Lawmakers have grown increasingly critical of his reticence as the mystery around the objects has deepened. There are no plans as yet for Biden to deliver a national address, as past presidents have done in moments of national disquiet and apprehension.
as the administration works to recover wreckage from the downing of a Chinese spy balloon off South Carolina on Feb. 4, as well as debris from the three still-unidentified objects shot down in the days that followed.mystery around the objects has deepened
Reporters have been pressing Biden for answers about the unusual specter of U.S. fighter jets’ destroying unidentified objects floating overhead. An opportune moment for Biden to make a fuller statement about the shootdowns could come by the end of the week, when the government is expected to announce the development of new protocols to deal with unidentified aircraft like the ones destroyed in the past week.
The White House plans to give Congress a classified briefing about new standards that will be used when such objects are confronted in U.S. skies, a person familiar with the matter said.
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