it was, and the decision was made to take it down. >> reporter: do you have any information whether this object flew over any other sovereign nations or countries? >> i do not. i do not. >> caller: time for a few more. let me go to joe. >> reporter: another question about the recovery effort. i think you mentioned at the outset that it was going to involve rotary wing aircraft, because it landed on ice as opposed to water, that's why there isn't water craft being used? we'll get more information on that front. this happened a short while ago. these are the assets that were being used to go out and do the initial recovery. but we'll have more information terms of the various roles and responsibilities of this. >> reporter: to get down in the weeds for a second. any idea what units are involved in the recovery effort or in the f-22 that shot it down is this. >> we can get you that