A large, mysterious object that is believed to have been once used at a 'top secret' Cold War-era camp for anti-aircraft training was discovered on a Cape Cod, Massachusetts, beach.
Officials on Cape Cod have reportedly solved a piece of history after a mysterious object dating back to the Cold War was found on a local beach. The large artifact, resembling an aircraft fuselage, was found on Marconi Beach in Massachusetts in early April, according to a recent post shared on Cape Cod National Seashore's Facebook page. Staff at the beach worked together to remove the object before it was swept away by an incoming storm, Fox 35 Orlando reported.
After looking further into the relic, the staff was able to connect the fuselage, which is the body of an aircraft, to a top-secret Cold War program, according to the station. 'Park historian Bill Burke examined the object and determined that it was in fact the fuselage of a RCAT ,' Cape Cod National Seashore officials reported.
Ts 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,' National Park Services officials said. These drones were reportedly once used at an informal training camp that few knew about. 'Aircraft equipped with an RCAT would take off from a now defunct runway located in the woods of Wellfleet,' Cape Cod National Seashore officials wrote on Facebook.
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