[CPEO-MEF] Old artillery projectile found at Detrick's Area B

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Maryland
April 3, 2003
Old artillery projectile found at Detrick's Area B
by Staff Reports

Fort Detrick is waiting for definitive identification of contents of an
old artillery projectile found March 24 at Area B.

The rusted, non-U.S. 140 mm projectile was discovered protruding from
the ground by a soldier assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Research
Institute of Infectious Diseases. The soldier was working on a farm
operated at Area B by USAMRIID.

Fort Detrick notified the Explosive Ordnance Detachment at Fort Belvoir,
Va. The EOD team field tested the projectile and determined that more
definitive testing was necessary concerning its contents.

EOD determined that the shell contained no explosives of any kind. Fort
Detrick then contacted the Army's Technical Escort Unit at Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Md., for removal of the projectile and analysis of its
liquid contents.

This article can be viewed at:
http://www.dcmilitary.com/army/standard/8_7/local_news/22418-1.html

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