[CPEO-MEF] Decade-Old Tip Spurs Munitions Search

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Decade-Old Tip Spurs Munitions Search - Workers May Have Buried WWI
Weapons Near Chain Bridge in 1930s 

By Steve Vogel
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 16, 2002; Page DZ03
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20280-2002May15.html

Pursuing a mysterious tip left by a caller nearly a decade ago,
scientists are examining land near Chain Bridge in search of a site
where chemical munitions from World War I may be buried.

On a recent morning, a four-man crew led by Herbert Nelson, head of the 
molecular dynamics section at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, 
traipsed through the woods north of Chain Bridge between the C&O Canal 
and the Potomac River.

Using magnetometers, the team has found signs of buried metallic objects 
at six locations north and south of the bridge, but whether the objects 
are munitions or something more innocent has not been determined, 
according to officials involved in the search.

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Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
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