Confused with a real plane: a Chinese satellite has accepted the Darkstar model for the movie "Top Gun: Maverick" for real

A fictional Darkstar jet that will appear in «Top Gan: Meverick», looked so realistic that Chinese satellite confused the layout with a real plane.

What else is known

• In an interview with Sandboxx, producer Jerry Bruckheimer explained what happened: "The Navy told us that a Chinese satellite had returned and was on another route to photograph the plane." - he said. "They thought the plane was real."
• Although the future film features many real planes, Darkstar is completely fictional.
• Aircraft enthusiasts note that the Darkstar aircraft in the film is very similar to the real prototype hypersonic Lockheed SR-72, the successor to the Lockheed SR-71.
• The fact is that Skunk Works, the developers of the real Lockheed SR-72, helped develop the Darkstar layout for the film.
• "The reason we turned to Skunk Works was because I wanted to make the most realistic hypersonic plane I could," said Kosinski.

Top Gan: Meverick - military drama starring Tom Cruise. The release is scheduled for May 26, 2022.

Source: Insider