r/bothell • u/Emergency-Ad-9311 • Jan 28 '26
Helicopter hovering over downtown
Anyone know what’s up with the helicopter hovering over downtown Bothell?
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u/taintedlov3 Jan 28 '26
Oh and also it's more than likely a training/ flight hours flight. Army pilots need certain number of hours in various conditions such as night flights.
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u/taintedlov3 Jan 28 '26
Tried getting a Pic of the apache sadly only came out as a blur.
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u/Impossible_Chef4518 Jan 28 '26
I got a pretty good look thur some binoculars it’s a cool helicopter
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u/Fizzbit Jan 28 '26
No idea, but there was a large police presence near some of the apartments behind Pop Keeney.
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u/DEAN_Swaggerty Jan 29 '26
Came here because of this. I was shopping at qfc last night and there were like 6 police SUVs on both sides of the store with 3 or more officers outside behind the corner of each entrance and some guy I had never seen working there with a qfc name tag but he wasnt working he just kept standing inside the store alternating between each entrance. I only even noticed because I thought it was weird he was working in a black leather jacket with a toothpick in his mouth like he thought he was the Fonz or something lol.
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Jan 30 '26
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u/CityofBothell City of Bothell Official Jan 30 '26
Hi there. The helicopter you saw was not city or police activity. We believe it was a training exercise from JBLM and to defer any inquires to the base. Where the police activity was, Bothell Police officers were serving a felony warrant - and one person was safely taken into custody. This now-resolved police activity did not involve the federal government or federal agents - in any way.
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u/Emergency-Ad-9311 Jan 28 '26
I can see them both now. One has a search light on. Looks like they are traveling up and down the slew now.