Artificial intelligence is being used by the Chinese military to track down unidentified flying objects.

According to the report, Human analysis in the country has apparently been overwhelmed in recent years by the high number of sightings from the military and civilians, according to Chen Li from the Air Force Early Warning Academy, as reported by the South China Morning Post.

"The frequent occurrence of unidentified air conditions in recent years brings severe challenges to air defense security of our country," Chen wrote in a 2019 report to Beijing scientists. The organization is increasingly relying on artificial intelligence because it can "think outside the box", Chen reportedly stated, meaning that it can link information from different times and locations in a way the human brain cannot.

The People's Liberation Army, China's military, gathers enormous amounts of raw data from military radar stations, air force pilots, police stations, and observatories; it is then analyzed by the field military, transmitted to a national database, and evaluated based on behavior, design, components, radioactivity, and other factors.

Artificial intelligence can then link data to better detect the likely sources of unknown objects, such as when UFOs emerge during political or military events, weather satellite data, or natural occurrences.