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... Whatever the object is, one thing is clear — it’s very heavy as it appears to stay in place, as if rooted to the bottom of the sea, despite the considerable force of the surf. Peter Brockmann, who is president of the East Beach Association, which cares for the beach, said the

By Dale P. Faulkner The Westerly Sun 8-11-17

association now thinks the object was first discovered last summer but could not be found after an initial spotting. If that’s true, it has withstood a year’s worth of tidal changes, waves, and storms.

“A lot of people are curious about this thing, trying to find out what it is,” Brockmann said during an interview Wednesday.
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     It was August, 1964, about 9pm, when I was 16, camping with a friend and his family not far from the ocean shore in Charlestown, Rhode Island. My friend and I were laying on the shore of the campground lake, looking out toward the ocean. It was a nice, warm and clear night. As we talked, we noticed what looked like a very bright star out over the ocean. It came up out of the ocean (or possibly from Block Island, which is 12 miles out) and zig-zagged in 45 degree angles, gaining speed, until the last 'zag' where it exploded in velocity and shot into space. We both looked at each other, and I said, 'Did you see that?!" He just said, 'wow, yeah.' We never told anyone.
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