Helicopter Over Montecito?

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Helicopter Over Montecito?
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September 12, 2019

  • Has anyone else been noticing these low flying helicopters? I figured there must be a manhunt or something but I can't find any news about it. Yesterday I was at the zoo and two helicopters were flying in low circles over the east side for about an hour. Today there is another very low one in montecito I noticed. Anyone know what this is related to? Some kind of GPS mapping or something?

  • Yesterday, hovering over Coyote Road and today over Vons - Hwy 101, , does anyone have a lead on what is going on?  Criminal activity? Paparazzi? Both?

  • Anyone know why a helicopter has been hovering at a low altitude over Montecito?

By an edhat reader
September 11, 2019

There's a low-flying helicopter circling here in Mission Canyon (11 AM Wednesday) - anyone know what's happening?

 

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a-1576493028
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Sep 13, 2019 04:50 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

Hey, I just wanted to report a helicopter flew overhead this morning (Noleta East area). Don't know what colour it was or if it had any specialized equipment underneath... just heard it. Thought you'd all like to know.

sbbulldog
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Sep 13, 2019 09:21 AM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

I contacted SoCal Gas and this was their reply: Good Morning While I don’t have direct information of our surveying of gas lines in your neighborhood, we do definitely use helicopters for such activities. I’ve checked your street and there is a gas line that would be checked in such a way. I’m confident it was our helicopter. Thank you for contacting us. Ruben Gonzalez Gas Ops-FOS II Northwest Region Santa Barbara District SoCal Gas 805-689-3007

MountainMan4865
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Sep 12, 2019 06:52 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

The blue and white job was hanging out over the 154 for a few hours early afternoon.

tagdes
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Sep 12, 2019 04:33 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

Just to clear things up a little...red and white, Mission Cyn yesterday-power poles, blue and white, likely the one Roger saw yesterday and maybe D8 (though she didn't state the color) over La Cumbre Plaza is one I saw running traverses today over that same area, says Surveys on it and the latest the Jet Ranger doing surveys as SB Observer noted here.

a-1576493028
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Sep 12, 2019 03:28 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

This helicopter (identical to the one in the photo here) first showed up flying very low over my house at 11:00 a.m. today. It looked to be less than 1,000 feet up. After that it flew in and out of Montecito for four hours. It was flying low and sideways very slowly, kind of a creepy vibe, like a dystopian sci fi movie or something. It has some kind of camera hanging below the nose and it looked like it was taking video or photographs. There were no wires underneath- it was not one of the ring net installer people. From FlightRadar24 the tail number is N2295F.

tagdes
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Sep 12, 2019 04:17 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

That's a Bell Jet Ranger out of Oxnard... not installing poles or LE, so likely another survey copter.

SantaBarbaraObserver
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Sep 12, 2019 03:49 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

They are doing survey's of the water lines. Likely the South Coast pipeline that connects Cachuma to Carp which runs through SB, Montecito and Summerland. The pipeline runs near 192 until it hits Ortega Ridge when it drops down through Summerland.

FredMertzEE
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Sep 12, 2019 03:43 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

I also saw the same helicopter pictured (black with a vertical gold band and something attached to its nose) slowly flying low and hovering in the Montecito area near the Montecito Country Club. I too wonder what it's doing.

MountainMan4865
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Sep 11, 2019 09:07 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

Ours was black and red with black and red rotors. What color was yours? Saw another down below over the foothills later, looked to be blue and white with white and orange rotors.

d8vanilla
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Sep 11, 2019 08:44 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

I saw it earlier, slowly flying over the freeway near La Cumbre street.

d8vanilla
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Sep 11, 2019 08:50 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

It was around noon when I saw them slowly fly over the freeway near La Cumbre street

Roger
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Sep 11, 2019 05:52 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

Maybe they were on something else hovering over the East Side earlier.

tagdes
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Sep 11, 2019 05:47 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

As I said not 308 which is the only blue and white one and is those colors because that's County Fire colors even though Brown controls them all.

tagdes
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Sep 11, 2019 05:41 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

No, it's red and white, not like any of the the tri-county or LA; Sheriff, Fire, CHP, Police or Coast Guard. It had SCE signs on it while it was replacing poles and they were removed ( obviously magnetic ) when it headed back south. They being contractors put the signs on while working for Edison so folks won't wonder what's going on.

monkeyboy
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Sep 11, 2019 03:38 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

Had a cable dangling into a residential neighborhood, obviously replacing a hard to reach electric pole, as has happened all over town for years.

a-1576493028
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Sep 11, 2019 03:57 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

Finally, the truth comes out. Edison replacing power poles and upgrading their infrastructure. Shows over folks, confirmed.

a-1576493028
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Sep 11, 2019 02:07 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

Obviously, it is the Housing Authority of Santa Barbara looking at their land for 214 Low Income units they want to do on Northridge.

tagdes
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Sep 11, 2019 11:28 AM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

It's not SB Co Fire (308) or Sheriff, emblem on the side looked like SCE and the back and forth trips make it highly likely that it's setting power poles. Sources: Nikon Monarch M511 10x42 and 75 year old eyes.

tagdes
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Sep 11, 2019 12:27 PM
Helicopter Over Montecito?

Same copter just flew over San Roque on a SE'ly heading with no emblem on the side.

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