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Hey, it is noted in the article that this is a satellite image, and I don't see the plane anywhere in the shot. So either:
A) The plane is above the satellite, which probably would require an even larger plane to cast such a deep shadow effectively,
B) The plane is far away horizontally and actually bigger than the estimated 3 miles length to compensate,
C) It is just a simple scaled down cardboard replica with someone's kid's platic toy plane casting a shadow on it,
D) It is a big Chinese Dickbutt drawn to imitate a plane's shadow so that the photographing satellite would say "oh shit" and look over its shoulder, as part of the prank,
Edit: E) It is an Arma map with some Arma dude using setObjectScale script on the plane and taking a screenshot.
Definitely D.
That's what she said.
Always the D.