This Video of Fighter Jets Being Shot Down From Sky Is a Simulation, Not Real

This video is old and has no connection with the recent Operation Sindoor.

Fact-Check | The video is a simulation and is being shared with a false context.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video of jets getting shot down from the sky is being shared on social media platforms with users claiming that it shows recent visuals from the Operation Sindoor.

What have users said?: An X (formerly Twitter) premium user shared the viral clip with a caption that said, "Video of the Pakistani fighter jet which was shot down by Indian Air Force last night near Pampore, Kashmir, India."

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X/Screenshot)

The above post had garnered over seven lakh views on the platform. More archives of similar claims could be viewed here, here, and here.

What are the facts?: The claim is false. The video could be traced back to at least 19 April and was shared by a Facebook handle that regularly post similar gaming clips.

How did we find that out?: We divided the viral video into several keyframes and performed a reverse image search on them.

• This directed us to a zoomed-out version of the viral clip posted on a Facebook handle called 'Benawa'.

• It was posted on 3 May.

The video was shared on 3 May 2025.

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)

• Taking this forward, we repeated the process of conducting reverse image search on the keyframes of this clip.

• Team WebQoof came across the same visuals posted on a different Facebook account named 'Coffin Gaming'.

• It was posted on 19 April with a caption saying, "S-401 Air Defense Targeted FPV Drone! Ep 115."

About the Facebook account: In the 'intro' section, the admin of the page identified themselves as "gaming video creator".

• We went through the account and found that it regularly similar videos regularly. You can view some of them here and here.

The Facebook account shares similar videos regularly.

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)

Details about Operation Sindoor: A Times of India report said that the Indian armed forces had executed a well-planned retaliatory strike named 'Operation Sindoor' within Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

• The strike, which was carried out in a 25-minute window, dismantled nine terrorist camps.

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah took to his X handle to express his support for the armed forces and the operation.

Conclusion: It is clear that the video is a simulation and does not show any real visuals.

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