{"id":211532,"date":"2026-05-24T03:11:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T03:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/bomb-squad-detonates-world-war-ii-era-rockets-found-on-nantucket-beach-nantucket-current\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T03:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T03:11:52","slug":"bomb-squad-detonates-world-war-ii-era-rockets-found-on-nantucket-beach-nantucket-current","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/bomb-squad-detonates-world-war-ii-era-rockets-found-on-nantucket-beach-nantucket-current\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb Squad Detonates World War II-Era Rockets Found On Nantucket Beach &#8211; Nantucket Current"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Jason Graziadei \u2022 <time datetime=\"2026-05-22T13:45:00-04:00\"> May 22, 2026 <\/time><br \/>Several World War II-era rockets were\u00a0discovered in an eroding dune in Tom\u00a0Nevers early this month, prompting a visit from the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad, which conducted a controlled explosion &#8220;to mitigate the hazard.&#8221;<br \/>The military munitions were discovered by a contractor on May 5, according to Nantucket Police Chief Michael Cranson.<br \/>The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad, in partnership with personnel from Massachusetts Department of Fire Services\u00a0Troop D, the\u00a0Nantucket Fire Department, and the U.S. Navy&#8217;s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 12, identified the devices as several WWII-era rockets &#8220;that were used in training exercises but still posed a hazard. Bomb technicians conducted a controlled explosion to mitigate the hazard and released the scene to local and state officials.&#8221;<br \/> Nantucket Current<br \/> 15 N. Beach Street<br \/> Nantucket, MA 02554<br \/> A division of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.n-magazine.com\/\" class=\"text-blue-500 underline\" target=\"_blank\"> Nantucket Magazine <\/a><br \/> published by First Nantucket Media<br \/> \u00a92023 Nantucket Current | site by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moor.studio\/\" class=\"text-blue-500\" target=\"_blank\"> moor.studio <\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hellodative.com\/\" class=\"text-blue-500\" target=\"_blank\"> Dative <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPSzFnQlBKYnd0N0pQUXIzam9zVWJURXQ3YmJMb0RkbW5OVVZQMzFNRWplb2RIa25lR3NKdUFlc0VYZzFRVHFfSG51WTRZWW9vcWNOeDBBR0pjd2tGYVBUY0lIT2tvdFhscThYN0ZSdjlWX0JTZ09hYnR4VENra18tX3lVT3RfTExKNFpvbnk1RjlpbDU2LVoxRTQxczBOQnFqWHM4cmNR?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Graziadei \u2022 May 22, 2026 Several World War II-era rockets were\u00a0discovered in an eroding dune in Tom\u00a0Nevers early this month, prompting a visit from the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad, which conducted a controlled explosion &#8220;to mitigate the hazard.&#8221;The military munitions were discovered by a contractor on May 5, according to Nantucket Police Chief [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":211533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-211532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}