[Fiddlstix]

Looks to me like some nitwit tried to make a weather vane while in a drunken stupor, made several attempts, finally gave up and threw the whole mess overboard.

[raygun]

Maybe the aliens from laminar air-flow world, found out that the stinkin' wind anemometers they just lugged some 40 quintillion mega-quads were worthless and they chucked them overboard in order to lighten up the ballast and take on a load of aerosol can spray nozzles.

It could happen.