US military responds to ‘suspicious drone activity’ at UK air base
Verified: 13 outlets in 10 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 1 of them from the United States.
RAF Lakenheath incident is fourth recent security alert related to a UK air base being used by the American military
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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.
Who reported it
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 minUS 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, 10:53 PM UTC+2 hDrone activity over US base in Britain prompts security response1news.co.nz ↗
- Nov 13, 11:29 PM UTC+3 h· you’re reading thisUS military responds to ‘suspicious drone activity’ at UK air baseft.com ↗
- Nov 13, 11:42 PM UTC+3 hUS responds to suspected drone activity over UK air base used in Iran strikesmiddleeasteye.net ↗
- Nov 14, 12:06 AM UTC+3 hUS Air Force says it responded to ‘suspected drones’ over RAF Lakenheathmyjoyonline.com ↗
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