Thursday, October 27, 2005

It Fell From the Sky!


I'm not kidding, this lady is my 1st cousin. From WIS News:

Bowman woman reports object that apparently fell from F-15E Strike Eagle

(Bowman) Oct. 25, 2005 - A pylon ejector foot caused a stir Monday night when it ended up falling onto a Bowman woman's property.
Monday night around 7pm a homeowner Cindy Williams was startled from her house when she heard a loud noise outside.
Williams says a canister came through her carport, hit the top of her Tahoe and ricocheted off, shattering her window, "It was like, Ka-Pow! It sounded like something fell. There was a big crash, broken glass. I was thinking, 'What is that?'"
The SLED bomb squad was called to the scene, as well as the Bowman Police Department.
Air Force officials later identified the object as a pylon ejector foot, a six-inch cylindrical piece of metal used to aid in the launch of missiles from the aircraft. They say an F-15E Strike Eagle from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base near Fayetteville accidentally dropped the object when it was training over Bowman Monday.