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>> 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...

I do not. >> reporter: or any other state actor. but acknowledging there has been a shift in radar parameters, even as the white house dismissed the idea of political pressure has contributed to the rapid escalation in the use of u.s. force. >> this isn't reactive to the chinese spy balloon that there was political pressure and we're going to act quickly to take down any objects over our air space because of the pressure that came from -- >> these were decisions based purely and simply on what was in the best interest of the american people. >> reporter: all as they tamp down any theories trie...

Whether this is a situation where we are finding more of these things right now because more searches that are taking place, or is this something that has been happening for and has gone undetected? that could very well be true. as has been reported, senior officials in the previous administration, including myself, have said on the record that we were unaware of any such air incursions. now that it is occurring almost on a daily basis, or at least being reported on a daily basis, i cannot imagine that all of a sudden, a state actor have decided from one day to the next to launch these aircraf...

Gap on what the pentagon is calling domain awareness, we're identifying what is commercial, what is potentially foreign state actor. >> that is the purpose of the office that i set up. the whole point is we weren't focusing on it and we saw at love objects around military bases without knowing is it drone technology, is it an adversary, who is sending this, what can they do with it. and when service numbers came forward the last decade with these sightings, they were not treated well. they were often dismissed as being irresponsible and trying to talk about ufos. the fact is, they is just unid...

Now that it is occurring almost on a daily basis or at least being reported on a daily basis, i cannot imagine i cannot imagine that all of a sudden, a state actor have decided from one day to the next to launch these aircraft on north america. what we now know is that china has in fact had a very robust aerial surveillance programme based on balloons that, as have been reported publicly, have spied on over a0 different countries. i think again the timing of these latest balloons or even just if we take the one that was shut down in february 4th, since the prc has acknowledged it is their own,...