当地居民表示，WhatsApp群组中的成员注意到韦尔福德（Whelford）夜间货车周围有可疑活动。
周日凌晨，韦尔福德村的一位居民在驾车回家时，发现三辆白色货车停在一条乡间公路上。
Local people say members of WhatsApp group noticed suspicious activity around vans in Whelford overnight In the early hours of Sunday morning, a resident of the village of Whelford was driving home when she saw three white vans parked on a country road.
她说，她立刻感到可疑，尤其是当她看到一大群戴着兜帽和面罩的男子时更是如此。她拨打了999报警电话，警方在15分钟后赶到现场。
She was immediately suspicious, she said, and all the more so when she spotted a “large group of hooded and balaclavaed” men. She called 999 and police arrived on the scene 15 minutes later.
这位不愿透露姓名的居民告诉英国联合通讯社：“看来，正是我的这一举动挫败了他们的计划。
当空军基地处于高度戒备状态时，一个业余的勇敢者不应该在凌晨1点发现这种异常活动。我认为这简直令人难以置信。”
The resident, who asked not to be named, told the Press Association: “It would appear that by doing so I just derailed whatever they [the men] were planning. A plucky amateur shouldn’t be spotting an unusual bit of activity at 1am when the airbase is on high alert. I think it’s absolutely astonishing.”