Controversy over authenticity of Blue Angels & billboard shot. Did anyone actually see 6 planes in formation before 1:25 PM on Thursday?

On Thursday at 1:25 PM, Seattle photographer David Rosen released the photo that was previously posted here, showing 6 Blue Angels jets flying over the anti-Blue-Angels billboard on Rainier Ave:

https://preview.redd.it/4i9cer3zzqgf1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=a31856a834b21dbf05dba301b1cbd3ee55fb34a5

Both KOMO and KIRO replied publicly asking to use the photo. I am not sure if they ever used it in their news coverage, but KOMO at least featured it on one of their Facebook pages.

Now there is some controversy over whether the photo is authentic. The easiest way to debunk it would be if, as several sources are saying, there were never 6 FA/18 Super Hornets in formation together in the sky on Thursday before 1:25 PM when the picture was posted. So, first things first: If you took your own pictures or videos of the Blue Angels during THURSDAY’S practice, do you have any that show six of the same plane information, as shown in the picture? (The Blue Angels also have a different plane, a C-130J Super Hercules, which may have been in the air at the same time but doesn’t fly in formation with the others.)

In addition, this page says that in Thursday’s practice schedule, all six jets were never scheduled to be in the sky at the same time. And KOMO News aired a piece showing Thursday’s practice flights, but it only ever showed 4 jets in formation together:

https://preview.redd.it/xkbtlk9z2rgf1.png?width=978&format=png&auto=webp&s=662bf9bd2868cdc323c35307dca50afd26ad7677

Some other evidence:

• Seattle photographers Mark Stewart and Michael Snyder have been posting what they say is evidence that the sky is photoshopped:

https://preview.redd.it/39snot4x5rgf1.png?width=693&format=png&auto=webp&s=ead473d772cc013e11d75847bcea5b6cd702e66a

• David Rosen has been hiding all replies on X that purport to highlight evidence that the photo is fake (rather than, say, providing a counter argument or the raw image).
• X user “StarChild”, in one of the hidden replies, adds: “Also forgot to add the heat bloom from the engines against the cloud backdrop. The lasso won’t catch it.”
• Mark Stewart posted two of Rosen’s older photos that Stewart says are obviously fake (I’m no expert but they look pretty fake to me too):

https://preview.redd.it/4ci0bi997rgf1.png?width=1914&format=png&auto=webp&s=04fba36e408bc3a73035fd794667347b9bd23cf9

• You can decide if this is relevant, but in his social media posts announcing the shot, Rosen sounded a bit MAGA and obnoxious: “To the folks trying to cancel Seafair and clip the wings of American aviation: Good luck. We’ll be out there in lawn chairs, wearing earplugs, and LOVING EVERY SECOND. Let the jets fly and the haters cry.” In my experience there’s a correlation between talking that way, and making facts up.

So what do you think?