‘The Ghost of Kyiv’ is the first urban legend of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (taskandpurpose.com)

Interesting to read this. I was thinking back to Korea and Vietnam, wondering "what if it's a trainer pilot from a NATO air force,"...not only because this would align with historic realities, but it also lends motive to the creation of legend--you don't want to give up the provenance of that particular pilot.