Projected explanations for the sightings convey ranged from helicopters to contrary military armaments but, to date, no official explanation has been developed. Now Name magazine's Chengcheng Jiang has weighed in like a new theory: autonomous planes.
In an article out of date Esteemed 16, Jiang observes that China's airspace, although inflexibly controlled by the government, is repeatedly defiled by wealthy pilots who promote to fly "off the shred," not filing flight policy. These unauthorized flights are acclaimed as hei fei, or black flights.