HOLY HELL PEOPLE. I was being a bit cheeky with my post but now I'll just say it: if another freaking person seriously posts about this being an RC plane or any other proof because they're a damned fighter plane expert all of a sudden, I'm gonna go shenanigans all over this plane

jakebathman

i think this post was meant to get views...i mean saudi, jet, explode = lots of key words and stuff

if only they could add sex in there somewhere lol

tenio

Is this post a joke... if not, wow. How in the world could you not see this as an RC flying into some power lines. Somebody needs new glasses.

duuktoprock

OMG!!!!!!! I can't believe what I'm hearing here. That's clearly a real jet. There's no way that could be RC. I've seen some crazy RC planes but none that could do what this thing did. I it's real. Period.

JackTheTripper

It's obviously a scene from the newest Back to the Future movie. The Delorean has been replaced by a fighter jet.

twoeightnine

Please, please tell me that this post is a joke by the Giz staff?!

It sounds like a real jet? Are you serious? Have you ever even heard a real fighter jet before?

It looks like a real jet? Yeah? With it's landing gear out while pulling straight up into the vertical?

It just exploded? Are you seriously saying that you can't see the power lines that it runs into?

If this isn't a joke... wow...

sickpup

Yeah, come on, I'm no expert but it's pretty easy to tell that was an RC just from the way it handled... I'm pretty sure a pilot's head would explode if they pulled that rapid ascension off, and those power lines would be absolutely decimated if a full size plane hit them. And that was a totally lame explosion.

Duckspwn

When the Saudis start selling us oil at $20/barrel, then we'll maybe sell them planes without the self-exploding feature!

ronreal

That has to be the most ridiculous post I have ever read on Giz.

burton1976

I think this post was meant as a joke, you can't mistake that for the real thing.

chrstphr

This thin has been on YouTube since January, apparently.

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Don't know why it's getting traction now.

alexlr

Farce...I think they superimposed the jet sound of 'vroosh' (sp) while doing the flyover, much like the goat was superimposed in the picture at the waterpark with those kids, hence the old man continued his long days of drinking, and beating the piss out of the goat...

Kaspir

@steveyun: I have to agree...there are a group of people around the camera give the "pilot" directions. And, if that was a real jet, I doubt it would have stayed close enough to the camera based on the maneuvers it was doing.

As for the sound, there is a guy near my office that has an R/C jet...it sounds like the real thing...just smaller.

AF6FB

This is not a quality gizmodo post, I'm sorry, but thats just sad.

Pinkertonfanatic

It did not explode "with no warning whatsoever." You can see it flying into the powerlines. You can see it not harm the powerlines when it went poof, just like a small model would. You can see how small the debris is at it falls to the ground. Why would anyone think this is a full-size jet?

Barcard

You have jet powered RC planes these days:

- [www.rc-airplane-world.com]
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As other people have said it exploded because it flew into the power lines. Another thing you notice is that the landing gear is out. Real jet fighters stow them as soon as the take off.

twilight-arc

Since I think it will help somehow to just repeat what's already been said 40 times, it's an RC plane.

No offence Jesus but it doesn't sound like one, look like one (think they fly that fast with the gear down?) and it DEFINITELY doesn't explode like one.

mmmiles

@hu_hu_cool: But it was enough to leave Jesus dumbstruck!

justinsane

@steveyun: Looks like?... or thats exactly what happened :)

remps

Obviously not what the headline says. At lease change the headline to "Flying Gadget Hits Powerline, Explodes"

photodesign

What the hell Jesus, do u need your eyes tested? its an RC! hitting a powerline!

hu_hu_cool

@dbx: The reason for the explosion is clearly because it hit the powerlines. Pause the video at 20 seconds then step forward and you can see the power lines and the RC plane falling to the ground after bouncing off the power lines.

PridgNYC

Since it's a slow news days. you guys could update the status the crazy missing brazilian prist. wh took of in april in a lawncahir and a 1000 balons .

The found him the search team was loking for him in south all the time. he end up going north to be found in Rio de Janeiro Stte.

Jeremias

1. It flew under the street lights.
2. Any pilot climbing that fast would be liquefied.
3. Powerlines don't stop full sized airplanes in their tracks.

