White House tells governors ‘thousands’ of objects in sky aren’t aliens, they could be used for car balloons

White House officials at a virtual briefing with governors on Monday were adamant that flying objects recently spotted over North America were not of extraterrestrial origin, according to a recording of the briefing obtained by Fox News Digital.

“There are no UFOs. This is not an alien invasion,” White House Homeland Security Adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall told governors during a half-hour call. “I mean, it’s funny, but it’s not funny because people are reporting it on widely viewed platforms and it creates unnecessary fear.”

The briefing comes after three flying objects were shot down over North America over the weekend, including one over northeast Alaska on Friday, one over Canada’s Yukon Territory on Saturday and one over Lake Huron on Sunday.

Gen. Glen VanHerke, who leads NORAD and US Northern Command, raised his eyebrows after the third object was shot down on Sunday when he said he “ruled nothing,” including potentially aliens.

An unidentified flying object in a frame released by the Department of Defense. (Defense Department)

Despite this, other White House officials have also turned down the possibility of extraterrestrial communications, with National Security Council spokesman John Kirby saying on Monday that he doesn’t think “the American people should be concerned about aliens with regard to these ships.”

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While the objects may not be indicative of life on other planets, the government does not currently know what they are and there are likely many more than previously thought.

“We are dealing with a number of properties that are not well characterized,” Sherwood-Randall told governors on Monday.

“It is true that things are coming up that are unlike anything else, that are pretty much non-threatening, and we have to figure out what to do with them. And it turns out there are hundreds, if not thousands, of them.”

In recent days, American fighters shot down three flying objects, and on February 4, a Chinese reconnaissance balloon. (US NORCOM)

Sherwood-Randall added that most of the objects are likely harmless, ranging from “used car balloons” to planes launched by commercial enterprises.

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National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced this week the creation of a multi-agency task force to study flying objects.

Rescue teams are currently working to find three objects shot down over North America. The most recent one, shot down on Sunday, had an “octagonal” shape with dangling strings and flew at an altitude of about 20,000 feet, potentially making it dangerous to civilian aircraft.

The object shot down over Yukon territory was described by Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand as “cylindrical”.

“All of the objects discovered over the weekend have some similarities in terms of characteristics or size, but they are all unique and different in their own way,” a senior U.S. Department of Defense official told Fox News Tuesday, noting that they could be anything. from “heavenly debris” to “weather experiments”.

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All three objects were much smaller than a 200-foot Chinese observation balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina on February 4.

The 30-foot portion of the balloon’s payload was lifted by US troops from the ocean floor this week.