Police gave the all clear about three hours after a bomb squad was deployed to examine a truck by the gate of the Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts on Thursday, July 6.
The situation started around 9 a.m. when a trace amount of explosive residue was detected on the truck during a security check, WBZ-TV’s Cheryl Fiandaca learned.
The State Police bomb squad was called and the police initially set up a perimeter extending 1,500 feet from the truck in all directions.
“We continue to ask news helicopters to refrain from flying overhead,” the state police stated in a release.
Adjacent facilities have been evacuated, but the Hanscom Field airport remained open.
Later, the perimeter was reduced to 100 feet. At around noon, police gave the all clear and operations at the base returned to normal.
The Big Foot Moving and Storage truck was delivering household goods, the company’s CEO Mike Bavuso told CBS Boston.
About 10,000 people work at the base, some 13 miles northwest of Boston.
Petr Svab for NTD Television.