Synthaxx

Ii hit the cables, it doesnt explote

chocolim

it sounds like one? sounded like a RC model to me.

harlock_JDS

zomg rc hit powerline first post lolz

sakko

Is there really even debate here? I mean...I feel terrible for the pilot! Oh the humanity! All of those hours of RC training only to have his day ruined by some nasty power lines.

paulnptld

Come one now. A real plane isn't just going to fall straight down when it explodes. It looks like it lands in between the camera and the truck as well, which is quite close.

Player4

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It's an RC model.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

Where is the inertia? The plane drops like a brick after the explosion, a full sized aircraft would plow right through the power lines and continue crashing to the ground.

bltonline

Actually, I think I'll be the first to say this. I know I'm going against the grain here, but that is DEFINITELY an RC plane, and it appears, by my best judgement, to have flown into some sort of high voltage wire or line.

jakebathman

clearly a model rc jet hitting a power line.. come on! Saudi jet my @ss.

warden1337

Seeing how quickly it fell to the ground and how small it was in relation to the power poles, etc. tells me it's a model. I can't really see how it could be confused for the real thing.

MyPetFly

That is absolutely an RC model. The flight path is jerkey - look at the initial approach and quick ascent. The way it moves through the air is unstable and gives away the small scale of the craft. It's an RC vehicle. The reason for the explosion however is unknown - it doesn't appear to have been detonated. It seems like a spark or fire ignited the fuel tank.

dbx

Definitely an RC plane, one, it hits a powerline and the only damage is to the plane, had it been a real fighter jet, it would have taken out the lines and created a huge explosion on ground impact. Second, the initial ascent that the aircraft takes would have made all but a handful of pilots black out, that would have been a 12-15G maneuver. It is a nice RC jet though, shame the controller was trying to read Gizmodo at the same time he was flying...

tifosi0101

RC + Powerline = Slow news day?

jawzx

HOLLY SHIT

vinchbr

RC ... No real plane can complete the nose dive this one did in the beginning. It was moving as if it was weightless.

Wintursoul

RC + powerline = BAD

pagercam

you can tell it's RC when it passes the crowd... the gear is down.

N186BD

And yes it does hit the powerline.

Husar

@steveyun:

Thats my guess also :)

turbob5

that was stupid but funny :)

Connman

RC, powerline, remove post, save face.

awemaker

RC model.

dead_red_eyes

That is the fakest thing I have ever seen.

Husar

Looks like an RC model to me; the scale is too small. Also looks like it exploded as it hit a power line. Stupid place to be flying a model if that's the case...

Richard Baguley

That's a model.

DustyButt

It looks very much like an RC model.

NETHED

HOLY....

Jon!

Duuuhhhhh....

It is a remote control and the idiot on the ground flew it into the power lines.... thats why it went *poooof*

Relax....

babj615

model

aboriginal

RC.

SigmundTheSeaMonster

Holy shit that did come out of nowhere.

Log1c

It looks like an RC plane that hit a powerline

steveyun

The pilot couln't control his curiosity and pushed the big red button that says DO NOT PUSH.

MikeSWelch

It looks like a Dassault Mirage 2000... Definitely an RC...

JCM1223

First!

jcostantino

If you even have to ask the question as the whether this is fake or not.. you are an absolute idiot.

DMcGrew

I bet those powerlines were Jewish...

dry-roasted-peanuts

How did this even pass the sniff test? You can EASILY see the powerlines, you can also easily see the powerlines move and bounce around right as the plane intersects with them, which is also the moment is explodes.

It also moves too 'jerky' and twitchy to be full sized.

Finally, the debris falls too fast to be full sized. There is a reason they show models in movies in slow motion. 9.8 m/s^2 has a distance component to it, so you have to slow the video down when showing a scaled down model. Otherwise objects appear to fall too fast for their supposed size.

Alluvian

it's an RC model!

easy do distinguish!

smokeonit

*Pours a forty for the poor hamster pilot*

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

I didn't know that The Saudi Air force had a magenta color scheme.

GirlGadget

It's an RC aircraft hitting a power line, pay attention to how it reacts to the "explosion" A full scale craft would not flip so suddenly without disintegrating. I've flown RC aircraft for years. Oh, and here's a screenshot clearly showing the electricity arcing along the power line when the model hits it.

[img181.imageshack.us]

Watch the video and note that the explosion occurs exactly when the altitude of the aircraft meets the powerline.

