Police officers in northwest Washington investigated a Cold War-era rocket found in a garage previously owned by a deceased individual, according to a statement.

Bellevue Police Department (BPD) officers responded Thursday to a call about a rocket from the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Officials said officers inspected the garage of a resident who wanted to donate it to the museum. Statement from BPD. The resident reportedly received the locket from a deceased neighbor who purchased the item at an estate sale.

Upon inspection, BPD bomb squad members determined that the rocket was a “Douglas AIR-2 Genie (formerly known as MB-1), an unguided air-to-air rocket designed to carry a 1.5kt W25 nuclear warhead.” The statement said the decision was made. . However, the rocket did not carry a nuclear warhead, so it was simply a man-made object that did not pose an explosion risk, the paper said.

“Since the items were inert and the military did not request their return, police left the items with a neighbor to be restored for display at a museum,” BPD said in a statement. (Related: After all, West Point's time capsule yields little treasures)

And I think it will be a very long time before I get another call like this 🚀https://t.co/QePBTkDVFk pic.twitter.com/YXslykeOIT

— Bellevue Police Department, Washington (@BvuePD) February 2, 2024

The AIR-2 Genie was designed to function against enemy bomber formations. according to At the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The AIR-2 Genie was launched from his F-89J interceptor at 18,000 feet above the ground on July 19, 1957 and exploded over his Yucca, Nevada flats. This was the only test explosion of a U.S. nuclear-armed air-to-air fighter. The museum pointed out that it was a rocket. The AIR-2 Genie was last manufactured in 1962 and last used in the mid-1980s, the museum said.

borderline personality disorder Tweeted and shared a photo of the rocket.“I think it will be a very long time before we get another call like this.”