A puzzling discovery resembling an aircraft fuselage on a Cape Cod beach has been revealed as an artifact connected to a formerly top-secret Cold War program. The contraption, identified as the fuselage of a Remote Control Aerial Target (RCAT), was used for target practice during the 1940s and 50s. The plans for the recovered RCAT remain undisclosed.
A puzzling discovery on a Cape Cod beach, resembling an aircraft fuselage, has been revealed as an artifact connected to a formerly top-secret Cold War program, leaving locals intrigued by its origins.Discovered earlier this month at Massachusetts’ Marconi Beach, the contraption resembles a missile and has puzzled locals. Cape Cod National Seashore staff collaborated to remove it from the beach before it could be swept away, as reported in an April 10 Facebook post.
While it may look like a piece of a UFO, officials confirmed it was part of an old Cold War-era drone plane used for target practice. "RCATs were drone planes used for target practice for anti-aircraft training off Marconi at a former United States military training camp during the 1940s and 50s," park officials said. During the Cold War with the Soviet Union, the state-of-the-art program, as revealed on a website dedicated to Camp Wellfleet, was classified as "top secret.
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