Part of Bombing Range Road was closed Monday while the Richland Bomb Squad dealt with another of what was likely a World War 2 relic.
West Richland Police didn t say who found the item, or specifically where it was located, but said the d
evice was very old and may or may not have been inert meaning it might not have been able to explode.
Most likely it was some sort of World War 2 ordinance, probably a smaller practice bomb that was dropped during the war and never got dug up or noticed.
Before all the development, it s hard to imagine that the whole region along Bombing Range Road was a target practice site for pilots from the Pasco Naval Air Station. They used smaller bombs (usually 100-250 pounders) to practice their aim. Sometimes these weapons didn t always explode and have laid there for decades.