Honestly, I think a terribly drawn sketch is best in scenarios like this. Making a precise drawing gives the impression that you have confidence in the smaller details.
The reports that the drawing came from were probably from long range sightings or from combat sightings. Possibly even from one chance sighting from a single person. Whoever saw the plane probably didn’t have the chance to hyper analyze it to minute details.
Take something like the cockpit window. A sketch says “it’s roughly this shape and located around here”. But what if you try to draw it more precisely? Then you have to imply the exact shape, the precise location, etc. If you saw a plane from a mile away, you wouldn’t attempt to draw the instrument panels in the cockpit.
Honestly, I think a terribly drawn sketch is best in scenarios like this. Making a precise drawing gives the impression that you have confidence in the smaller details.
The reports that the drawing came from were probably from long range sightings or from combat sightings. Possibly even from one chance sighting from a single person. Whoever saw the plane probably didn’t have the chance to hyper analyze it to minute details.
Take something like the cockpit window. A sketch says “it’s roughly this shape and located around here”. But what if you try to draw it more precisely? Then you have to imply the exact shape, the precise location, etc. If you saw a plane from a mile away, you wouldn’t attempt to draw the instrument panels in the cockpit.