美国运输安全局特工在阿拉巴马州海湾海滨国际机场的例行安检中，于7月18日在乘客托运行李中发现5枚被盗的美国内战时期炮弹[1]。这些文物来自莫根堡历史遗迹，上面标有堡垒工作人员的油漆标记[1]。其中最大的炮弹尺寸约相当于葡萄柚，重量如铅球[1]。
一名少年将这些炮弹放入其祖母的行李箱中[1]。虽然炮弹不含爆炸物，但作为禁止登机的火炮弹药被安全部门没收[1]。参与查获的TSA特工Justin Dupree表示："我从未见过这样独特的东西。我见过惯性手榴弹和训练弹药，但从未经历过这种印第安纳·琼斯式被盗文物的情况。"[1]最终，莫根堡决定不提起指控，这些文物被返还[1]。
Transportation Security Administration officers uncovered five Civil War-era cannonballs hidden in a passenger's checked suitcase during a routine security screening at Gulf Shores Regional Airport in Alabama on July 18 [1]. The artifacts, which bore paint markings from Fort Morgan staff, had been stolen from the historic fortification [1].
A teenager had placed the cannonballs into his grandmother's checked baggage without her knowledge [1]. The largest of the projectiles was roughly the size of a grapefruit and weighed approximately as much as a shot put [1]. Although the cannonballs contained no explosives, they were confiscated as prohibited artillery ammunition under aviation security regulations [1]. TSA Officer Justin Dupree remarked, "I had never seen anything quite this unique. I've seen inert grenades and training munitions but never an Indiana Jones-esque stolen artifact-type situation" [1].
Fort Morgan elected not to pursue charges against the teenager, and the historical artifacts were returned to the site [1].