Military blows up World War II-era bomb found in Utah desert

Written by Associated Press
October 15, 2015
In this image taken from video, a World War II-era, 500 pound, sand-filled training bomb, discovered by Craig Alvord, is strapped with explosives before it was blown up the U.S. Air Force near Wendover, Utah, Oct. 12, 2015 | Photo by Marc Weaver, KSL-TV/Deseret News via AP, St. George News

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man searching for unique rocks in the Utah desert near the Nevada state line recently made an explosive discovery: a World War II-era bomb.

In this image taken from video, a World War II-era, 500 pound, sand-filled training bomb, discovered by Craig Alvord, rests in the back of a truck after it was blown up the U.S. Air Force near Wendover, Utah, Oct. 12, 2015 | Photo by Marc Weaver, KSL-TV/Deseret News via AP, St. George News
In this image taken from video, a World War II-era, 500 pound, sand-filled training bomb, discovered by Craig Alvord, rests in the back of a truck after it was blown up the U.S. Air Force near Wendover, Utah, Oct. 12, 2015 | Photo by Marc Weaver, KSL-TV/Deseret News via AP, St. George News

Craig Alvord told Salt Lake City news station KSL-TV this week that the 6-foot-long bomb is the best find he’s made in more than 50 years of searching for stones.

Alvord notified the Air Force about the bomb. Though it wasn’t discovered within base boundaries, Hill Air Force Base spokesman Richard Essary says its bomb squad detonated it Tuesday afternoon with C4 plastic explosives.

Essary said it appears to be a practice bomb from the World War II era. It may have ended up there because of a test range in the area.

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3 Comments

  • debbie October 16, 2015 at 7:45 am

    Yikes! makes one wonder if they are buried anywhere else in utah hiking lands.. i shall be a bit more careful when i come and hike!!!

    • fun bag October 16, 2015 at 11:38 am

      they’re prob all in ur backyard, DEBBIE. Better go check!

  • .... October 17, 2015 at 2:42 am

    Debbie.. Please do us all a favor.. And please go hiking. The sooner the better. We will surely miss you. NOT!

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