RAF Akrotiri 'phantom drone' tracking

Royal Air Force · 2024

Incident reporting

Request

Unknown UAS tracked near RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus; team deployed, no drone or operators found, track lost.

Outcome

Hume posted the incident as a 'phantom drone' problem later overtaken by real UAS activity in the region.

Cyprus RAF station, same vocabulary as the later UK base flap.

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.

2024-04-30
"Phantom Drone" over RAF Akrotiri. Unkn UAS is tracked near RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus), a team where deployed but no drone or operators could be located
2024-04-30