Terc

Has anyone said it was an RC plane yet? Just checking.

ビッグ ボス

Must be terrorism. If terrorists attach RC planes with powerlines. Confiscate some laptops.

ds2021

@jakebathman:
how about if I'm sighted?
[jdma.theofficialnine.com]

FatherStorm

I think it was a powerline and an RC model... what does everyone else think?

Braff

Has anybody considered the possibility that it may actually be BOTH an RC plane AND what the Saudi's consider a fighter jet?

homerjay

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jakebathman

@Kaveh: Use the memory eraser on yourself afterward...

strider_mt2k

@twilight-arc: I don't know what I was expecting, but I was very disappointed after watching all three minutes and three seconds of that video =\

I guess I expected an explosion? or something

HenryRayker

You guys are all crazy. That's a real jet!

I call it the Spruce Moose.... Hop in.... I said: hop in.

Kaveh

If you think that was a real, full size jet, you need to go outside more often, Jesus.

Good grief.

Jones Foyer

Trying to land on power lines = FAIL!

bpapa9013

@Ariel_Wollinger: Something about gravity you would like to explain?

If it's real the US sold it to them and we just help our balance of trade when they order the replacement. Yeah for us!

It's a model

wanago

Allah's will be done. LOL

darex

I wonder if "Irish RC Jet Explodes" would have gotten as much attention since they have the same weight... It's obvious it's a RC mini jet. There is no way to actually say it's "Saudi" as it has HOT PINK on the body...

I understand the "What do you guys think" bait... But come on, lol. Yeap, slow news day.

whydoyouwork

this could just be me, but it looks like a bait and switch.
the real jet flies out of the frame, and when it comes back it looks a wee bit browner, and the rc plane hits a power line.

Spkl

@tenio: Saudi pilot having sex in the pilot seat with the co-pilot does not see powerlines - a bit too long to make it interesting

but it has SEX in it....

yogibimbi

model
because it falls to fast for a full size plane

Ariel_Wollinger

You think that's crazy? I was going down the freeway the other day and this jet pulls along side of me!!! It's just flying there going up and down right next to me. Finally it sped away.

[OK. It might have been a kid in the car next to me with his hand out the window... but it looked like a jet. I can't tell for sure.]

T-man

ROFL.

GadgetGhurl

Epic

It is kind fun to look up "RC Plane Crash" on the tube

strider_mt2k

Was a Scientologist flying that plane?

Mikestan

@Wireless Joe: Alright Wireless Joe, if that even is your real name.....

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jakebathman

@tenio:

LOL.

chrstphr

slow news day...

yogibimbi

It also looks like it's flying in front of the light poles in the beginning, which can't be more than 30 yards away. RC.

Wireless Joe

It hit a powerline! Wow, and I thought engadget was struggling for news!!

Topper82

Things people are not noticing:

1. If it is a real plane (and I'm not saying it is), it would be _much_ farther away than the powerlines, which are between the camera and the vehicles seen right before the plane pops.

2. You can't go by the shaky flight path of an airplane that's being filmed by a video camera that's being aimed by a shaky hand. For all we know, the flight is smooth as glass.

3. The most telling aspect of this is that the explosion is scaled all wrong for being a real fighter jet. It starts with a bright flash of white light _without_ combustion, which does look more electrical in nature. The combustive explosion itself also occurs much too fast to be a full-size jet. And finally, you see burning shards falling down, which would be highly unlikely given how quick the explosion is. Smoldering, probably, but not likely to have visible flames (certainly not from that distance).

4. It's very hard to tell for sure, but it appears that the jet flies between the lightposts and the camera as it makes its initial approach. Any real jet that did that would have looked a lot bigger, and would have put all those spectators flat on their asses.

Purple Dave

poles. sigh.

chumitz

My take is: real jet, fake powerline. If you pause the video at 22 seconds, you can totally see how the powerline is only strung between two polls and a 9 volt battery is the only power source.

chumitz

At the beginning, you see a head from someone standing near by as the plane goes by. If it were real, seeing what happens to that guy would make a great video.

especially with that huge plane-sized head ;)

SportBilly

In other news the Saudis have captured an american solider:
[www3.telus.net]

Elliuotatar

I send lot's of cool news to gizmodo and they ignore me and publish old RC planes hitting power lines... bummer.

