UFOs Confirmed

(image courtesy Science-Explorer.de)


On this day in history, a series of events began to unfold that confirmed the existence of UFOs.

According to the History Channel, future President Jimmy Carter filed a report of a UFO with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon (NICAP) on September 18, 1973.

According to Carter's report, he had been waiting outside of a building in Leary, Georgia in October 1969 with 10-to-12 other people. The small crowd was awaiting the beginning of a Lion's Club meeting when they noticed something in the sky.

Carter reported that the unidentifiable visible object was "very bright [with] changing colors and about the size of the moon. The object hovered about 30 degrees above the horizon and moved in toward the earth and away before disappearing into the distance."

The incident and the subsequent report became a minor issue in Carter's 1976 Presidential election campaign. Carter's incumbent opponent, Gerald Ford, attempted to paint Carter's sighting and report in an unflattering way in a calculated effort to question Carter's integrity and, to some extent, his sanity.

To Carter's credit, he confirmed the sighting as well as his report and further vowed never to ridicule anyone who had claimed to see a UFO.

Going a step further, Carter announced that, if elected President, he would declassify all government knowledge on and of UFOs.

However, after his Presidential victory, Carter announced that the government could not divulge any information on UFOs due to "defense implications" and the larger issue of national security.

Clearly implied in Carter's presidential change of heart, however, was the tacit acknowledgement that classified information on UFOs did in fact exist.

Thus, it can be reasonably deduced, if there were no evidence, there would be no threat to either the national security nor national defense.