White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was forced to clarify that there is “no indication of aliens” in the recent balloon activity, after a top general refused to rule them out.
On Sunday, General Glen VanHerck, the USAF General responsible for American airspace, was asked by reporters if they had “ruled out” aliens or extraterrestrials being responsible for the recent balloon activity.
“I’ll let the intel community and the counter-intelligence community figure that out,” VanHerck said. “I haven’t ruled out anything. At this point, we continue to assess every threat or potential threat, unknown, that approaches North America with an attempt to identify it.”
REPORTER: "Have you ruled out aliens or extraterrestrials?"
GENERAL GLEN D. VANHERCK: "I haven't ruled out anything at this point." pic.twitter.com/rT0freDQyC
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After the general made his comments, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was forced to clarify that aliens were not involved.
“I just want to make sure we address this from the White House. I know there have been questions and concerns about this, but there is no, again no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent take downs,” Jean-Pierre said, to laughter from the audience.
“I wanted to make sure the American people knew that, all of you knew that, and it was important for us to say that from here because we’ve been hearing a lot about it,” she added. One reporter asked if an instance where aliens were really involved, would the government tell the American people. “I loved ET, the movie, but I’m just going to leave it there,” Jean-Pierre quipped.
.@PressSec Karine Jean-Pierre: "There is no indication of aliens or extra-terrestrial activity with these recent take downs. Again, there is no indication of aliens or terrestrial activity with these recent take downs…We've been hearing a lot about it…I loved E.T. the movie." pic.twitter.com/9EEiVfTENJ
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Following her comments, John Kirby, the Coordinator for Strategic Communications with the National Security Council was asked about the discrepancy between Jean-Pierre’s and VanHerck’s comments. “I don’t think the American people need to worry about aliens, with respect to these craft. Period,” he said. “I don’t think there’s any more that needs to be said there.”
NSC Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby: "I don't think the American people need to worry about aliens, with respect to these craft. Period." pic.twitter.com/dZxLKIbh6D
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Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, one of the most America First members of Congress, said that the “real alien invasion” is something that the media and Democrats don’t want to talk about, which is the invasion of illegal aliens over the southern border.
