The White House hits back at Beijing's claims about US high-altitude balloons flying over China's airspace without permission more than 10 times, as it dismisses any connection between the mysterious flying objects and alien activity.
On Sunday, a US Air Force general said he would not rule out aliens or any other explanation yet, deferring to US intelligence experts.
"I don't think the American people need to worry about aliens with respect to these crafts," Mr Kirby said.the Pentagon has undertaken a new push in recent years to investigate military sightings of UFOsThe government's effort to investigate anomalous, unidentified objects — whether they are in space, the skies or even underwater — has led to hundreds of documented reports that are being investigated, senior military leaders have said.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan noted last week Mr Blinken had postponed his visit to China, not cancelled it or sworn off future high-level communication China.
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