This incident is Case 32 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article, since it was referred to in 65 of the books covered by that article.
Web Resources
Wikipedia article at : President Jimmy Carter’s sighting (1969)
This incident is discussed on the AboveTopSecret.com (“ATS”) internet discussion forums in Thread 205102.There is a rapid turnover of UFO material on the Internet. Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date. Therefore, instead of giving many links to specific webpages I have instead included below a search box which can be used to search various leading UFO websites at the same time. You can then click on tabs at the top of the search results to list only results from forums, only results from websites I have labelled as "skeptical" etc. I have included tabs for a couple of specific websites that I find particularly useful, including the valuable archives of the UFO UpDates email discussion List. The relevant websites are all listed in the discussion of the "UFO Searchillion" search engine in Section 2.4 of the "Free UFO Researcher Starter Pack" and continues to evolve...
The relevant search box is one of the two main tools on this website which are intended to help reduce the amount of reinvention of the wheel within UFOlogy. The other main tool is the collection of tables of references to discussion of UFO incidents, personalities and other matters in various books. Those tables can be sorted by author, length and date. I hope these tools are useful.
Book References
The table below includes references to relevant discussions in UFO/SETI books noted by Isaac Koi during a review of approximately 963 UFO/SETI books during the period 2003-2006 (with a few later additions). The table can be sorted by author, date and length of discussion by clicking on the relevant word in the top line of the table.
Many of the tables of references on this website are considerably longer than the references to books found on most other UFO websites. Indeed, some are probably the longest that have been collated in relation to some events and personalities. Together with the "UFO Searchillion" search box, I hope that these tables are found to be a useful contribution to UFOlogy.
For discussion of the Jimmy Carter sighting see the following:
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Barry, Bill in his “Ultimate Encounter” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 189-190 (in Chapter 15) of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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Bartholomew, Robert E and Howard, George S in their “UFOs and Alien Contact” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 194 (in Chapter 9) of the Prometheus hardback edition. |
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Berlitz, Charles in his “Without a Trace” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 141 (in Chapter 8) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition, at page 175 of the |
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Berlitz, Charles in his “World of Strange Phenomena” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 186 of the Wynwood hardback edition. |
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Berry, Adrian in his “From Apes to Astronauts” (1980) at pages 20-21 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “President Carter and space”), 71 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “No sign yet of extraterrestrials …”) of the Daily Telegraph paperback edition. |
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Birnes, William in his “The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 56 (in an entry entitled “Carter, Jimmy”) of the Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Blundell, Nigel and Boar, Roger in “The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 292-293 (in the chapter entitled “Encounters of the Worlwide Kind”) of the Chancellor Press softcover edition. |
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Blundell, Nigel and Boar, Roger in their “The World’s Greatest UFO Mysteries” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 41 (in the chapter entitled “Encounters of the Worlwide Kind”) of the Octopus hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Hamlyn softcover edition). |
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Blundell, Nigel in his “World’s Most Amazing UFO Visits” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 40, 41 of the Select softcover edition. |
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Briazack, Norman and Mennick, Simon in their “The UFO Guidebook” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 54-55 (in the entry entitled “Carter, James ‘Jimmy’ Earl”) of the Citadel softcover edition. |
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Bryan, C D B in his “Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Alien Abduction, UFOs, and the Conference at MIT” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 117-118 (in Chapter 4) of the Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Knopf hardback edition and the Penguin Arkana softcover edition) at pages 156-157 of the Orion paperback edition. |
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Campbell, Steuart in his “The UFO Mystery Solved” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 88 (in Chapter 4) of the Explicit Books softcover edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 3 – High Strangeness” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 64 of the Omnigraphics hardback edition in an entry entitled “Carter Sighting”. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 174 of Volume 1:A-K (in an entry entitled “Carter Sighting”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Clarke, David in his “The UFO Files : The Inside Story of Real-Life Sightings” (2009) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 75 (in Chapter 3) of the National Archives softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 66 (in the entry entitled “Carter, Jimmy (James Earl) (1924- )”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Carter, President Jimmy (James Earl)(1924- )”. The relevant entry is available online at: |
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Dash, Mike in his “Borderlands” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 13, 14 (in the Introduction) of the Arrow paperback edition. |
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Dolan, Richard M in his “UFOs and the National Security State: Volume 1: 1941-1973” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 463-464 (in Chapter 8) of the Keyhole softcover edition, at pages 365-366 of the 2002 revised Hampton Road softcover edition. |
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Edelson, Edward in his “Who Goes There?” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 87 (in Chapter 7) of the NEL paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the NEL paperback edition combining this book and Chris Boyce’s “Extraterrestrial Encounter). |
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Fawcett, George and Greenwood, Barry in their “Clear Intent” (1984) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 213 (in Chapter 14) of the Spectrum softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the Fireside softcover edition published under the title “The UFO Cover-Up”). |
