President Joe Biden said he would not hesitate to down aerial objects that pose a risk to Americans after military jets shot down a Chinese balloon and three mysterious flying “objects” in recent weeks.

“If any object presents a threat to the safety, security of the American people, I will take it down,” Biden said in a speech from the White House Thursday.

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Biden said the intelligence community is still assessing the origins of the three objects but said: “nothing right now suggests they were related to China’s spy balloon program.” They are “likely” tied to private organizations, he said.

Biden has come under pressure to speak publicly about the spy balloon and aerial objects, events that have stirred questions about foreign surveillance programs targeting the U.S. and Biden’s handling of the incursions.

Still, the president’s decision to send fighter jets to shoot down the objects has come under scrutiny after he faced criticism for his handling of the Chinese spy balloon. The Biden administration confirmed in late January that the balloon was traversing the U.S. before it was shot down on Feb. 4.

The White House this week pushed back against the notion that Biden's response was an overreaction and said it came at the direction of the Pentagon.

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“I don’t think the president should be embarrassed by the fact that he took action to make sure that our civilian airspace was safe,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

Biden asked his national security adviser to lead an interagency task force to address “unidentified aerial objects,” the White House said this week.