Case · 2023–2026
UK–AARO data sharing and FVEY UAP
Verbal yes, paper Glomar
Hume established that the UK attended an FVEY UAP/AARO event, that AARO's 2023–24 map includes UK reports, and that deputy director Tim Phillips told him he had been briefed by the UK on mystery drones and Lakenheath. MOD answers are NCND with stacks of exemptions; AARO FOIAs return no records of the briefings. Hume says journalists asking whether the UK works with AARO are being misled.
Findings
Each line is tagged as a FOIA outcome, something someone told Hume, open literature, a leak, or Hume's own reading. Do not treat the last as a document.
- 01FOIA outcome
UK attendance at an FVEY UAP/AARO meeting is known; sharing of DASORs, historic files and sighting reports is Glomar'd.
- 02FOIA outcome
Phillips: yes, official briefing on UK mystery drones and on Lakenheath. AARO: no records. Hume checked DGI dates — mismatch — so likely informal.
- 03FOIA outcome
AARO 2023–24 map shows UK; collector unknown; Hume's FOIA withheld in full. Guess: RAF Lossiemouth / early warning, or US forces in theatre.
- 04Hume's reading
Hume wishes he had taken the Glomar to ICO simply to force 'records exist but withheld'.
- 05Hume's reading
Lewis Goodall / @labourlewis, in Hume's view, is being disinformed or lied to about the UK–AARO link.
Files
MOD records of communications with AARO
Neither confirm nor deny. Hume: 'The amount of sections they quote when you ask MOD about communications with AARO is ridiculous. It's obvious they do but so tight on anything being released.' Later wished he had taken it to ICO just to force a 'records exist but withheld' admission.
Open record
AARO records of UK 'mystery drones' briefing to Tim Phillips
Phillips told Hume yes, he received such a briefing in his official capacity. AARO FOIA: no records of the briefing.
Open record
AARO records of RAF Lakenheath drone briefing
Phillips said he had been briefed as deputy director. AARO: no record. Hume checked DGI dates; they did not match. He treats it as informal.
Open record
UK pins on AARO UAP map 2023–24
Withheld in full. Hume guesses RAF Lossiemouth / early-warning systems but labels that a guess.
Open record
Names
RG Hume
Independent FOIA researcher
UK researcher who files FOI/FOIA against MOD, DSTL, AARO, NNSA, DOE, FBI, CIA-adjacent holdings, EPA, CBP and police. Publishes as @rgh_ufos. Has said his name is on requests, has appeared in BBC and Mail Online, and was cited by Jesse Michels for the NNSA Starfish Prime response.
Tim Phillips
Deputy Director, AARO
Told Hume, in his official AARO capacity, that he had been briefed by the UK on 'mystery drones' and specifically on RAF Lakenheath. Hume's subsequent AARO FOIAs returned no records of those briefings. Phillips also denied to Hume that Richard Doty was interviewed for Yankee Blue.
Lewis Goodall
Journalist
Hume says Goodall is being misled or lied to about the UK's association with AARO, given Phillips's verbal confirmation of UK briefings and UK attendance at an FVEY UAP/AARO event versus MOD NCND answers.
Agencies
Source posts
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- 2026-08-29
Tim Phillips said yes … briefing from the UK about mystery drones … AARO they had no records of this briefing