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A Twitter user named <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fkjacksom\/status\/1627540148476059648?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@fkjacksom<\/a> shared this <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/50POw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>. The tweet has gone viral with over 186,000 views.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zh\">\u539f\u6765\u88ab\u6253\u4e0b\u6765\u7684\u6c14\u7403\u662f\u8fd9\u6837\u5de5\u4f5c\u7684\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yxoy1gnQL5\">pic.twitter.com\/yxoy1gnQL5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FK (@fkjacksom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fkjacksom\/status\/1627540148476059648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A user\u00a0by the name <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jineeminee\/status\/1626984217555894274?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@jineeminee<\/a> shared this<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/PkfDq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> video<\/a> and the tweet has over 133,000 views at the moment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Received this one from a friend. If this is a legit video\u2026 my question would be, how do we prove that this was a \u201cChinese spy balloon 1.0\u201d versus a US spy balloon? NASA is the biggest consumer of helium\u2026 didn\u2019t the parts of the downed balloon have US parts? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EnSs4gZACF\">pic.twitter.com\/EnSs4gZACF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jinee (@jineeminee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jineeminee\/status\/1626984217555894274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another Twitter handle named <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StatAlpha420\/status\/1627493795590811649?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@StatAlpha420<\/a> also shared this<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Kx9rW#selection-209.0-212.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> video<\/a> and has gained over 1700 views.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chinese spy balloon up-close <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oYimQMkquH\">pic.twitter.com\/oYimQMkquH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ultra\u2b50Mega\u2b50MAGA\u2b50Stat\u2b50Alpha\u2b50 (@StatAlpha420) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StatAlpha420\/status\/1627493795590811649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>By reverse-searching key-frames of the video on Yandex, we came across the Instagram page of Hamid Ebrahimnia, who is a well-known VFX and 3D artist. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ebrahimnia\/?originalSubdomain=ir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn profile<\/a> says he is based in Boston, US. He shared the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CopR4UcDwJh\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> on his Instagram page on February 14, 2023. The video has gone viral since.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CopR4UcDwJh\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CopR4UcDwJh\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Hamid Ebrahimnia (@hamidebrahimnia)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>By looking at the comments on the post, we saw that the creator responded to the conversation on whether the video is real. He wrote, &#8220;Yes it is CGI&#8221;. CGI stands for computer-generated imagery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-148369 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/FpVtKJEaQAEONZ6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/FpVtKJEaQAEONZ6.png 446w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/02\/FpVtKJEaQAEONZ6-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><br \/>\nFollowing this lead, Alt News came across the entire tutorial on how this video was digitally made using special effects software. Readers can find the tutorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/highlights\/18193856383245365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the video that has been circulating on social media is digitally created using special effects software by an acclaimed VFX artist and not of the actual Chinese spy balloon.<\/p>\n<p><em>Vansh Shah is an intern with Alt News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Military shot down what they called a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina on February 4, 2023. The US government had been tracking this balloon as it flew over the Aleutian Islands, passed over Western Canada and entered US airspace over Idaho. 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