planes. we are laser-focused on confirming their nature and purpose. reporter: three day, three unidentified objects shot down by u.s. fighters. no precedent. efforts are actively under way right now at all sites to find what s left of those objects so we can better understand and communicate with the american people what they are. reporter: no shortage of unanswered questions, driving a robust all-of-government response from president biden. every element of the government will redouble their efforts to understand and mitigate these events. reporter: recovery efforts under way for downed ob jebts and critical. they are focused like a laser on figuring out what happened and coming up with sort of a comprehensive analysis of how we deal with this present and future. reporter: as even white house allies are raising concerns. in an absence of information people will fill that gap. reporter: a new cabinet-level task force underscoring the approach. we re sta
task force underscoring the approach. we re starting to see them in different ways. president biden has now made the decision that we are going to not allow those over u.s. territory. reporter: with u.s. fighters on three separate occasions using a single missile to take down objects over alaskan airspace, over canada s yukon on saturday and lake huron on sunday, all in the wake of a shootdown of a chinese spy balloon earlier this month. officials making it clear that they are dmon straybly different. these are not posing a threat to the united states or americans. these are benign objects from what we can tell. reporter: with current and former officials saying they don t believe they originated in china. does that mean you think it s china? no, i do not reporter: or any other state actor but acknowledging there has been a shift inry dhar parameters even as the white house dismissed the idea of political pressure contributing