Christopher ..
I can't post to a newsgroup from this account, feel free to post this if
you wish.
To me. it looks like the forward part of a jet engine nacelle. My guess
is one of the hi-bypass turbo-fan type engines such as on the 767. It's
not an 'oval' shape, so chances are it's not for the newer 737s.

DJSloan/Ground bound [for now] in Houston, TX