A new report claims that recently released documents show a National Police Air Service EC135 helicopter was “targeted” last year by two unidentified flying objects (UFOs) over RAF Lakenheath, which is the largest U.S. Air Force base in Europe.
The Daily Mail reported that documents obtained under Britain’s Freedom of Information Act show that a National Police Air Service EC135 helicopter was “forced to take emergency evasive action” in response to two mysterious objects appearing to “target” the U.K. aircraft as it flew over RAF Lakenheath. The outlet noted that it obtained images of one of the unidentified flying objects in the incident, which occurred last November.
According to The Daily Mail, a U.K. aviation safety board previously suggested that the helicopter incident was the result of pilots misidentifying an American F-15 fighter jet in the region; however, police logs obtained by the outlet describe advanced drones “targeting” and seemingly pursuing the police helicopter.
“They were forced to take emergency evasive action in relation to a drone which came within a dangerously close proximity to them,” an incident log filed by the Suffolk Police stated. “They had to perform an emergency dive and described that they were pursued in the dive by two drones who matched their speed approx 165 knots and then pursued them for several minutes out of the area.”
The incident log added, “They feel that drones have targeted them and chased them off at approx 140 knots.”
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The Daily Mail reported that a U.K. military source who watched a 30-minute infrared video from last year’s helicopter incident told the outlet that the incident involved more than the misidentification of an F-15 fighter jet.
“In the 30-minute video with pilot audio, nobody mentions F-15s,” the military source told The Daily Mail. “They only talk about the drones. How they’re basically mirroring the helicopter’s movements. How fast the drones are going. That they’re basically forcing them out of the area.”
“A fixed-wing craft is caught on the video, where you can see a corkscrew move,” the military source added. “An F-15 cannot make a small corkscrew turn like that.”
According to The Daily Mail, police incident logs from November 20-22, 2024, include multiple drone sightings near RAF Lakenheath, RAF Feltwell, and RAF Mildenhall.
A Suffolk Police log from November 21, 2024, stated, “Over past 2 nights there have been approx 20 drones flying over RAF’s Mildenhall, Feltwell and Lakenheath. This has been between 1800-0000 hrs.”