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Woman Near NJ Airport Finds Rocket Launcher in Front Yard

by Brian A Kennedy | July 20, 2007 at 08:38 am

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Details are still sketchy on this, but a Jersey City woman, living near Newark Airport, has reported finding a missile launcher lying on her front lawn. News sources are claiming that it's a shoulder fired surface-to-air missile. We'll keep you updated...

(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.

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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.