Spectacular video, either real or a finely crafted hoax.
When your Out There editor took a look at this video, I assumed ‘hoax.’ But then I noticed that none of the usual easily identified signs of an amateur CGI job were present, so I was intrigued enough to send it to one of our video experts, who was intrigued. My conclusion: I still think it’s probably CGI, but it is very well done. Our special effects expert is not so sure. This is his reaction:
"It has old style stars and bars on the hull. We do still use them but
usually they are grey. Why our Air force would be so dumb to plant those
on the hull is beyond me. Still the composite work is amazing. Very well done
if it is composite work. Additionally the lighting match is perfect as is the densityread more