Ariel_Wollinger

@twilight-arc: That was just sexy... I've seen turbine powered RCs before but never just the engine itself. It's so cute... and so thirsty (watch how fast those bubbles in the fuel line shoot down the tube)...

DO WANT.

tayaya

This video is OLD as hell!!! it is just a model plane hitting a power line.

Ariel_Wollinger

@steveyun: Totally. That's it. Good call.

AhnyerKeester

Clearly RC Plane hitting high voltage power lines.

SockMonkey

@wanago: It falls too fast for a full scale plane. Nothing elso to explain. I work with VFX and animation. I have trained eyes to spot anomalies in videos.

Ariel_Wollinger

Try some "Head & Shoulders" for that itchy scalp, coz that was such an RC.

Rev. Eaton Yorke Hunt

It's clearly an RC plane.

PresidenToor

ahhh RC + Powerlines = Fun

Nottma

@jakebathman: So you're going to go shenanigans all over me for a post I was probably typing while you posted yours? Bad form sir. [wwwdelivery.superstock.com]

Wireless Joe

How come squirrels never do that when they run across power lines?

@dry-roasted-peanuts: Yeah, why is no one questioning whether the power lines are real or if they are just staged for conspiratorial reasons?

capitalass

There should be an automatic ban filter on the words "slow news day". That's just annoying.

Decaye

@case: I don't know what universe you're living in, but in my universe, a delta-wing jet fighter is the ultimate gadget.

bobdobbs

Its a model Jet plane. Yes, it hit the power lines. This was too Easy.

spectator101

Thankfully it is an RC model.

Because now it legitimizes this post as it is actually about GADGETS.

case

@jakebathman: I think we're surrounded by tea sippers.

Bos'un's Mate

Speaking as a former NAVY man....that's a RC model NOT a real plane....

gravion17

IS this post a joke?...You can tell immediately it's a model, and you can see the power lines it hits...

fragile tech my ass...

lutton

@dry-roasted-peanuts:

CLASSIC!!! : ) (of course, you can tell for sure if you see that the powerlines have the circumcised)

MyPetFly

Agreed, if the proportions of the plane as it gets close to the line aren't enough to give it away, then the sound of it passing the crowd or the less stable control ought to be evidence enough.

Oropix

If you believe this is a real plane I have some nice large bridges I an sell you. The explosion didn't ever look real, and where are the jet engine sounds?

pschroeter

ok its pretty obvious what happened and is actually quite a boring video. But what baffles me is, Jesus, is this whole article in the spirit of sarcasm or actual awe?

Fierock

@justinsane: If it was real? yes!

hu_hu_cool

I think the guy was trying to LAND on the power lines.

I would, at least.

MyPetFly

Duuuhhhhh....

It is a remote control and the idiot on the ground flew it into the power lines.... thats why it went *poooof*

Relax....

The post was so on the money I couldn't come up with one of my own. ;^)

Nyle

Yeah. I have seen a real fighter jet (with a real pilot in it) explode from a distance of 100 yards (which is really fucking close by the way) and I can definetly say that was an RC model.

mcjake

@steveyun:
Ding Ding Ding.

RickAKATed10

zat is a model

trekkie

Come on! Thats a toy!

TM-Oliveira

LOL.

I was expecting to read the comments seeing things like "How can you NOT tell this is a model plane?! Are you guys seriously that clueless?!"

Instead I see posts with whole lectures on the flight path, damage done to power lines, sound, crowd reaction, and E=MC^2 that prove that this is definitely an R/C plane.

People - LOOK at it. It's an RC plane! If you can't figure that out just by SEEING the video, you probably shouldn't be reading Gizmodo.

Stang70Fastback

@warden1337:

agreed, Obviously a joke...no way can this be confused for the real thing.

-ps, nice profile pic.

Blackti3

definitely RC. look at the way it falls after hitting the power line

enchantedgoose

If it would have been a jet crash there would be no powerline towers...or pick up trucks....and there would be a lot of running away from the guy with the cam....

lithivm

I don't get it. It's an obvious RC. Where's the problem here?

plastikwaren

Def an rc plane,. If you have ever been that close to a flying fighter jet before ( i have f-14 fly bys with afterburners on) you would know it would have been much louder than that.

majortom1029

absurd Gizmodo...

Going to come back with a "of course it was a RC plane - can't you take a joke" remark?

