18/08/2024 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), Mississippi (MS), Jackson County
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”.
The man mowing the grass stumbled on history. A 5-inch, 54-caliber Naval projectile laid, unhidden, in a Jackson County ditch. It had never exploded. Authorities rushed to the scene on Monday, closed a Vancleave street and discovered what they now say was a World War II era military artillery shell. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team raced from Pensacola to collect the projectile, then returned to the Hurlburt Field base and disposed of it, a spokesperson said, “by counter-charging the item with explosives.” The projectile shut down the Lake Forest subdivision on Seaman Road for five hours on Monday. But neighbors likely had little to fear: The shell appeared to be a training round, the spokesperson for the Hurlburt Field base Explosive Ordnance Disposal team said. Authorities later took x-rays and discovered it was filled with inactive material.
Photo-Source: sunherald.com
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