Wiesbaden, Germany A 1,000-pound American WW II-era aerial bomb discovered near a U.S. Army installation in western Germany prompted evacuations and restricted base access.

The munition was unearthed during road construction in the Erbenheim district, the primary access route to Clay Kaserne. German EOD technicians immediately secured the site under guard and scheduled a disposal operation the next day.

Authorities established a 750-yard evacuation cordon, displacing dozens of nearby residents and forcing the closure of several major transportation routes. Affected infrastructure included sections of the A66 autobahn, the B455 federal highway, and the Wiesbaden-Cologne railway.

The disposal operation significantly disrupted activities at U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden. Military police enforced safety measures, closing the installation's main gate to all traffic, pausing base shuttle services, and restricting base access strictly to inbound personnel via an alternate entry point.

Krakow, Poland More than 200 WWII UXO were discovered by construction crews at an excavation site in Krakow. As soon as the workers realized that the items resembled artillery shells, work was paused and emergency services were notified.

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Thousand Oaks, California The Ventura County Sheriff's Office bomb squad and U.S. Navy EOD responded to home in in Thousand Oaks after a cache of century-old grenades and other explosives were found.

The bomb squad reported, "A family was organizing the belongings of their late grandfather who served in WWII and came across a cache of authentic Japanese, British, and American grenades along with other ordnance dating back nearly a century."

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Plymouth, England Police officers and Royal Navy UXO technicians responded after an unexploded WWII bomb was discovered on a building site in Plymouth, forcing the evacuation of approximately 1,200 homes in the area.

The explosive experts worked through the night assessing the 550-lb device, and a 400-meter cordon was established in the area, according to the Plymouth City Council.

The munition was identified as a German SC250 air-dropped weapon. Four hundred tons of sand was provided by the Council to stabilize and secure the device while enhanced Xray equipment was used for a detailed assessment.

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Culloden, Scotland Archaeologists discovered an unexploded cannonball from the bloodiest battle in Scotland's history. According to the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), it was located at Culloden Battlefield, just outside Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.

The mortar was found during excavations in October 2025, but officials did not announce the discovery until April 16, the date which marked the 280th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden.

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Pasay City, Philippines Construction workers alerted police and airport authorities after uncovering several old, corroded bomb items during excavation at the Juliet Extension Taxiway at Ninoy Aquino International Airport. According to officials, Philippine National Police Aviation Security Group (AVSEGROUP) EOD responded to assess and safely recover ten 50-pound inert general-purpose bombs and eighteen 25-pound inert general-purpose bombs.

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Colombes, France An unexploded WWII munition found during construction on Rue des Champarons forced the evacuation of several thousand residents in Colombes, a suburb of Paris. According to police, approximately 800 officers responded to secure the area while explosives experts attempted to defuse the device.

After unsuccessful attempts to remove the detonator, a controlled detonation plan led to all within a 450-meter radius evacuation zone. Local official Alexandre Brugere said that the intervention was "risky," due to the bomb's age and condition.

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