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Today in History: September 18, 1973
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Jimmy 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. [ more ]
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Plan 44 from Outer Kenya…d’oh!
Chuck U Farley
September 18th, 2012
“…about the size of the moon.”
So the object was 10,921 kilometers wide?
Alien
September 18th, 2012
Bwahahahahahahaha !!!
cakes
September 18th, 2012
Ok, people- no dumbass ” southerner” jokes please. Stick to dumbass Carter jokes.
Illustr8r, Vampira was incredible. I did makeup on her about 2 years before she died. Still had those cheekbones (just not all her teeth).
Mountain Dog
September 18th, 2012
Was he drinking with his brother Billy when he saw it? That Georgia moonshine is mighty powerful stuff.
Xavier
September 18th, 2012
@cakes
Vampira WAS incredible. Elvira ripped off her entire act and got away with it. You’re very fortunate to have met her.
cakes
September 18th, 2012
@ mtn dog, I heard on an Atlanta talk station yesterday that Carter deregulated the alcohol biz in order to allow people to brew their own beer at home. Has to be the only good thing he did. Heck, even most Georgians hate the guy.
cakes
September 18th, 2012
Xavier, she sued Elvira and lost. She was a character right out of Sunset Blvd., but sadly, she was poor.
Mountain Dog
September 18th, 2012
@cakes
I heard that too. I used to have a six pack of Billy Beer until somebody drank it. Not me, mind you, I tasted it once and yuk!
Xavier
September 18th, 2012
To be fair (but where’s the fun in that, right?) to Jimmah, in his Playboy interview I just read last night he said the object was probably from a nearby military base and that since he couldn’t identify it, it was indeed an unidentified flying object. Let’s ridicule the S.O.B. for what he did to the country, not for being honest.
@cakes
I saw a documentary on Vampira a few years ago and have since been able to acquire some old public domain films she did. Quite a woman.
Aunt Liz
September 18th, 2012
Yeesh, Hell froze over and I am suddenly nostalgic for Carter. Granted, he handed Reagan a worse economic situation, but at least we could count on the electorate to step up and fix things.
Alien
September 18th, 2012
There are inter-galactic wars going on now AS WE CHAT.
You fools live in a small world.
Christ was an Alien….
Bwahahahahahaha !!
the aardvark
September 18th, 2012
And Jimmah Carter is the only President ever to be attacked by a killer rabbit.
Alien
September 18th, 2012
Christ and the angels and the demons are so totally alien…
Why do you think they all say ‘fear not !!’ when they flash in the sky to speak with us?
Bwahahahahahaha!
Unneutral
September 18th, 2012
UFOs were here and didn’t take Jimmy back with them?…..that’s proof aliens hate us.
RANDO
September 18th, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuPtOtGF4TY&feature=player_detailpage
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Bad Brad
September 18th, 2012
I was thinking this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6BTTJo1KmM
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RANDO
September 18th, 2012
Needs more cowbell.
Bad Brad
September 18th, 2012
Good point.
scr_north
September 18th, 2012
As much as I detest Carter I have to have some respect for him. He was a naval officer who graduated Hyman Rickover’s nuclear propulsion school which was not for wimps and assisted in containing the Chalk River nuclear accident up here in Canada for which took courage (that problem was a lot worse than the government and media let it on to be). Then somewhere along the road he lost his common sense, his patriotism, his courage and his leadership ability. I wonder whether in moments of clarity he sits back and wonders where it all went wrong.
illustr8r
September 18th, 2012
@cakes Hi! Nice to see you’round here again!
Mountain Dog
September 18th, 2012
I’ve seen the guy use a hammer and drive a nail all the way in up to the head. So he’s at least got 0bama beat on job skills.
Tony R
September 18th, 2012
Plan 9 from Outer Space? What happened to plans 1 through 8???
Jorel Lives!
September 19th, 2012
Billy was more newsworthy than his brother.
GregMan
September 19th, 2012
You know, if the UFO gave Jimmah an anal probe and a brain implant, that would explain a lot.
MrsGilbertCracker
September 19th, 2012
Yeah… So, does anyone remember the water-treading Attack Rabbit?
MrsGilbertCracker
September 19th, 2012
The Attack Rabbit even has it’s own Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident#Rabbit_incident