Given the histrionics that resulted at the time, you would think that anyone with any nous knows it's a Concorde.
A rhetorical question - do you think that, given the level of technical knowledge imbued by a six-month conversion course, Concorde pilots and engineers (flight and ground)are a little more likely to be able to make a valid judgement about the "obviousness" of tyre failures resulting in damage than the tabloid press and other rumourmongers?
The differences between BAs and AFs spray deflector mod state are easily obtainable via the usual media.