The fuselage of a remotely controlled plane, used for military target practice in the 1940s and ‘50s, washed up on the Cape Cod National Seashore this month.

The shore is administered by the National Park Service.

The corroded object reached Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, last week, park officials said in a Facebook post Wednesday.

CCNS park historian Bill Burke examined it and determined it belonged to a remote control aerial Ttrget.

RCATs were drone planes used for target practice by military service members doing anti-aircraft training at Camp Wellfleet, which closed in 1961. The land was given over to create the CCNS by President John F. Kennedy, according to CampWellfleet.com, dedicated to the men and women who worked at the military facility.

The RCATs were launched from aircraft that took off from a runway in the woods near the camp and were controlled remotely from a nearby bluff.

RCATs have also been found in the woods nearby, Mr. Burke told the Cape Cod Times.

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.