Following is the form Jimmy Carter filed with NICAP on Sep. 18, 1973. Only the questions that were responded to are listed. Carter's responses are in quotation marks.

1. Name: "Jimmy Carter"
   Address: "State Capitol Atlanta"
   Occupation: "Governor"

2. Date of Observation:  "October 1969"

3. Location of Observation:  "Leary, Georgia"

4. How long did you see the object?:  "10-12 minutes."

5. Please describe weather conditions and the type of sky; i.e., bright
daylight, nighttime, dusk, etc.:  "Shortly after dark."

6. Position of the Sun or Moon in relation to the object and to you:  "Not in
sight."

7. If seen at night, twilight, or dawn, were the stars or moon visible?:
"Stars."

8. Were there more than one object?:  "No."

10. Was the object(s) brighter than the background of the sky?:  "Yes."

11. If so, compare the brightness with the Sun, Moon, headlights, etc.:  "At
one time, as bright as the moon."

12. Did the object(s)-:
a. Appear to stand still at any time?:  "Yes."
g. Change brightness?:  "Yes."
h. Change shape?:  "Yes."
I. Change color?:  "Yes."

13. Did object(s) at any time pass in front of, or behind of anything?  If
so, Please elaborate giving distance, size, etc, if possible.:  "No."

14. Was there any wind?:  "No."

15. Did you observe the object(s) through an optical instrument or other aid,
windshield, window pane, storm window, screening, etc.?  What?:  "No."

17. Please tell if the object(s) was (were)- c. Sharply outlined: "Yes."

18. Was the object- b. Self-luminous?: "Yes."

19. Did the object)s_ rise or fall while in motion?:  "Came close, moved
away, came close and then moved away."

20. ..Or, if easier, give apparent size in inches on a ruler held at arm's
length:  "About the same as moon, maybe a little smaller.  Varied from
brighter/larger than planet to apparent size of moon."

21. How did you happen to notice the object(s)?:  "10-12 men all watched it.
Brightness attracted us."

22. Where were you and what were you doing at the time?:  "Outdoors waiting
for a meeting to begin at 7:30 pm."

23. How did the object(s) disappear from view?:  "Moved to distance then
disappeared."

26. Please estimate the distance of the object(s):  "Difficult. Maybe
300-1000 yards."

27. What was the elevation of the object(s) in the sky?:  "About 30 degrees
above horizon."

28. Names and addresses of other witnesses, if any:  "Ten members of Leary
Georgia Lions Club."

31. Please draw a map of the locality of the observation showing North; your
position; the direction from which the object(s) appeared and disappeared
from view; the direction of its course over the area; roads, towns, villages,
railroads, and other landmarks within a mile.:  "Appeared from west about 30
degrees up."

32. Is there an airport, military, governmental, or research installation in
the area?:  "No."

UFOs flew over Phoenix in '97, Symington says

Iranians report 'radiant UFO'

Iranian news agency reports 'a radiant unidentified flying object in Western Iran'

Yaakov Lappin

UFO PRESS CONFERENCE FEATURING THE "ALL-STARS" OF UFOLOGY at The

National Press Club on Monday, November 12, 2007! The National Press

Club Web site at:

http://npc.press.org/index.cfm?theday=12&&themonth=11&&theyear=2007

Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 11:21 AM

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To the many astonished , at the new levels of imprudent and injudicious remarks, that those running for president exhibit:

It is a sad lamentable reality that someone whose goal is to , lead this nation , is so lacking in elementary observation , after 60 plus years of global visitation, by unidentified structured metallic in appearance objects , that, he wishes to be the commander in chief, of the same military that has , thousands of times, sent brave pilots to intercept these same objects, that he denies exist.

That he has not figured this out is dreary enough , but that he either lacks the courage to plainly state what millions have been "rationally persuaded" exist's, or lacks the sophistication to artfully side step a real answer and at least be ambiguous about this overwhelming reality.

Is he in the same camp as the vocal SETI partisans who seem to be unaware of a single simultaneous air and ground , radar and visual sighting of structured objects incident? He, either directly, through his ignorance, mocks the many who have had the courage to speak and report their experience, or demeans the many in our military who have engaged this reality from the canopy of high performance aircraft.

And of greatest import, he is light years away from the courage and leadership, to say what some political candidate needs to say , the long overdue bold , plain assertion , that for unknown reasons

this nation officially has told lies about lights in the skies for decades, and that he make a sacred promise to the American people , to seek answers , and assemble an advisor team publicly , to create a detailed plan , to work with congress and other nations on ending the long lieconcerning this manner.

That would be , rather than the silliness inadvertently expressed, an act of true intelligence, leadership , and honor, to lead the nation past the cowardice of his colleagues, laughter and ridicule, into helping the nation, with education and courage, to move the world into dealing with this serious but festeringavoided reality.

Will someone show this courage?

TURKISH METEOR INCIDENT

Reports on the following incident have ranged from "It was part of the Leonid Meteor shower" to "It was the breakup of a Russian satellite" to "It was a UFO disintegrating a large meteor before it could do some real damage." After some investigation, it is our conclusion that the latter of the three is the truth. 

