TSA officer sees alarming shapes on X-ray before stolen Civil War mystery unravels

A routine baggage screening at an Alabama airport sparked an explosive scare when TSA officers discovered stolen historical artifacts inside a passenger's bag. The artifacts were found in the checked bag of a passenger going through Gulf Shores International Airport (JKA), about 45 miles southeast of Mobile, Alabama, on July 18. The TSA said the artifacts — five Civil War-era cannonballs — were discovered by Justin Dupree, a lead TSA officer at the airport, according to a story published on the