what the heck is that? those are the bad guys. are they friendly? the 10g network, only from xfinity. one giant leap for mankind. the top of the hour this monday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. this morning the white house is refuting china s claims that they had illegally flown balloons in china airspace ten teams. the white house is calling that allegation flat out false. it is coming on the heels of the u.s. shooting down three unidentified objects over the last week. and it is not known if they have connections to the three others after the shot down surveillance balloon. there is pressure mounting on president biden to explain all of this as one democratic congressman says that people are quote freaked out. the pentagon says that there was no military threat, and despite that military officials across north america are on alert for more of these. we go to natasha bertrand with more on this. and natasha, what are we learning about at the latest objects shot down, an