[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                      Unidentified Flying Objects

  Mr. President, now, on the briefing that we just received, we are 
learning more and more about these four objects by the hour. U.S. and 
Canadian forces are working to recover the objects that were shot down. 
In the briefing, the military and intelligence people outlined their 
approach to each of the four objects.
  What I can say after our briefing is that our defense and 
intelligence Agencies are focused like a laser on gathering every piece 
of information about these objects to figure out exactly what is 
happening.
  What we saw over the weekend is that if they see anything that is a 
threat to America or the American people, they will take appropriate 
action, and they made clear that Americans are in no physical harm on 
the ground from any of these objects.
  The military and intelligence Agencies are working around the clock 
to come up with a comprehensive picture of what is happening, and, as 
they recover more evidence, the picture will be filled in, in a 
careful, thoughtful but decisive way. The administration is carefully 
evaluating, as I said, each of the four objects as they happen, and I 
believe they have taken the right approach on each of the four objects. 
We still have questions about many issues, but they are making every 
real effort, and the American people should have a good deal of 
confidence in our military and intelligence to handle our security.