Biden himself offered no explanation -- or reassurance -- to the public.
White House officials said the uncertainty of the objects made a presidential address more difficult, and risked Biden speaking without all of the facts.His Canadian counterpart, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, traveled to the Yukon on Monday on a preplanned visit and addressed the object shot down over the territory on Saturday.
Biden tapped national security adviser Jake Sullivan to lead "an interagency team to study the broader policy implications for detection, analysis, and disposition of unidentified aerial objects that pose either safety or security risks," National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby said Monday.
Details on the downed objects have emerged slowly as officials await recovery efforts from teams collecting debris on the ground. Two of the three recent objects shot from the sky were believed to have some sort of payload, according to US officials. The second object shot down over the Yukon territory appeared to be a balloon with a metal payload hanging underneath, according to the officials. The object was also traveling at 40,000 feet, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Saturday. She went on to describe it as a "cylindrical object" smaller thanthe most recent object shot down over Lake Huron
One person familiar with the administration's deliberations said that as of the weekend, US officials were simply still trying to gain an understanding of what exactly those objects are, including their country or countries of origin, and whether they pose a serious concern.
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