US air force responds to suspected drone activity at RAF Lakenheath
Verified: 4 outlets in 4 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 1 of them from the United States.
No personnel, aircraft or infrastructure at Suffolk site affected, says US military The US air force has said it responded to “suspected unauthorised drone activity” on Friday night at an airbase in the east of England. No personnel, aircraft or infrastructure were affected, the air force said.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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1 outlet from the United States, where the story is: The War Zone · how we count
- Nov 13, 8:48 PM UTCFirst reportSuspected Drones Over RAF Lakenheath Just Triggered Security Response: U.S. Air Forcetwz.com ↗
- Nov 13, 9:12 PM UTC+24 min· you’re reading thisUS air force responds to suspected drone activity at RAF Lakenheaththeguardian.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 9:12 PM UTC · +24 min
- Nov 13, 9:13 PM UTC+25 minUS air force responds to suspected drone activity over UK airbasestraitstimes.com ↗
- Nov 13, 9:27 PM UTC+39 minUS air force responds to suspected drone activity over RAF Lakenheath base in UKcyprus-mail.com ↗
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