== UFO Sighting ==
[[Image:Carter Sighting Report 2.gif|thumb|right|Jimmy Carter's UFO report.]]
Carter claims to have witnessed an unidentified flying object in 1969; he remains the only U.S. President to have formally reported a [[UFO]]. In 1975 Carter told a ''[[Washington Post]]'' reporter, " A light appeared and disappeared in the sky . . . I think the light was beckoning me to run in the California primary." <ref>[http://www.presidentialufo.com/jimmy.htm Jimmy Carter UFO] </ref> He filed a report with the International UFO Bureau in [[Oklahoma City]] after a request from that organization. <ref>[http://www.presidentialufo.com/carter_ufo_report.htm President Jimmy Carter's Actual UFO Sighting Report]</ref> Astronomers generally concur that President Carter was describing the planet [[venus]].<ref>Morgan, Hal, et al. '''Rumor''' New York: Double Day, 1984.</ref> During his presidential campaign, Carter promised to release the truth about any alleged UFO cover-up.
Through Stanford Research Institute, Mr. Alfred Webre was Principal Investigator for a proposed civilian scientific study of extraterrestrial communication presented to and developed with interested Carter White House staff. This took place during the period from May 1977 until the fall of 1977.