Greetings children; Captain Disillusion here. I am not going to be around forever. Your great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, grandchildren just might find themselves without a hero, a role model, a guy to sanctity, a dashing cape less crusader; so you have got to arm yourself now with the knowledge that will prevent you and yours from gawking at videos like this.
Now planes are always cool, stunts are frequently impressive and stupidity is occasionally entertaining; but none of that is present in this video because this video is not real. So how do we consistently spot the telltale signs of an illusion. Well, it's an art form.
And like in almost any art you work from the rough and general to the detailed and specific. Take a look at the scene as a whole. Is there anything off about it? Could a Giant KC135 Air Force refueling plane fly this low at this speed with its landing gear up? Considering that the scene is captured up close. This four engine plane produces surprisingly little sound. The hollers of the soldiers are clearly heard.
Now here is audio of a real low-passing plane with only two engines going at much slower speed. Damn, switching to detail study individual elements of the shot without considering the context. The plane's shadow changes position quite a bit for a midday sunlight scene. The tree at the end is an awfully convenient place to be rid of an artificial shadow as the plane gets farther; but after all these considerations remember to question your own conclusions.
Other individuals can be seen capturing the event with their cameras. Can these alternate angles be found anywhere on the Internet? Consider the possibility that the original shot actually showed a different, more capable aircraft doing the stunt and that the large KC135 was superimposed on top of it. Consider the possibility that the low resolution web video is simply not detailed enough to draw a solid conclusion. That's right I said it. In an uncertain case like this, there is always a possibility that the shot is real. Don't fall into the habit of acting like a know-it-all when you simply don't have all the facts. The bottom line is always ask questions, because by itself a fake video is not a big deal.
But it becomes a piece of trash on the otherwise pristine avenues of your mind and it's compounded by more trash in the form of countless other hoaxes bombarding you every single day until you no longer see the world to what it is but rather someone's abstract, biased, superstitious idea of the world and that's only fun for a while, so how about a little spring cleaning?
But now I am afraid it's time for me to go kids. Another tourist in Las Vegas is about whiplashed from the light show. Every other day it's Vegas.
Remember, love with your heart, use your head for everything else; Captain disillusion.
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