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Flying People Spotted In New York City

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Etc, etc…

Everyone wants to fly like Superman—you can blame Christopher Reeve for making it look so awesome. So if you take three human shaped remote-controlled planes and fly them around New York City tricking people into believe that humans are in flight, you’re going to cause some incredulous pointing, gawking and camera clicking from the city folk below.

As well as trolling New Yorkers, viral agency Thinkmodo created this trick to promote a new superhero movie called Chronicle. No doubt there were a lot of double-takes and remarks along the lines of “I’m never drinking again” in New York that day.