At the bottom left of the picture, there is clearly a collection of objects passing through the atmosphere. Their fiery tails attest to the fact that they are burning up. (UFOs do not leave fiery traces.) On a video of this event, the objects are traversing across Turkey from east to west. Note that the collection of objects is not inclined at an angle greater than 45 degrees, which is most typical for meteors entering our atmosphere. Rather they are more nearly horizontal. As you can read in the following testimony, the cluster of objects was as large as a 747. You can also read that the cluster was recorded at an elevation of 22,00 to 36,000 feet.

In the upper right corner of the picture is a round light. On the video it pulses at a rate of once per second. Meteors, or fragments of meteors, do not pulse regularly like this. It is not a star or other fixed object, but follows the path of the disintegrating meteor. Again, this picture, and the video from which it was taken, were published in Turkish national media.

First, the testimony of observers (before the video became known):

The pilots of four (One foreign, three Turkish) planes reported that they encountered a UFO squadron on November 1, 2002 near Afyon, and reported the incident to the flight safety departments of Turkey. It is recorded that the objects had been observed at 05.30 AM, at 22-36,000 feet, between Afyon and Yalova. The pilot of the plane which was the closest to the UFO squadron, Ercan Eken said, "Approximately 10-15 objects (but when you calculate the distance, as big as Boeing-747) were flying closely, 1-2 miles far from each other." This claim caused Captain Pilot Necmi Ekinci, the chairman of Turkey Airline Pilots Association (Talpa) to say, "Our friends are confident people. We trust on the information given by them".

Vedat Gürbüz (Captain Pilot):"In the morning of November the First, we were moving ahead to our plane at 05.40 - 05.45, in Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport. We saw 4-5 objects in the direction to Afyon, in the sky. They were leaving traces 10-15 times bigger than a plane's behind themselves. Going forward and down at 7-8 times faster than a plane."

Yilmaz Atli (Captain Pilot): "In the morning of November the First, we have started out to Germany from Antalya, around 05.00 in the morning. Around Afyon, we saw a very bright light on the top-left corner. The light was getting brighter and closer. Than it flew on us. We were seeing it but it wasn't on the radar. Then it divided into 10-15 units and disappeared on the right-bottom corner."

Sinan Yilmaz (Pilot): "We had started out to Salzburg from Antalya. At 15 miles ahead, northwest of Afyon, we saw a very bright light on the north. Stable yellow and white lights continued flying to east. There were at least 10-15 traces. It lasted for 40-45 seconds. Then this bright light divided into 10-15 lights, they flew at the same level and disappeared on the right. I wasn't believing in such things so far, but it was impossible to not to believe."

Second, the analysis of Haktan Akdogan, a Turkish UFO researcher:

The video of the event was published and then brought to Haktan. By closely examining the video of the incident, one can see a large meteor descending on Turkey. (If you can imagine a meteor the size of a 747, you might also imagine that it would cause real harm if it were to strike as a solid mass.) The video shows the meteor being fragmented by a UFO -- the blinking light -- and guided to a splash-down in the Agean Sea, off the western coast of Turkey. After watching the video and viewing Haktan's recreation of the event, I am convinced his is correct interpretation: Over Turkey, a large meteor was intercepted by a UFO, disintegrated, and then guided into the Agean. 

Third, further confirmation:

The following day of the IUFOC conference, Valery Uvarov, a Russian who heads their government's UFO investigation department, and who reports to President Putin, said that in 1984 two large balls of energy came out of the ground in Siberia and destroyed a large meteor before it impacted.

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British Military 'Suppressed UFO Info'

The British government tried to cover up one of the country's most famous sightings of an unidentified flying object, a parliamentary watchdog ruled Tuesday.

The "Rendlesham Files," which were finally published on the Internet Sunday, contain eyewitness accounts by U.S. Air Force officers at a military base close to Rendlesham Forest, near Ipswich in eastern England, who saw a brilliantly lit object land in the forest in December 1980.

The incident is widely regarded as one of the most significant UFO sightings -- the British equivalent of the 1947 incident in which a spacecraft supposedly crashed at Roswell, New Mexico, with aliens aboard.

Several people had complained to the British parliamentary ombudsman, Ann Abraham, that the Ministry of Defense had refused to divulge full details of the Rendlesham witness accounts. Abraham ruled the ministry had "withheld three documents relating to reported sightings of unexplained aerial phenomena in 1980 -- the Rendlesham Forest UFO incident."

A ministry spokeswoman said the files had not been deliberately withheld and had always been available to anyone who asked.

In late December 1980, U.S. officers investigating what they thought must have been a crashed plane in the forest saw a triangular "strange glowing object" that sent farm animals into a frenzy.

"The object was described as being metallic in appearance and triangular in shape, approximately two to three meters (seven to 10 feet) across the base and approximately two meters (seven feet) high," reads a report in the file by Deputy Base Commander Lt. Col. Charles Halt.

