{"id":1057803,"date":"2021-11-26T16:58:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T21:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057803"},"modified":"2021-11-26T16:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T21:58:41","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-secret-6th-generation-fighter-jet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-secret-6th-generation-fighter-jet\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Secret \u20186th Generation Fighter Jet\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-image-show-a-secret-6th-generation-fighter-jet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057803&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=426836322446655&amp;set=gm.431773325116567&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> more than 100 times purportedly shows a secret American \u201c6th Generation Fighter Jet.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7327023\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7327023\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-7327023\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-24-217x120.png\" alt=\"Facebook\/Screenshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-24-217x120.png 217w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-24-620x344.png 620w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-24-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-24-1536x851.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-24-2047x1134.png 2047w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-24.png 2005w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7327023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image shows a 3D model created for entertainment purposes, not a secret U.S. military aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The image shows what appears to be a sleek, futuristic fighter jet flying through the air. \u201cHere\u2019s America\u2019s 6th Generation Fighter Jet Kept In Secret,\u201d reads the image\u2019s caption.<\/p>\n<p>Through a reverse image search, however, Check Your Fact was able to determine the image is actually a 3D model of a <a href=\"http:\/\/mikejamesmedia.com\/l_craft_2015_01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fictional aircraft<\/a>. The same image can be found on the website of <a href=\"http:\/\/mikejamesmedia.com\/l_craft_2015_03.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark James Media<\/a>, a company that offers \u201c3D modeling for concept visualization,\u201d where it is labeled as the \u201c2015 \u2018L Craft\u2019 Future Fighter Concept Project.\u201d The website includes several other images of the same aircraft, all part of the website\u2019s \u201c3D catalog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikejamesmedia.com\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark James<\/a>, the designer of the model, confirmed in an email to Check Your Fact that the Facebook post mislabeled his creation. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/13\/fact-check-pakistani-jet-shot-down-national-resistance-force-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Image Show A Pakistani Jet Shot Down By Panshir Resistance Fighters?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy article, which begins on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikejamesmedia.com\/l_craft_2015_01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">site<\/a> is very clearly a fun experiment with future \u2018sci-fi\u2019 vehicles, and is entirely tongue in cheek,\u201d said James. \u201cThis person on Facebook used my image without my permission, and added their own description, which is false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is currently working to develop its 6th-generation stealth fighter to eventually replace the Air Force\u2019s F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/why-plans-for-6th-generation-fighter-jets-may-not-work-2021-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com\/en-us\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lockheed Martin<\/a>, an American aerospace and defense corporation, has released concept art of what its version of the jet might look like that can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aero-mag.com\/next-generation-air-dominance-17062021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> in an article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aero-mag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aero-mag.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook more than 100 times purportedly shows a secret American \u201c6th Generation Fighter Jet.\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1057803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}