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• Brett Elmore, the general manager of WJLX-AM radio in Jasper, Alabama, thought he had misheard when he got a call, The Washington Post reported. "The tower is gone," his landscaper said.
The 200-foot-tall steel structure that had broadcast the station for decades was gone, with cut wires and an empty concrete slab left behind.
Elmore said police were "as bumfuzzled as I was."
Upon further investigation, he realized the padlock was missing from the small building adjacent to the tower, and the transmitter was also gone.
"I have heard of thieves in this area taking anything," Elmore said. "But this one takes the cake. If the tower is found, it's probably in a million pieces." [Washington Post, 2/9/2024]
• The Lima family in Philadelphia are investigating an unidentified object that appeared on their roof, NBC10-TV reported. Fabian Lima said he thought the 8-foot-tall flat piece of rusty metal with a large hole in it might have fallen from a plane, but "I would have thought it would have gone right through," he said.
The Limas called the Federal Aviation Administration, who told them to hold on to the item until given the "all-clear."
Later, the FAA said it had investigated and the object did not come from an aircraft. [NBC10, 2/8/2024]