And I'll hand it over to General VanHerck.
We are in close coordination and cooperation with the Government of Canada, as well as through - through NORAD with the Canadian military. These most recent objects do not pose a kinetic military threat, but their path in proximity to sensitive DOD sites and the altitude that they were flying could be a hazard to civilian aviation and - and thus raised concerns.Īgain, as we have said, we do not assess that the recent object posed any direct threat to people on the ground and near laser focus on confirming their nature and purpose, including through intensive efforts to collect debris in the remote locations where they have landed after being shot down.
The spy balloon from the PRC was, of course, different in that we knew precisely what it was. That said, because we have not yet been able to definitively assess what these recent objects are, we have acted out of an abundance of caution to protect our security and interests. We also know that a range of entities, including countries, companies, research organizations operate objects at these altitudes for purposes that are not nefarious, including legitimate research. In light of the People's Republic of China balloon that we took down last Saturday, we have been more closely scrutinizing our air space at these altitudes, including enhancing our radar, which may at least partly explain the increase in objects that we've detected over the past week. I'm going to provide a brief overview and then turn to General VanHerck to provide an operational perspective as well.
#The hemispheric defense zone update#
We do you aim to be transparent about our military operations, and so we want to provide you an update on the most inside homeland defense operations that occurred this afternoon. Thanks so much, Pat, and good evening everyone, and thanks for joining the call. With that, over to you, Secretary Dalton. I'll turn it over to Assistant Secretary Dalton who will provide some brief comments followed by General VanHerck, and then we'll take your questions. Joining us tonight is Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs Melissa Dalton, and General Glen VanHerck, Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. In light of tonight's takedown of an airborne object over Lake Huron, Michigan, we wanted to ensure you have the latest information and also answer any questions you have in order to provide any additional context on NORAD's efforts to monitor, tracking, and appropriately address these kinds of objects. Ladies and gentlemen, good evening and thank you very much for joining us tonight, particularly so short notice and on Superbowl Sunday here in the U.S. Q: Secretary Dalton, are you on the line?īRIGADIER GENERAL PAT RYDER: Great.
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