At the end of last year, a series of “unidentified aerial incursions,” popularly described as a “wave of mysterious drones,” drew the attention of British authorities and the international media. Lights and flying objects of uncertain origin were repeatedly observed over sensitive military installations in the United Kingdom, with particular emphasis on RAF Lakenheath, an air base used by United States forces.
Despite official investigations, no conclusive explanation was presented to the public. Authorities oscillated between hypotheses ranging from commercial drones and espionage activities to UAPs.
The government’s partial silence, combined with the frequency and apparent impunity of these incursions, fueled speculation and raised concerns about failures in airspace security.
Shortly afterward, similar reports began to emerge in the United States, especially in the state of New Jersey, where aerial objects described as “drones” were also seen over urban areas, coastal zones, and near critical infrastructure.
Other U.S. states recorded comparable incidents, suggesting that the phenomenon was not limited to British territory but was part of a broader and still poorly understood episode.
It is within this context that leaked images have now surfaced, allegedly recorded by a British police helicopter, which reignite the debate and raise new doubts about the true nature of the objects that flew over Lakenheath during that unusual period.
The images were released by a channel specialized in drones. Drone & Sundry focuses on publishing videos related to the drone world worldwide and released an infrared video four days ago.
The former employee of the United States Department of Defense and columnist for The Hill, Rennenkampff, became aware of the video and made a post on his X account commenting on the finding.
According to him, in his post, it is “an object that flew with total impunity over important American military bases in the United Kingdom.”
The alleged UAP appears in the images as a sphere, darker in the center and with a kind of lighter halo around it. This indicates that the core of the object has lower heat emission, while the area surrounding it shows higher thermal emission.
UK MYSTERY ‘DRONE’ CAUGHT ON VIDEO?
Last winter, UAP flew with brazen impunity over key US military bases in the UK.
A UK police helicopter captured video of an unknown object which, depending on distance, appears to be just a few miles from the bases.https://t.co/eJgjQgTX0l pic.twitter.com/Xy7CKana8R
— Marik vR (@MvonRen) December 17, 2025It is also inevitable not to notice the similarity between the object and the so-called Yukon UFO, an unidentified flying object that was shot down by Canadian and United States Armed Forces in February 2023 over Canadian territory, and whose image was later released to the public.
Of course, the released video also generated skepticism. This is because the source of the video leak is uncertain. There is no 100% reliable information confirming that the video is a real recording from a British police helicopter, nor that it actually captures a UAP.
It has been suggested that the image may in fact show an F-15 from RAF Lakenheath rather than a UAP.
This interpretation, however, is disputed by Marik vR, who argues that “it has a MUCH stronger heat signature than the F-15s from RAF Lakenheath — unlike the F-15s, which maneuver rapidly, it moves slowly in an apparent westward direction for 55 seconds — and then disappears (!) quickly. Very strange,” he states.
Other inconsistencies were also noted, such as the stamp corresponding to the police force that appears in the video. Some users questioned the authenticity of the footage, pointing out that the stamp indicates West Yorkshire Police, while the object supposedly flies over the Lakenheath base in Cambridgeshire.
This apparent contradiction can be explained by the operation of the NPAS (National Police Air Service), the UK’s national police air support service.
The NPAS coordinates helicopters that can be dispatched from any administrative base to support operations in different regions of the country. In other words, even if the helicopter is based in West Yorkshire, it could have been operating over Cambridgeshire at the time of the recording.
Therefore, the West Yorkshire stamp only indicates the administrative origin of the helicopter, not necessarily the exact location of the filming.
We do not know for certain whether we are actually looking at a leaked recording of a UAP incursion that they called drones over the Lakenheath base.
The footage is there available for further possible analyses and, who knows, its corroboration or dismissal.
Below, watch the full footage:
