CAA / UKAB radar — RAF Lakenheath NPAS incident

UK Civil Aviation Authority / UKAB · 2024 / requested 2025–26

Partial release; tapes exempt as proprietary

Request

ALL radar data for the NPAS Lakenheath 'drone' incident, including both F-15s.

Outcome

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.

The radar-side counterpart to the muted NPAS video — a second F-15 exists on paper.

Names on this file

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.

Cases

2024–2026

RAF Lakenheath, Marham, Mildenhall and HMS Queen Elizabeth

NPAS video out; Navy Hamburg log NCND; AFOSI on the ground

dronesRAFNPASRoyal Navy

Source posts

Public posts by @rgh_ufos. Open may be blocked inside this preview — copy the URL and paste it in a new tab.

2026-01-07
CAA UKAB confirm radar data of a second F-15 in the vicinity during the NPAS "Drone" video of RAF Lakenheath but only released data on one
2026-01-07
2026-01-14
The Radar tapes of the RAF Lakenheath "Drone" incidents with the police helo (NPAS) are proprietary data & therefore exempt.
2026-01-14