laststandonzombieisland

Via the Cape Cod National Seashore although, as the wreckage seems totally absent of marine growth, I am taking it with a grain of sand:

Last week, a man-made object washed up on Marconi Beach. It appeared to have been in the ocean for some time, and staff worked together to get it off the beach before it was swept away by the incoming storm.

Park historian Bill Burke examined the object and determined that it was in fact the fuselage of an RCAT (Remote Control Aerial Target).

RCATs were drone planes used for target practice for anti-aircraft training off Marconi at a former United States military training camp (Camp Wellfleet) during the 1940s and 50s.

Aircraft equipped with an RCAT would take off from a now-defunct runway located in the woods of Wellfleet. The RCAT would then be rocket-launched off the aircraft at 0 to 60 mph within the first 30 feet, and then controlled remotely from the bluff.