Quote Originally Posted by Terry853 View Post
Has anybody noticed that the drone is in perfect condition. No apparent damage. I call bullshit..

There is a distinct possibility that if you jam the GPS uplink it could go into autopilot, and land. If you spoof the GPS coordinates, there is also the possibility you can trick it into landing.

As a designer what would you do, have it intentionally crash upon losing all communication signals (i.e. long term), or have it auto land with hopes of recovering it?

There are also considerations on how early of a model it was, and what the mission was.

The knowns are: drones are being used absolutely everywhere like potato chips. Iran is the primary target like a bad case of blueballs. How often does the military fuck up?

Those three elements alone make it highly likely to be genuine.