Maritime space. we re very deliberate in our planning. north com does that with the pilots themselves. we re very careful to make sure those shots are safe. that s the guidance from the president. shoot it down, make sure we minimize collateral damage and we preserve the safety of the american people. are you confirming the other three objects were also i ll use the word object. that s what everyone is using. we ll see. they re not recovered yet, as you know. number two, three and four not recovered yet. number one we are recovering and getting a lot of stuff off that. two, three and four not yet recovered. they re in difficult terrain. the second one off the coast of alaska, that s up in some really, really difficult terrain in the arctic circle with very, very low temperatures in the minus 40s. the second one is in the canadian rockies in the yukon, very difficult to get that one. and the third one is in lake huron, probably couple hundred feet depth.
Briefing a short time ago on what was going on here even if there was some frustration with transparency. earlier today the top u.s. generals saying we may never see these objects that were downed over the course of the last few days. they are in very difficult terrain. the second one off the coast of alaska is up in some really, really terrain in the arctic circle with very, very low temperatures, in the minus 40s. the second one is in the canadian rockies in yukon, very difficult to get that one. the third one is in lake huron. probably a couple hundred feet depth. we ll get them eventually but it will take some time to recover those. many senators who came out of the briefing say it was good to get more information from the administration even if some were frustrated by lack of transparency and said quite a lot of what they heard inside a classified briefing could simply be told to the public. that is where we stand at this point.
And the search to recover those will take some time according to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley. number two, three and four not recovered yet. number one, we are recovering and getting a lot of stuff off that, but two, three and four are not yet recovered. they re in very difficult terrain. the second one, off the coast of alaska, that s up in some really, really difficult terrain in the arctic circle, with very, very low temperatures, in the minus 40s. the second one is in the canadian rockies, in the yukon. very difficult to get that one. and the third one is in lake huron, at probably a couple hundred feet depth. so we ll get them eventually, but it s going to take some time to recover those. china denies that any of the objects were part of a surveillance operation, and have called the us response an overreaction, claiming that at least ten similar us balloons had breached their airspace in the past year something the us has denied. and there has
But two, three and four not yet recovered. they are in very difficult terrain. the second one off the coast of alaska is up in some really, really difficult terrain in the arctic circle with very, very low temperatures in the 405. the second one is in the canadian rockies and yukon. very difficult to get that one. and the third one is in lake huron. at probably a couple of hundred feet depth. so we ll get them eventually. but it s going to take some time to recover those. i want to indicate that the terrain is extremely rugged, it is extremely remote, is extremely rugged, it is extremely remote, the temperature is approximately 25 celsius there, and there s approximately 25 celsius there, and there s heavy snow. so the recovery effort there s heavy snow. so the recovery effort is there s heavy snow. so the recovery effort is difficult, but as i said, we have effort is difficult, but as i said, we have a number of aircraft on the ground, we have a number of aircraft on the
The us has shot down four objects in north american airspace this month. the recovered balloon was downed on the 4th of february off the coast of south carolina. it spent three days drifting across the country after it was first spotted in montana. the three other objects were shot down on friday, saturday and sunday. over northern alaska, yukon, canada and lake huron in michigan. here s us joint chief of staffs general mark a milley on the recovery effort. number two, three and four not recovered yet. number one, we are recovering and getting a lot of stuff off that. but two, three and four not yet recovered. they are very difficult terrain. the second one off the coast of alaska is that s up in in some really, really difficult terrain in the arctic circle with very, very low temperatures in the minus forties. the second one is in the canadian rockies and yukon. very difficult to get that one. and the third one is in in lake huron. at probably a couple of hundred feet depth.