Brentis

Clearly an RC model. Anyone who has seen and heard the thunder of the real deal would recognize this. This plane gives off no low frequency roar and it falls to the ground way too fast to be a full size jet.

Bodie1550

Model. Fo Sho

phijef

It didn't explode. it popped like a fire cracker. RC!
An actual Fighter Jet would not get knock over by a couple power lines.

mobilevisual

"NTSB, FAA and Air Force investigators are on the scene. There were no reports of survivors."

Just kidding.

MyPetFly

@Stang70Fastback:

No SH%T, the truck below the plane is bigger than the plane people!! haha, There is no question at all, can't believe some are questioning this as possibly real?!!!?! LOL

I'm with you.

"Trip"

Triplet66

Powerlines x 3, and RC plane FTW! or (for the loss actually ;-) )

Who can't understand/see this? It doesn't look real at all, the video shows that, as nothing comparatively is to scale, surroundings etc.

"Trip"

Triplet66

Did they dub over that with the audio from the MEC radio chatter in BF2?

Con Seannery

Hmmm.....I can't tell, LMAO...seriously!

Did you guys post this as "plausible" just to get an argument going? LOL, It's really quite obvious it's an RC plans hitting 3 powerlines.

Seriously. Is someone hungover or something?

"Trip"

Faslane66

I think giz needs some higher quality monitors... Or brains... As stated several times, its old, its RC, it hits power lines, all of which even a monkey would know.

crazy0000

Photoshopped I tell you!

kmkl

These kinds of things always pop into my mind at the worst times, like right as a plane starts to take off or when my iPod feels a little warm and I remember all those times they've blown up. But the iPod one isn't nearly as bad since I haven't been able to find anything on Classics blowing up.

videoCWK

That WAS a real plane and I was flying it, I'm fine though. What happened was I smoked while the "no smoking" sign was lit. My bad.

Navin R Johnson

If it were a real plane, If would have broken apart far more then it did. among many other things, nobody would fly a jet that low to the ground without a good reason, or that haphazardly.

madpharmy

Real planes can't turn that fast!

AlphaTeam

RC airplane + power line = ouch. Pure and simple.

gadjitfreek

Look R/C to me. You don't typically see full sized jets doing high speed flybys like that with the landing gear down. Plus at the moment it explodes you can tell that the aircraft has very little mass based on the way the fuselage just falls to the ground.

jugg2driver

Yeah, no head scratching here

jcraig

If not a model, I'd like to see the pilot who was able to pull that 20+G move. Oh yeah, he blew himself up. ;-)

scotth0

@steveyun: Dead on. This video is OLLLLDDD.

shenanigans61

...not to mention that it sounds like a flying lawnmower.

vp_shooter

I think Jesus Diaz grew up inside a tiny padded cell that he was only recently allowed to leave.

Either that or he's had his head up his ass his whole life.

middy

Well I see the government's secret internet disinformation team known as "Funhouse Omega" has been hard at work discrediting this video from Groom Lake. The video shows the testing of the Navy's new AFM (Accelerated Focused Microwave) missle and anti-arcraft defense system. The target "plane" is either a class six or seven military drone.

exlawyer

"it looks like one"

what's up with your spacial perception?

monomyth

Worry not. The lego pilot didn't get hurt.
The plane burned so quickly that there wasn't enough time to melt it.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

Model. Doesn't in the least sound like a real jet, and that explosion is way too fast and debris-less to be real.

Onouris

How did you get that area 51 footage?

BiZarRroBALlmeR

Geez Giz, since when does a 5 ton airplane explode in a poof of smoke? Where's all the debris and fireballs? Is there really any doubt it's an RC?

BiZarRroBALlmeR

yeah its gotta be some kind of model... a real jet explosion would be allot bigger with all that jet fuel....

urbanturban666

look at how it fell from the sky. G is a constant that doesn't scale. How fast something falls from the sky can reveal how far that object is away and hence how big it really is. It is obviously a model.

