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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  25 Apr 58 | Midway Island, Pacific Ocean | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☑ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local GMT. 25/1530Z | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  ☐ Yes ☑ No | Military |   |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERV…

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U.S. NAVAL STATION
NAVY 3080 (THREE ZERO EIGHT ZERO)
c/o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California

NS3080:025:JHN:ep
Ser 1 63

12 MAY 1958

From: Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Station, Midway Island
To: Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Air Force, Hickam Air Force Base

Subj: Unidentified Flying Objects; report of

Ref: (a) OPNAV Instruction 3820.9

Encl: (1) Descriptive data of unidentified objects
(2) Report of observation by John P. TOTTEN, AD2, 277 50 68, USN
(3) Report of observation by Jerry L. WORD, AB, 511 59 22, USN
(4) Statement of Robert D. HAMBURST, RM3, 572 62 …

U. S. NAVAL STATION
NAVY 3080 (THREE ZERO EIGHT ZERO)
c/o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
HS3080:025:JHM:ep
Ser

Descriptive data of Unidentified Flying Objects.

1. Description of the object
a. Shape - round
b. Size - when first observed the object appeared to be about the size of a volleyball. As it came toward the station TOTTEN said it appeared to be about the size of a bushel basket.
c. Color - first appeared to have a blueish-white color then changing slowly to a glowing red and then to a Navy blue color.
d. Number - One
e. Formation - None
f. No special discernible features …

U.S. NAVAL STATION
NAVY 3080 (THREE ZERO EIGHT ZERO)
c/o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
N33080:025:JHM:en
Ser

edge even with the top edge of the object and moved to the left. When the above small light was directly over the object (large light) another small light appeared on the right. Both lights moved directly to the left and disappeared. Approximately 10 or 15 seconds later the cycle was repeated and lasted for about 15 seconds. After about two minutes the object was too far away to observe the small lights.

e. The object disappeared overhead at a very high altitude.

f. The…

U.S. NAVAL STATION
NAVY 3080 (THREE ZERO EIGHT ZERO)
c/o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
N53080:025:JHM:ep
Ser

|  Type Aircraft | Location | Local Time  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  HB-50 2059 | APPROX 250 MILES from Midway BEARING 289 True | AT 0430 (Local)  |
|  WV-2 43199 | Landed Midway | 0355 (Local)  |
|  C-97 00700 | Took off Midway | 0346 (Local)  |
|  R77 40311 | Landed at Midway | 0422 (Local)  |
|  WV-2 43205 | Took off Midway | 0428 (Local)  |
|  C-54 17237 | APPROX 420 MILES from Midway BEARING 289 True | AT 0430 (Local)  |

11. LCOR Jesse W. McLEOD JR. 196994 USN, Air Ro…

25 April 1958

At approximately 0430K on 25 April I got up to give the baby her bottle which had fallen on the floor. I was on my hands and knees looking for the bottle when I noticed a sudden flare of light outside. There is a street lamp on a telephone pole across the road from the house. I thought that maybe the lamp was rocking in the wind. I looked up and saw a bright blueish white light in the sky behind the street lamp. I thought that it was the landing light of an aircraft and stood up to watch it. After a few seconds I saw that the light was apparently motionless. I then thought of a …

distinct edges except when they passed over the large light. Then they sort of faded out due to their lesser intensity.

The only inside light was the orange glow from a heater in the baby's room. I turned it off when I went to get my glasses. The only outside lights were the street lamp and the reflection from the rotating beacon.

**Kerology did not have a weather balloon up in the area, nor did I notice any aircraft.**

I would not have noticed this object except for the first brilliant flash. No sounds or other unusual occurrences were noted.

Since I was not dressed at the time, do not ye…

April 26, 1958

I Jerry L. Word AN, USN saw on the 25th of April between 0430 and 0630 and object in the sky that I couldn't describe. It went through a strange procedure of changing colors. When I first saw it, it seemed to be about (4) or (5) miles out. Then it moved in gradually. And during this time it was changing colors. First from a real "bright" seemingly fluorescent light, to a glowing red light, and then to a Navy blue color. I watched it for about (40) minutes and at the end of this time it had moved in to a distance of about a mile to a mile and a half from west end of runway 6-24.…