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Sep 18, 1973:
Carter files report on UFO sighting
On this day in 1973, future President Jimmy Carter files a report
with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
(NICAP), claiming he had seen an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)
in October 1969.
During the presidential campaign of 1976, Democratic challenger
Carter was forthcoming about his belief that he had seen a UFO.
He described waiting outside for a Lion's Club Meeting in Leary,
Georgia, to begin, at about 7:30 p.m., when he spotted what he
called "the darndest thing I've ever seen" in the sky. Carter, as
well as 10 to 12 other people who witnessed the same event,
described the object as "very bright [with] changing colors and
about the size of the moon." Carter reported that "the object
hovered about 30 degrees above the horizon and moved in toward
the earth and away before disappearing into the distance." He
later told a reporter that, after the experience, he vowed never
again to ridicule anyone who claimed to have seen a UFO.
During the presidential campaign of 1976, Carter promised that,
if elected president, he would encourage the government release
"every piece of information" about UFOs available to the public
and to scientists. After winning the presidency, though, Carter
backed away from this pledge, saying that the release of some
information might have "defense implications" and pose a threat
to national security.
73, K.O. n0kfq
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