Posted on 07/20/2007 9:20:06 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
(CBS) JERSEY CITY A Jersey City woman made a shocking discovery on her lawn this morning when she noticed a military rocket launcher lying in the grass.
Niranjana Besai was leaving her house at 88 Nelson Street, to go to work at just after 8 a.m. when she saw the launcher on her front lawn. She immediately called police.
Besai's neighbor, Joe Quinn saw her pointing at the equipment from her front porch. When he walked over to the six-foot-long weapon, he was just as shocked. “It looked like a bazooka,” he told CBS 2 News.
Quinn tells CBS 2 HD he originally thought the launcher was just a pipe, but after noticing it had a picture of a soldier on it, he realized it looked similar to a missile launcher he'd seen on television.
Jersey City Police removed the launcher, and the incident is now being investigated by the Joint Terrorism Task Force and The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Jersey City Police could not confirm whether it was actually operable.
But, sources tell CBS 2’s Scott Weinberger that it’s the kind of missile that can take down an aircraft and the area where the launcher was discovered is in or very near a flight path for Newark Liberty International Airport.
Stay with wcbstv.com and CBS 2 HD for more on this developing story.
btt
they should not have reported this....House Dems kill John Doe amendment…Senate Dems kill John Doe amendment…
Man, that goes back to the early days of MTV.
Yes.
New Jersey has been declared a ManPad Free Zone, by proclamation of back seat Corzine.
Well now that's odd...John Edwards told me that the War on Terror is merely a bumper-sticker slogan.
Way cool. The "military rocket" launchers are much better than the civilian versions.
You laugh, but a Newark pol did have a tank. In his back yard.
Only if loaded with hollow points.
“Aren’t these things banned in Jersey City?”
No. You’re thinking of guns. Guns are out. Rocket launchers are OK.
Okay, confess... how many here thought, “Well if I’d found that, I wouldn’t be calling the authorities. I’d be looking for a place to hide it in the garage!”
The FBI and local authorities have determined this is not related in any way shape or form to terrorism.
;) susie
Even worse, maybe someone ditching a mis-fired weapon?
TWA Flight 800 came immediately to mind. Anyone else?
Is it near where that guy was trying to blind pilots with a laser a few years ago?
It’s just a piece of a gas tank dropped from a plane.
You know, like the one on TWA800.
Nothing to see here, folks.....
“had a picture of a soldier on it”What does that mean?
I’m glad you asked that. I thought that was odd but assumed it was something I should know, so I kept my mouth shut. Thank you!
susie
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