It's a beautiful clip and I wouldn't have mentioned the shuttle if it weren't for the small 'debate' on YouTube. Whatever it is, it's brilliant.

Am surprised that no one on YouTube called it out as a fake, because that's what it looks like. Something that creates such a bright lens flare on the camera would illuminate the surrounding buildings, notice also that the light somehow dims to absolute black a few times at the end.

Still an upvote for the impressive CGI effects.

Damn CGI!
Didn't really consider the fake angle. Looks good though.

yeah, my fake-dar is going off as well. lens flair looks like bs, and the contrail is steady like a comet or possibly a space shuttle on re-entry.

skeptical explanation would be... it looks like it may just have been video taken of a pretty sunset, with a slight zoom into the red clouds on the left. BUT, what do I know; it could possibly be sunlight glinting off the windows of a landing shuttle. (fox mulder, 'I want to believe')

I call UFO.

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