A method for recognizing an unmanned aerial vehicle, applied to a source base station, includes: determining a target base station to which user equipment (UE) is to be handed over and a handover mode of the UE based on a measurement report reported by the UE; determining second signaling based on first signaling corresponding to the handover mode, the first signaling being signaling for requesting handover sent by the source base station, and the second signaling including indication information indicating that the UE requesting handover is a UAV; and sending the second signaling.