The Sedona Police Department responded to a purported bomb at the Sedona Airport Terminal parking lot on the morning of Monday, Jan. 5, with the call going out over the radio shortly after 10 a.m. and Patrol Officers Michael Lewis and Cole Taylor arriving on scene at 10:15 a.m.

The U.S. Forest Service also reported receiving calls of a similar bomb threat, allegedly involving a black SUV at the location. However, no vehicle matched that description in the parking lot, and Sedona Airport General Manager Ed Rose said that he was unaware of any threat made against the airport’s property or staff of the Sedona-Oak Creek Airport Authority, until SPD officers arrived on scene and briefed Rose at 10:20 a.m.

The caller, who identified himself as “Max” stayed on the line with the USFS, said he was wearing a bomb strapped to his body and that it would detonate in one hour, when he first called around 10 a.m.

SPD officers informed airport staff that Mesa Police Department was responding to a similar threat, and Rose stated that this is the second such threat against the Sedona Airport made in the last two weeks and that the previous threat was made from a California phone number.

Mesa police said someone reported “20 explosive devices” in a home near Recker Road and San Tan Boulevard around 8 a.m., Monday. The call was transferred to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office because the alleged home was in the county and outside Mesa city limits. The home was cleared by MCSO deputies.

The officers inspected the perimeter and airport staff said that they had not observed any suspicious objects or people on the property.