[Fake] Eglin Mystery Aircraft

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A Twitter user spotted what appears to be an unknown aircraft flying near Eglin AFB. The user states that it had a canopy, was roughly the size of a C-130, was extremely loud, and was flying around 10k-15k feet.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785699760021672124
View: https://twitter.com/anthroaerospace/status/1785699760021672124


Additionally there were multiple test aircraft on station at roughly the same time.
Notably N331CL which is used as a radar testbed.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785741144577458278
View: https://twitter.com/SR_Planespotter/status/1785741144577458278


Anyone have even a slight clue as to what this might be?
 

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Sunshine Aero has been very busy supporting customers with flight testing services recently. Their Sabreliners have centerline hard points/pylons for carrying pods. They have been used for testing IRST pods, missile warning systems (for C-130, etc.), radar and EW pods, and even captive carry of MALD.

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Recently they have been so busy they leased a Sabreliner from another flight test company
 
Back when I was learning my security levels, we were taught that the term 'classified' means little except to those in the media who like to spuriously apply it; since "unclassified" is a security classification, the use of "classified" can mean something that's accessible to the military wives club (nothing against them) among others. The local bird control scheme is likely to be graded "unclassified", but would still be termed as a classified document. So it means b*gger-all basically, unless you state the type of classification.

I suspect the term "secret", or "top secret" (etc) is what would be applied here, if it did/does exist in reality.
 
Signs are pointing pretty strongly to this being a hoax. The original poster is refusing to give up metadata and is being needlessly cryptic about a lot of basic info.
 
Would have to agree. In addition to cryptic behavior, someone did a simple noise analysis, and it didn’t look too good. If D04FE8C6-9801-45F5-9D9D-39CAB824CEF7.jpeg it were only the first image, I’d say it looks plausible but the last two…

and no one else saw it… even if it was reportedly “very loud” F508B961-553B-49AB-A876-FE9026C55C48.jpeg
 
from Wiki

Eglin is an Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) base serving as the focal point for all Air Force armaments.
Eglin is responsible for the development, acquisition, testing, deployment and sustainment of all air-delivered non-nuclear weapons.

The base plans, directs, and conducts test and evaluation of U.S. and allied air armament, navigation and guidance systems,
and command and control systems.

So this if this real, seem Eglin testing new weapon system. if its real...
 
I can't believe this needs to be even said...

The author himself/herself/themselves has admitted to this being a hoax:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1785928351867138541
View: https://twitter.com/Lemnon12162901/status/1785928351867138541

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May this be a lesson on how urban legends about secret aircraft are born. There are now thousands of people on the internet that have fallen for a clear hoax just because they want to believe in something without the effort of conducting a modicum of research/exercise a bit of common sense.
This thing will unfortunately live on in their minds and they will be forever convinced that this clearly fake aircraft is something real just because it vaguely resembles a concept that was peddled to NASA.
 
It's not a lesson unless you're an idiot. The world is full of this kind of garbage and unless you spend too much time in your bedroom you won't give it any time. The problem only arises when hordes of keyboard warriors start analysing it to death and it becomes 'fact' by a groundswell of uninformed opinion.

Stay vigilant!
 
Anyone can be fooled by advertising, but distrusting everything we see so as not to look like an idiot is sickening, as is trying to give lessons in moral superiority to someone who makes an error of judgment.
 
now after that event, X users have they way of Fun, with "can someone ID this plane?"
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