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Stolen Civil War cannonballs found in luggage

A child took five inert cannonballs from Fort Morgan and hid them in his grandmother's bag before a flight to Oklahoma City.

Rob Beschizza
Jul 31, 2026
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Photo: TSA
Photo: TSA

TSA staff found five Civil War-era cannonballs in a passenger's checked suitcase at Gulf Shores International Airport in Alabama. Investigators found that the munitions were missing from nearby Fort Morgan; a child supposedly pilfered them and sneaked them into grandma's luggage.

Appearing as large opaque masses on the X-ray screen, the five we…

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