In movie business, they have to slow down the film to make scaled movement look real.

pri_them2

fuel has become so expensive that it's cheaper to just blow up your rc rather than land it

tegronin

@Mandatory_Field:

word. 162 comments that all say the same thing.

nutbastard

Hahahaha! Once again, Jesus shows that he is the master of the Troll post (and you guys get all excited over just Troll COMMENTS!):

- Jesus writes story that people can slag him over.
- Hundreds of people log onto the Giz to tell him he's wrong and stupid in the comments section.
- Thousands and thousands of other people read the comments about how stupid Jesus is.
- Gawker media gets many page views of people wondering and commenting on this stupid Jesus person.
- Jesus gets huge bonus cheque signed by BLam.
- Jesus laughs all the way to the bank to deposit huge bonus cheque.
- Jesus and Addy buy solid gold water dish for Fred the face-eating dog

And all of you morons are still queued up in line to be the 150th person to say that it's an RC and that Jesus is stupid, and show off your knowledge of RC plane physics... Hmmm, maybe it's you-all who need to get out more....

Mandatory_Field

@homerjay: I live in Saudi Arabia and they have normal Jet Fighters.

Oh and about everyone complaining about the gas prices, I pay 30 cents a gallon! xD

Spreadthetaco

@steveyun: Right on... you got to be blind to not see it!

JackMatt

It's either a fake or a model...

prouted

With that scale, if it exploded like that the sound wouldnt get to you for about a half a second if it were a real jet. In a smaller scale you'd hear the explosion instantly. So yeah it's an rc jet.

GrimaceXL

I am posting in an attempt to help Jesus get a gold water dish for his dog.

saywha

It's a duck.

(I didn't want to be the 171st to say exactly the same thing. And Jones does deserve the finest water dish money can buy.)

GadgetPlay

yep RC. The sound was wrong the plane looked to light and a full sized plane would take out the power lines

DarwinCB

Clearly hit the powerline, you can see the powerline line flex and flash as it hits.

jsong78

something no one mentioned... that's a fucking kick ass toy!! it even sounds damn good!

zixyon

Saudis are better pilots than this. Quad erat demonstrandum.

vesuvian

RC. if you look carefully at the first 10seconds and the plane is descending towards the camera you will see the landing gear is still out. no fighter jet fly with landing gear out.

DOarrival

First its an RC jet. NO way in hell a pilot could survive those kinds of G's without fictional Inertial Dampers :-)

It does appear as it it smacked the power lines. That sucks. those things are pushing $10-15k :-)

Nerys

Model ran into a powerline. Even at that low resolution, its still pretty clear.

AdmNaismith

i can't believe it was even a question of real or rc... when did you ever see tons of quickly moving metal make turns that sharp or fall out of the sky to the ground in 1 second. not to mention, i've seen fire crackers with larger explosions.

lol

Spartanical

Jesus, Diaz!

skulldriveshaft

its an rc touching a powerline

FTP_Palace

@steveyun: Yep, big planes don't explode so tiny like that... When big planes blow up there is a lot of fuel that goes up too.

hagrun

Clearly it's RC.

it hits power lines, a real jet would have just plummetted through them, then it fell behind a truck that was many many times it's size.

magitoddw

it's an RC plane. a real fighter jet wouldn't be flying with its wheels down. an RC plane has fixed wheels that it can't gear up.

FunZ

That's no real jet, it's just a good R/C model. The jerky nature of its flight path gives it away. It hit power lines. Lawrence K

ZalmaiSilenus

Holy Flying models Ratman! It's the BAMPF-Mobile!

ElCabong

Definitely a RC model hitting a power line. Full sized fighter can't pull those kind of maneuvers-too fast-too nimble-too many g's for a human in the cockpit.

SheldonBuffalo

I'm from Saudi and I can say without doubt that this is an RC airplane and not a real jet.

MirabelleEileithyia

The turning speed of that airplane is completely unrealistic for a flying machine with several tons. I'm pretty sure it's a radio commanded scaled down plane.

ZalmanGabuldury

I agree with the differential diagnosis. This is an RC that flew into powerlines. You can see that the powerlines stop the momentum of the plane. Not exactly possible if it's a 4 ton jet fighter. You can also guess the scale on the fly-by. Don't work yourselves up, just a cool youtube video.

backlashx2

You can see the landing gear, it is definitely an RC. The kind of thrust that a real Mirage produces woulda knocked those people on their asses. I think they are some where in the order of 20'000 pounds, you just can't fly that close to people like that in a real jet.

5ftassassin

RC Model, you can see the landing gear down when it's closest to the camera, and it DID hit the power lines.

pancito

Compare the size of it when it passes in front of the poles. It's only a few feet long.

DWes