Hidden Concept Art of an Air Vehicle?

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So I was messing around in the level Winter Contingency (Forklifts FTW!) and when I viewed the game back in Theater Mode I happened to come across this.

Now, before you say “It’s a Pelican” or “It’s a Falcon” I would like you to take a look at the front of the vehicle first of all; notice how it has got something on top as well as the bottom? Next I would like you to look at the wings, they’re smooth unlike the Pelican’s corner wings and finally look at the back, it looks like it has got the same design as the Pelican engines but it can’t be a Pelican due to the wings and the thing on top and the design at the back eliminates the likelihood of it being a Falcon.

So, ladies and gentlemen, I ask you this: what do you think it is?

It is not any of the following:

Falcon - Back and wings are different, no “gun turret” on top either.
Pelican - Whilst the back engines may be the same the wings on the Pelican are a lot more angular than smooth, no “gun turret” on top either.
Sparrowhawk - Both the back and the wings are different (Hawks have rotor blades), no “gun turret” on top either.
Vulture - The back on the Vulture is too big, it has no wings and no “gun turret” on top either.
F-99 Drone Fighter - Nothing on this is even remotely the same.
Sabre, Sabre pic 2- Several concepts for the Sabre, could possibley explain the back but not the wings and the “gun turret”.

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perhaps it was just a small change concept of the falcon or pelican.

perhaps its the unsc hawk

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> perhaps it was just a small change concept of the falcon or pelican.
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> perhaps its the unsc hawk

It can’t be the Hawk because the UNSC Hawk doesn’t have smooth wings, nor does it have the Pelican engines at the back and it doesn’t have a bit above what looks like the cockpit either.

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It’s just a variant of the Pelican that we haven’t seen yet.

It’s just got a big gun on the front is all. :I

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Looks like an upside down Pelican.

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> Now, before you say “It’s a Pelican”

It’s a Pelican.

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> It’s just a variant of the Pelican that we haven’t seen yet.
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> It’s just got a big gun on the front is all. :I

Do you have any sort of source to back up your claim? Because I’ve got another guy saying that it’s an early concept image of the Sabre that was supposed to be “Pelican” like.

"Hi,
No it is one of five aircraft made for reach that did not make the game. It is a concept image for the saber. it was base on the pelican." - That’s what he said.