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Jimmy Carter UFO Sighting

DATE6 Jan 1969
LOCAL TIME7:15 PM
LOCATIONLeary, Georgia, USA, United States
COORDINATES32.55°N, 83.34°W

Future President Jimmy Carter and ten Lions Club members observed a bright, self-luminous object that changed colors and appeared to move closer before receding. Carter filed an official report and during his 1976 campaign promised to release all UFO files if elected.

[ PRIMARY CITATION // COMPILED REFERENCE · CTD-0182 ]

WITNESSES & UNITS

On-record civilian observers

SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Archived investigative case file

## RELATED FILES

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1969-01-01Bolender Memo 1969: Most Significant UFO Cases Never Went to Blue BookLocation unrecordedCTD-0179 →1968-02-04Redlands Mass UFO SightingRedlands, California, USA, United StatesCTD-0175 →1968-01-01Redlands UFO Sighting 1968: An Audit of What Can and Cannot Be ConfirmedLocation unrecordedCTD-0170 →