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When he opened the luggage, he found five small cannonballs wrapped in paper towels and notified a supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4611\">Tim Cook\u2019s last quarter as Apple CEO: record iPhone sales, stock still falls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had never seen anything quite this unique,\u201d TSA Officer Justin Dupree said in a statement from the agency. \u201cI\u2019ve seen inert grenades and training munitions but never an Indiana Jones-esque stolen artifact-type situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The cannonballs \u2014 the largest about the size of grapefruits and weighing about as much as a shot put ball \u2014 were inactive and didn\u2019t contain any explosive material or active components, the TSA said. Still, cannonballs are artillery munitions and considered prohibited items on planes.<\/p>\n<p>Police eventually determined the cannonballs were stolen from Fort Morgan, based on paint marking applied to the artifacts by fort staff, and that they dated to the American\u00a0Civil War.\u00a0The historic Gulf Shores fort played a significant role in several military conflicts, including the Civil War.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4610\">Elevance Health\u2019s CEO started her career as a pro basketball player. Now she\u2019s the highest\u2011ranking woman on the Global 500, leading a $199B giant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Baldwin County Sheriff\u2019s Office said Thursday that a juvenile stole the cannonballs from a storage area in the fort and then placed them in their grandmother\u2019s checked bag. The grandmother told officers she did not know they were stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Spokespersons for Fort Morgan didn\u2019t respond to a email seeking comment. 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