President Joe Biden made an announcement on Thursday expressing that the three unmanned aerial objects, shot down by the U.S. military over the weekend, are "most likely tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions," and were not connected to the Chinese surveillance balloon taken down on Feb. 4. This announcement comes after mounting pressure from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress to explain the spy balloon incident.

At a White House press briefing, Biden said the intelligence communities current assessment that the objects had no malicious intentions and that “nothing right now suggests they were related to China’s spy balloon program or that they were surveillance vehicles from any other country.” Additionally, Biden noted that the U.S. had seen no "sudden increase in the number of objects in the sky."

In a move to better address aerial objects, Biden has ordered his team create "