Coast Guard conducts dramatic night training operation from Noyo Bridge to Pudding Creek

Helicopters were circling from 5pm to 950pm on Thursday over Noyo Harbor, Pudding Creek and Cleone They sounded like big Coast Guard Copters. I had no idea what was going on? Could this be a drill? At night? I went out and took pictures. YUP! I called the Noyo station and they confirmed it. I had not heard a big night training exercise like this. Seems like a good idea but it was a surprise to me.

While Brutus and I were out walking miles and miles on the ocean from 5pm to 8pm my heart sank about 7pm hearing the circling of the Coast Guard helicopter. About dark we made it back to the car and drove into town and two helicopters were circling and a boat was out there. The scanner bloodhounds had nothing. I called FBPD, they had heard nothing. A crowd was watching at the Pudding Creek Trestle and at the Noyo Headlands Park. Nobody knew anything. I called the Coast Guard and they told me it was a drill. The capper was when I heard one flying seemingly over the house here In Cleone. Seemed weird to have a drill this late (that was just before 10 pm.). A fishing boat was coming in as well. Here are some videos.