PROJECT 100/3 RECORD CARD — Sighting Near Wake Island, 22 April 1962

This document consists of a Project 100/3 record card and an associated naval message regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on April 22, 1962, near Wake Island. The sighting occurred at 1616Z and involved a single, round object described as being the size of a pea, white in color, and possessing a short reddish tail. The witnesses, identified as OCD, JOD, and a quartermaster, reported that the object made no sound and exhibited a fast rate of speed. The observation lasted for approximately five minutes. The object was tracked visually using binoculars at night, with the observers noting its flight path as heading southeast and disappearing at 150 degrees true at an elevation of 4 degrees below the horizon. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency was that the object was the Echo I satellite, which was confirmed to be crossing the equator at 165.30E at the time of the sighting, placing it in the position reported by the witnesses. The document was originally classified as unclassified and contains a stamp indicating that the classification was cancelled on May 12, 1967, under the authority of AFR 205-1.