Low-Flying Helicopter Over Boston Bewilders

BOSTON, MA — There's a black, unmarked helicopter circling downtown and hovering low, prompting dozens to take to social media posting about it. Some have also alerted the police, calling it unnerving. But at least one person pointed out it appears to have a camera attached to it, meaning it could be that this is a movie in the making.

State Police said it's not one of theirs. Boston Police said they received a call at 9:18 a.m. about the helicopter. MassDOT did not immediately respond to request for comment.

"It's still under investigation. We just don't have any idea what it is yet," said Officer Kim Tavares.

One man on Twitter said it looked like the same helicopter that was hovering around the Boston Seaport area on Saturday afternoon. Colleen said she spotted it hovering low over the Common.

Lest you get too mystified, last week a film and video production company announced it planned to film scenes from above the city from their helicopter this week, but that company, Hawke, said it wasn't them. They'll be in the air later this month.

"We were also curious what production company that was for. Looks like a feature to me or at least they have good size budget," said Rich Hawke.

One woman posted a video on Twitter of the helicopter pretty close her building:

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