"It illuminated the entire forest with a white light," he added. "The object itself had a pulsing red light on top and a bank of blue lights underneath. The object was hovering, or on legs."

Skeptics say the witnesses were merely seeing the beam from a lighthouse on the nearby coast.

But the report adds that the next day three depressions seven feet in diameter were found in the grass and that readings of beta and gamma radiation were 10 times higher than normal. Disturbances were also noted on air force radar at the time.

Later in the night, a second UFO was seen, described as a red sun-like light. "At one point it appeared to throw off glowing particles and then broke into five separate white objects," said the file.

A Ministry of Defense memo in the file notes that: "No evidence was found of any threat to the defense of the United Kingdom. In the absence of any hard evidence, the MoD remains open minded."

Until last week, only around 20 members of the public had seen the file. The government said it would also be publishing other files on reported UFO sightings on www.mod.uk.

The Rendlesham File contains a Ministry of Defense memo suggesting British requests for audiotapes made by the American officers at the time were brushed aside by the United States. Later reports by UFO enthusiasts claimed that photographs and tapes were taken away by senior U.S. officers.

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Britain's UFO secrets revealed
by Antony Barnett
London Observer Service

…… On Feb. 15, 1999, an air traffic controller in Scotland noticed something strange on his radar screen. A bright blip on his screen suggested there was a very large object traveling at 3,000 mph over the Scottish coastline heading southwest. The size of the blip suggested the object was 10 miles long and two miles wide. Two minutes later, the object disappeared from the radar screen.

Three months earlier, British Ministry of Defense documents record that a commercial pilot flying over the Midlands region reported an unusual object traveling at "very high speed" with a very bright strobe light flashing once every 20 seconds.

Although the two incidents were unrelated, both were reported to a little-known department in the ministry known as Secretariat (Air Staff) 2a, the secretive section which collates reports of unidentified flying objects that cross British airspace.

The government has traditionally treated reports of UFO sightings as highly classified and only released information to the public after 30 years. But the parliamentary ombudsman insisted that the Ministry of Defense hand this information to Colin Ridyard, a research chemist from Wales who had been seeking information relating to UFO sightings by pilots or radar operators between July 1998 and July 1999.

Initially, the ministry refused on the ground it would be too expensive. But after the intervention of the ombudsman, Michael Buckley, the ministry agreed to release the information as a one-time exercise for $120. The ministry handed two reports to Ridyard, yet official information from the Civil Aviation Authority suggests there had been additional sightings. During the same period the CAA said it reported two more UFO sightings to the ministry, neither of which it disclosed.

According to official CAA reports, in the same month that radar picked up an enormous object flying across Scotland, a pilot flying over the North Sea became startled when his aircraft became illuminated by an "incandescent" light. Three other aircraft in the area reported seeing a ball of light moving at high speed. Air traffic controllers reported there were no strange aircraft in the area, but five minutes later an operator at a weather station picked up a fast-moving object on his radar.

The other incident which the CAA reported to the ministry occurred in June 1999 when the pilot of a B757 flying over the North Sea reported an unidentified military-looking aircraft passing close by in the opposite direction. Nothing was seen on the plane's radar or by air traffic controllers. The ministry told the CAA there were no military aircraft known to be in that area at the time.

Although a ministry spokeswoman would not discuss individual sightings, she said all these events had perfectly normal explanations.

In a letter to one of Ridyard's local Members of Parliament, Defense Minister John Spellar said: "My department has no interest or role with respect to UFO/flying saucer matters or to the question of the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial life forms - about which we remain open-minded."

But Ridyard said: "This is not about little green men, but about freedom of information. It is clear there are many strange incidents that happen in the British skies that are kept secret. There may be issues of aircraft safety or natural phenomena, but by keeping this information secret these incidents cannot be scrutinized by the public or the scientific community."

One of the most infamous incidents relating to a UFO sighting in Britain only came to light through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. This revealed that in December 1980 three security patrolmen investigating a potential air crash near the U.S. Air Force base in Suffolk, England, saw a strange glowing triangular object hovering near the base which had a "pulsing red light on top and blue lights underneath."

An official report by Lt. Col. Charles Halt, the deputy base commander, included a description of the events and stated that the next day three depressions were found in the forest where the object was discovered which showed radiation readings. Later that night three star-like objects were seen in the sky moving "rapidly in sharp angular movements."

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Kucinich Introduces Legislation to Ban Space-Based Weapons

NEWS RELEASE
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduces legislation to ban space-based weapons. Kucinich says, “We signed the ABM treaty nearly 30 years ago; which requires a reduction in strategic arms, nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. Weaponization of space clearly violates that treaty. My bill will call for an immediate and permanent termination of research, testing, manufacturing, production and deployment of all space-based weapons systems and components by any person, agency or contractor of the U.S. government.”

Space Preservation Act of 2002 (H.R. 3616) — to be reintroduced in January 2003. To read the entire bill go to: http://www.peaceinspace.com/L3-legislation-act.shtml