Coast Guard spills the beans on Google’s mystery barges

The U.S. Coast Guard has given up what could be a key clue in the tale of two mysterious barges moored on either side of the country.

After repeatedly declining to comment about the barges, which appear to be carrying structures made of shipping crates and are docked in the harbors in both San Francisco and Portland, Me., a Coast Guard spokesman divulged some information today, according to a CNBC.com report.