Amid Pressure, Joe Biden Considering Chinese Spy Balloon, Other Flying Objects Speech Before Poland Trip

President Joe Biden is considering giving a speech regarding the Chinese spy balloon and three other unidentified flying objects that were shot down by U.S. fighter jets amid political pressure from Democrats and Republicans.

Two senior administration officials confirmed this to ABC News on Wednesday. The White House is reportedly planning the potential Chinese spy balloon speech days before Biden departs for his trip to Poland.

The president is set to depart for the Poland trip on February 20, when he will mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Biden has yet to comprehensively address the Chinese spy balloon and the other three unidentified flying objects that were shot down over North American airspace.

Senator Richard Blumenthal told reporters Tuesday that the "American people need and deserve to know more" so "they'll have more confidence in our national security." Blumenthal added that a lot of information could be told to the public "without any harm to sources or methods or our national security."

Chinese Spy Balloon Over U.S. Could be Accidental

U.S. intelligence officials are reviewing the possibility that the suspected Chinese spy balloon was not deliberately maneuvered into the continental U.S. by the government of China. Multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN that officials are also investigating whether it was diverted off course by strong winds.

According to sources, the balloon lifted off from Hainan, China, last month, and U.S. officials saw it as it cruised across the Pacific. Officials reportedly thought the balloon would head towards Guam to probably surveil military sites on the island, but it instead went north.

The balloon then crossed into Alaska, Canada and then re-entered the U.S. through northern Idaho before moving towards Montana. China reportedly had some ability to control the balloon, but once it was over Montana, officials believed that China took advantage of its position to hover over sensitive sites and try to collect intelligence.

The balloon then moved eastward and was shot down off the coast of South Carolina by fighter jets on February 4. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a pre-planned trip to China after the first Chinese spy balloon was shot down.

Blinken previously said the presence of the surveillance balloon in U.S. airspace is "a clear violation of U.S. sovereignty and international law."

Chinese Spy Balloon and Other Unidentified Flying Objects

The U.S. military shot down another unidentified flying object over Lake Huron in Michigan on Sunday, making it the fourth time an unidentified flying object was shot down in North America since February 4.

The object appeared to be the same flying object detected over Montana a day earlier. In a statement, Lt. Col. Cesar Santiago said the location chosen for this shoot down allowed them to avoid impact on people on the ground while improving chances for debris recovery, Fox News reported.

Santiago went on to say that there were no civilians hurt or affected. The Defense Department noted that Joe Biden directed to shoot down the airborne object flying around 20,000 feet over Lake Huron. The department noted that the path and altitude caused concerns such as a possible threat to civil aviation.

Last Friday, a U.S. F-22 fighter jet shot down a "high-altitude object" over Alaska. Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said the object "roughly the size of a small car" was shot down over the northwestern state of Alaska near Deadhorse.

Ryder noted that the flying object, which entered U.S. airspace last Thursday, was brought down using an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile fired from the jet on the order of Biden.

White House spokesperson John Kirby previously told reporters that they don't know "who owns this object," adding that many details about the "high-altitude object" were unknown.

On Saturday, a U.S. F-22 jet, acting on U.S. and Canadian orders, shot down a "high-altitude airborne object" over central Yukon territory in Canada, about 100 miles from the U.S. border, saying it posed a threat to civilian flights.

The second and third unidentified flying objects were reportedly about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. The Chinese spy balloon had stayed above the U.S. for a week before the U.S. shot it down off the coast of South Carolina on February 4.

China earlier claimed that the balloon was just a weather research "airship" that was blown off course, which the Pentagon has rejected. The Pentagon also rejected China's contention that the balloon was a civilian device not being used for surveillance and had limited navigational ability.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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