Case · 2024–2026
RAF Lakenheath, Marham, Mildenhall and HMS Queen Elizabeth
NPAS video out; Navy Hamburg log NCND; AFOSI on the ground
Hume's UK base-flap file: police logs for Lakenheath and Marham, NPAS video released after ICO-style pressure, a same-week Hamburg incident over HMS Queen Elizabeth that the Navy will not confirm or deny, AFOSI interviewing witnesses, and Phillips's phantom AARO briefing. He also logged an earlier Akrotiri 'phantom drone' that vanished when a team deployed.
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
NPAS Lakenheath video released after IR/ICO pressure — Hume's template for UK FOI campaigns.
- 02FOIA outcome
Police logs obtained for Lakenheath and Marham.
- 03FOIA outcome
HMS Queen Elizabeth, Hamburg, 22 Nov 2024: Royal Navy NCND. Hume found it more interesting than the RAF incidents and could not get the log.
- 04FOIA outcome
AFOSI interviewing Norfolk/Suffolk witnesses; FOIA pending (Apr 2026).
- 05Hume's reading
Akrotiri: unknown UAS tracked, team deployed, object and operators gone.
- 06Hume's reading
Hume invited kinematic analysis (SHIPWREK) of the NPAS tape — are both objects F-15s?
- 07Hume's reading
MOD-MP still investigating months later; Hume said if it is misID the report should be public because it is not natsec.
Files
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
NPAS airborne video — RAF Lakenheath drones
Video released after IR/ICO-style pressure (Hume's UK FOI template). Audio was stripped under a law-enforcement exemption, so the tape does not show what the crew thought they were seeing in real time. Hume asked analysts to run SHIPWREK (altitude, distance, speed) and whether both 'drones' were F-15s. NPAS had first Glomar'd involvement.
Open record
Police logs — RAF Lakenheath and RAF Marham
Hume lists these among the releases he personally obtained.
Open record
Royal Navy log — HMS Queen Elizabeth, Hamburg, 22 Nov 2024
Will not confirm or deny records. Hume found this incident more interesting than the RAF base events and hit a brick wall.
Open record
RAF Akrotiri 'phantom drone' tracking
Hume posted the incident as a 'phantom drone' problem later overtaken by real UAS activity in the region.
Open record
AFOSI witness interviews — Norfolk/Suffolk mystery drones
FOIA pending as of April 2026.
Open record
CAA / UKAB radar — RAF Lakenheath NPAS incident
CAA/UKAB confirmed a second F-15 in the vicinity but released data on only one because it was the AIRPROX-relevant track. Hume: they did not answer the request for ALL. Internal review: radar tapes are proprietary data and therefore exempt; they at least admitted they had not answered what was asked. Hume planned to try NATS and push CAA again.
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.
Agencies
Source posts
Public posts by @rgh_ufos. Open may be blocked inside this preview — copy the URL and paste it in a new tab.
- 2025-12-31
RAF Lakenheath NPAS vid (that they finally released through pressure imo, a good template for future foia, IR to ICO)