9X missile to shoot down an airborne object flying at around 20,000 feet overAustin said the priority remains debris recovery to"get a better sense of what these objects are." Several federal agencies, including the FBI, Federal Aviation Administration and NASA will be working together. Recovery efforts have begun in Alaska, Michigan and South Carolina.
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