[snopercod]

It looks like the shuttle to me, too, with a couple of reservations and questions.

It has no vertical stabilizer, but the stab would certainly have broken off at that speed and attitude.

There are "things" up above the fuselage on either side where nothing should be.

Also, I am curious about whatever video equipment this "amateur" was using. Anything that could lock on to the shuttle at that speed and distance and focus that well was not "amateur" equipment.

[r9etb]

There are "things" up above the fuselage on either side where nothing should be.

If I'm correct about what you're referring to, those "things" look like OMS pods to me -- with the dark spots being the OMS nozzles.

Also, I am curious about whatever video equipment this "amateur" was using. Anything that could lock on to the shuttle at that speed and distance and focus that well was not "amateur" equipment.

IIRC, it was taken by a WFAA cameraman using a professional camera. I might be wrong about that.