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The Jimmy Carter UFO Incident is the name given to an incident in which former US President Jimmy Carter reported seeing a unidentified flying object while at Leary, Georgia in 1969. While governor of Georgia, Carter was asked to file a report of the sighting by the International UFO Bureau in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, which he did in September 1973. Since its writing, the report has been discussed several times by both Ufologists and by members of the mainstream media.

Sighting

One evening in 1969, two years before he became governor of Georgia, Carter was preparing to give a speech at a Lions Club meeting. At about 7:15 p.m (EST), one of the guests called his attention to a strange object that was visible about 30 degrees above the horizon to the west of where he was standing. Carter described the object as being bright white and as being about as bright as the moon. It was said to have appeared to have closed in on where he was standing but to have stopped beyond a stand of pine trees some distance from him. The object is then said to have changed color, first to blue, then to red, then back to white, before appearing to recede into the distance.
Carter felt that the object was self-luminous, but not a solid in nature. Carter's report indicates that it was witnessed by about ten or twelve other people, and was in view for ten to twelve minutes before it passed out of sight. .This could also be Venus "Halo"(External Link

), as was discussed on the podcast Skeptics' Guide To The Universe #105, in an interview with Jimmy Carter. In the interview Carter stated that he didn't believe the object was Venus, explaining that he was an amateur astronomer and knew what Venus looked like. He also explicitly said he didn't believe it was an alien craft and at the time assumed it was probably a military aircraft from a near by base. Carter also said that he didn't believe that any extraterrestrials have visited Earth. He also stated he knows of no government cover up of extraterrestrial visits and that the rumors that the CIA refused to give him information about UFOs are not true.

Personal impact

The sighting is said to have had a personal impact on Carter and his perception of UFO and UFO sightings. During his 1976 election campaign, he's said to have told reporters that, as a result of it, he'd institute a policy of openness if he were elected to office, saying:

"One thing's for sure, I'll never make fun of people who say they've seen unidentified objects in the sky. If I become President, I'll make every piece of information this country has about UFO sightings available to the public and the scientists."

Despite his earlier pledge, once elected, Carter distanced himself from disclosure, citing "defense implications" as being behind his decision.

International UFO Bureau report

Image:Jimmy_Carter_UFO_1.gif|The report Carter submitted (page 1) Image:Jimmy_Carter_UFO_2.gif|The report Carter submitted (page 2) .

The April 30, 1977 edition of The Washington Post ran the story on the front page, incorrectly giving the date as 1973. The identification of the UFO as Venus ran in a small item in the May 9, 1977 issue .

President Carter's "UFO" Is Identified as the Planet Venus,

by Robert Sheaffer, Humanist magazine, July-August, 1977, p.46

Learyites leery of Carter's encounter: No one recalls 1970 UFO spotting, by Tom Tiede, Mt. Pleasant Daily Tribune (Texas), Feb. 2, 1978Further Information

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