HL Deb 15 December 1994 vol 559 c141WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether it is the case that the secret US reconnaissance aircraft, known as Aurora, has been flying in British airspace or that United States unmanned aerial vehicles are operating, or have been given permission to operate, within or from the United Kingdom as reported in Aviation Week (17 October 1994); and if so what conditions they have imposed; and whether any direct benefit is derived by the United Kingdom, NATO, or WEU, from these aircrafts' activities.

Lord Henley

We have seen no evidence that United States experimental aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicles have flown in UK airspace and no authorisation has been given by Her Majesty's Government to the United States Air Force (or any other US body) to operate such aircraft within or from the United Kingdom.