Leary, Georgia: Future President Jimmy Carter Reports UFO Sighting
On January 6, 1969, future US President Jimmy Carter and numerous others observed a bright, color-changing object in the sky outside a church in Leary, Georgia. Carter later vowed to release all government UFO information if elected president.
Background
Around 7:15 to 7:30 p.m., waiting outside a church where he would make a campaign speech in Leary, Georgia, Governor Jimmy Carter and numerous others observed what he concluded was a UFO. He told reporters: It was big, it was very bright, it changed colors and was about the size of the moon. One thing is for sure: I will never make fun of people who say they have seen unidentified objects in the sky.
Seven years later, during his 1976 presidential campaign, Carter vowed: If I become President, I will make every piece of information this country has about UFO sightings available to the public and the scientists. After assuming office, Carter did approach NASA about assuming a role like Project Blue Book, but he was rebuffed.