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Sep 29, 2026

The five men arrested over the Fairford incident have been released on bail, and as many have pointed out, that looks rather odd.

Social media users are now speculating that the men might have been diesel thieves rather than terrorists. There are good reasons, including fake diesel-company liveries on the vans, barrels in the vehicles, and claims that the men were seen siphoning fuel. None of that is proven, but it certainly seems plausible.

The most important thing to say is that I don’t believe for one second the men were actual terrorists. Police found no evidence of bomb making equipment in their vans. They will also have gone through phones, devices, and intelligence records.

If there was evidence of terrorism, the men could have been held for up to 14 days. There was no reason to release them this quickly unless police were confident they were not about to carry out an attack. That leaves a lot of unanswered questions about the first response from the media, politicians, police, and the base itself.

I am not claiming to have the full story here. Look at the questions below and ask which explanation fits the facts. At the moment I am torn between diesel thieves and a false flag that was called off. There are other possibilities too, including a planned demonstration near the base.

Here are the questions that still need answers:

Why was security at Fairford visibly raised in the days before, with aircraft dispersed, crash gates blocked, and reports of higher FPCON levels? Why did reports circulate that the base was on its highest alert and a threat was imminent, shortly before the first public report of the incident? Why were locals told to stay indoors before it took place?

Why were there apparently no routine security patrols around the base at a time of heightened danger? Why did the MoD number go unanswered when the farmer, and possibly other locals, tried to report suspicious activity, even though the base was said to be on high alert?

Why did the farmer describe a group of eight to ten men, only for police to arrest five and show little interest in what she saw? Why did Wes Streeting say the farmer “only had a partial picture”? Why did she describe the men as Middle Eastern-looking if they were wearing balaclavas, at night, among trees? How could she tell?

Why were the men blocking a road, making themselves conspicuous? Why abandon their vehicles and stay in the area until police arrived 35-40 minutes later? If they were only diesel thieves, why were they so close to the entrance of a military base?

Why arrest the men under the Explosives Act and on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act if there was no device? Why wait five or six hours to evacuate homes only metres from the vans, if police genuinely thought this was a live terrorist incident?

Why release the men on bail after such a serious arrest? Why did Trump say they had been “under investigation” and “under view for a long time,” that they were “looking to do big damage to our fort,” and that US–UK cooperation “worked out great”?

Why did UK sources indicate the operation that night was not intelligence-led?Why did Trump then express surprise that the men were bailed? Why did Marco Rubio say this morning that “the hands of a foreign actor” were involved and call it a “very serious situation”?

Why were news helicopters able to film around the site so quickly, including sensitive areas, during what was being treated as an active terror threat? Why did so much of the media and political class reach for Iran, and for war language, as if the lines were already written?

Either this was a false flag that was pulled when the story fell apart, or it was a group of men doing something non-terror-related and the establishment jumped on it to push a narrative about Iran.

Whatever the truth, I imagine we’ll be told it was a bunch of clumsy diesel thieves and the story will be quietly forgotten, but there is a lesson here. The establishment did not try to inform you while events were unfolding, it tried to manipulate you.