Even after the Stormcloaks have successfully captured Whiterun, the catapult missiles still drop from the sky outside the city...and many of them stick around on the ground with their fire trail sticking up in the air.

Not a major bug...doesn't seem to affect gameplay at all, but looks silly.

might be a stupid question, but have you left the area for a good amount of time? I left for 3 days and it righted itself.

Sorry, just asking because you didn't say you left the city.

I've gone all over Skyrim, from Markarth to the thieves' guildhall since then...and in order to see said catapult missiles, you HAVE to leave the city, since they're outside in the Skyrim area surrounding it.

Well it's definitely a permanent bug, at least on this character...I've leveled quite a bit, and gone all over Skyrim again...and still, whenever I go past Whiterun, there are those frozen catapult missiles again...