Government / Military

Jimmy Carter

1969-01-06what this date marks is not recorded

39th U.S. President; while campaigning for Governor, reported witnessing a UFO near Leary, Georgia on January 6, 1969, with about ten Lions Club members. Filed a report with the International UFO Bureau and NICAP in 1973 (which classified it as a Hynek "Nocturnal Light"), and said as a candidate, "I am convinced that UFOs exist because I have seen one." Did not release U.S. UFO files once in office, citing defense implications. Included a peaceful greeting to extraterrestrials on the Voyager Golden Record.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "ufo". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

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Memorandum for Record: Security Review of "Mind Wars"

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…n all developments in on-going psychic research in both the Jimmy Carter and Regan terms of presidential office. g. PSI had a direc…

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← Harold Brown a reference; no pages of it are held

later served as his Secretary of Defense

Secretaries of Defense - Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense

Caveat THE ROSTER CARRIES THE OFFICE, NOT THE YEARS. It lists each Secretary under the president they served and gives no dates.scope: scoped
→ NICAP a reference; no pages of it are held

NICAP evaluated his 1969 sighting report

Do Records Show Proof of UFOs?
→ NASA names a source we do not hold

his Voyager Golden Record greeting to ET was a NASA mission

NASA Voyager mission; the Golden Record
→ J. Allen Hynek names a source we do not hold

his sighting was classified under Hynek's reporting scale

J. Allen Hynek classification system
→ Stanford Research Institute names a source we do not hold

asked it to lead a White House UFO study, reportedly pressured to drop

Russell Targ, The Reality of ESP (2012) [Targ's account]
← Daniel Sheehan names a source we do not hold

served as special counsel to Carter's 1977 congressional UFO study

Official government / corporate service records
→ Gerald Ford nothing behind it

both future presidents engaged publicly with UFO reports pre-office
← George H.W. Bush nothing behind it

as outgoing CIA Director, reportedly refused his 1976 request for UFO file access