in the absence of information, people will fill that gap. but a new cabinet level task force, underscoring a rapid evolution in the u.s. approach. we are actually looking for these with extra vigilance. we re starting to see them in different ways, and president biden has now made the decision that we are going to not allow those over u.s. territory. with u.s. fighters on three separate locations using a single missile to take down objects over alaskan airspace, over canada s yukon on saturday, and over lake huron on sunday. all in the wake of the shootdown of a chinese spy balloon earlier this month. officials, making clear these three objects are demonstrably different in appearance and capabilities. first of all, these are not posing a threat to the united states or americans. these are benign objects. from what we can tell. with current and former officials signaling they don t believe they originated in china. does that mean do you think it s china? no, i do not.
know the origin of, that s leading to a slew of conspiracy theories. people starting to think the worst of the american people, lawmakers on capitol hill asking for more information that we haven t gotten from white house officials yet. remember, we learned of the chinese spy balloon from our own courtney kube by s reporting. then we learned of the unidentified object shot over alaska on friday after it was asked about it during the white house press briefing. the unidentified object shot down over the yukon on saturday. we expect a white house briefing that will involve john kirby as well as press secretary karine jean-pierre. let s talk about capitol hill with you, garrett. new hope for a bipartisan committee focusing on china. per our reporting those areas include spotlighting human rights abuses by the chinese communist party, devising a strategy to reduce u.s.
unidentified object over the yukon on saturday. it represented a reasonable threat to civilian aircraft so i gave the order to take it down. u.s. and canadian forces are now in recovery mode piecing together several objects that american fighter jets shot down. the u.s. downed an aerial object the size of a small car on friday over alaska. it landed on sea ice and crews are still working to get answers on who owned it and what it was. the predominant concern by the president was the safety of flight issue at that altitude. a lot of those who were critical of president biden shooting down a chinese spy balloon earlier in the month, they are pleased with the response. we prefer them to be trigger happy than to be permissive. what has gone on in the last two weeks or so ten days, it has been nothing short of craziness
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
that object that was shot down right off the alaskan coast on friday appears to have been bigger, more like the size of a small vehicle in terms of the size. we don t know the weight. it was then, as you know, it was shot down and it landed just off the coast, and the conditions there are horrific. 50 degrees below zero, windchills, snow, you know, deep cold, so recovering that object right now is what is the priority for the military. that s going to take a little while. the object that was shot down over the yukon, the canadian yukon on saturday, they think that that had some sort of a cylindrical type of shape to it, and then the object shot down over lake huron yesterday, that appears to have been octagonal . we don t know what they are and who might be behind them.