The military is investigating reports saying an object from a U. S. Military aircraft fell onto the roof of a Midorigaoka Nursery School in Okinawa Thursday
The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, a unit of the U. S. Marine Corps, is investigating reports that an object from a U. S. military aircraft fell onto the roof of the Midorigaoka Nursery School in Okinawa, Japan, Thursday morning.
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A staff member at the school told NHK, a Japanese public broadcasting company, that a cylindrical object fell on the roof right after an American military aircraft passed over. The nursery school is located about 2.5 miles from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
Local police said the clear plastic tube-like object is about 4-inches long and 3-inches wide.