merits. no indication at this time that it was maneuverable. but again, we'll know more. and in terms of entering the united states, it did enter u.s. airspace, and we took it down. >> reporter: did you gain intelligence from this as you did the previous one? >> we're going to recover what we can and more to follow. >> reporter: was the decision to take it down before it entered too far in u.s. airspace, the pentagon bowing to political will? >> we're going to judge each object on its own merits, it entered in u.s. air face. we set up aircraft to saesz aesz -- assess what it was. the president gave the order to take it down, and we took it down. thank you. laura, and then dan. >> reporter: thanks for taking my question. a couple of questions. first of all, has anything like this happened before with an object this size, this shape, and this particular height, the