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Fitzgerald, Randall in his “The Cosmic Test Tube” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 316 (in Section 4) of the Moonlake Media softcover edition. |
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Garrett, Richard in his “Aliens From Outer Space” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 115 (in Chapter 9) of the Piccolo paperback edition. |
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Good, Timothy in his “Above Top Secret” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 364-365 (in Chapter 15) with images of Jimmy Carter’s complete NICAP report form at pages 512-513 (in the Appendix) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Guild Publishing hardback edition and the Grafton paperback edition). |
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Good, Timothy in his “Beyond Top Secret” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 434, 438 (in Chapter 17) with images of Jimmy Carter’s complete NICAP report form at pages 436-437 (in Chapter 17) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Pan paperback edition). |
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Harold, Clive in his “The Uninvited“ (1979) at page 168 (in the Epilogue) of the Star paperback edition. |
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Helms, Harry L in “The Total UFO Story” (1979) (edited by Milt Machlin) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 241, 244-245, 247-248 (in Chapter 13) of the Dale paperback edition. |
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Hewlett, Lord in The House of Lords UFO Debate (1979.0118) at column |
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King, Jon in his “Cosmic Top Secret” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 1 (in the unnumbered introductory chapter entitled “Briefing Document”) of the NEL paperback edition. |
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Klass, Philip J in “UFOs – The Public Deceived” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 79 of the Prometheus softback edition (in Chapter 10). |
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Machlin, Milt in his “The Total UFO Story” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 7 (in the Foreword) of the Dale paperback edition. |
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Macvey, John W in his “Interstellar Travel” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 271 (in Chapter 15) of the |
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Missler, Chuck and Eastman, Mark in their “Alien Encounters: The Secret behind the UFO Phenomenon” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 56-57 (in Chapter 3) of the Koinonia House softcover edition. |
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Montgomery, Ruth in her “Strangers Among Us” (1979) at pages 141-142 (in Chapter 10) of the Fawcett paperback edition. |
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Oberg, James in his “UFOs and Outer Space Mysteries” (1982) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 8-9 (in the Introduction) of the Donning paperback edition. |
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Paget, Peter in his “The Welsh Triangle” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 70-71 (in Chapter 3) of the Grafton paperback edition. |
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Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 223 (in Chapter 13) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Peters, Ted in his “UFOs-God's Chariots?: Flying Saucers in Politics, Science & Religion” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 52 (in Chapter 3) of the John Knox hardback edition. |
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Picknett, Lynn in her “The Mammoth Book of UFOs” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 98-100 (in Chapter 2) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Randle, Kevin in his “The October Scenario” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 134 (in Part 3, unnumbered section entitled “Solutions and Theories”) of the |
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Randles, Jenny in “The Age of the UFO” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 13 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “A bird, a plane – or a UFO?”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained” , Volume 1, page 131. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “Beyond Explanation? : The Paranormal Experiences of Famous People” (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 77 (in Chapter 6) of the TLC hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “The Little Giant Encyclopedia of UFOs” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 85 (in Part 1, “A UFO Timeline”) of the |
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Randles, Jenny in her “UFO Crash Landing? Friend or Foe?” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 132 (in Chapter 11) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “UFO Reality” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 181 (in Chapter 13) of the Hale hardback edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Life Off Earth” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 115, 116 (in Chapter 10) of the |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Messages from the Stars” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 215 (in Chapter 13) of the |
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Story, Ronald and NICAP in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 63-65 (in an entry entitled “Carter UFO sighting”) of the NEL hardback edition. |
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Rutledge, Harley D in his “Project Identification” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 245 (in Chapter 20) of the Prentice-Hall hardback edition. |
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Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 49-50 (in an entry entitled “Carter, Jimmy (James Earl)”) of the Corgi softback edition |
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Sellier, Charles E and Meier, Joe in their “UFO” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 274 (in Chapter 16) of the Contemporary Books hardback edition. |
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Sheaffer, Robert in his “The UFO Verdict” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 4-12 (Chapter 2 generally), 139-140 (in Chapter 14) of the Prometheus softback edition. |
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Sheaffer, Robert in his “UFO Sightings: The Evidence” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 18-28 (Chapter 2 generally), 185 (in Chapter 13) of the Prometheus hardback edition. |
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Shuttlewood, Arthur in his “UFO Magic in Motion” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 54 (in Chapter 3), 210 (in Chapter 11) of the Sphere paperback edition. |
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Sitchin, Zecharia in his “Genesis Revisited” (1990) at page 288 (in Chapter 12) of the |
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Spaceage in its “UFO USA - A Traveler's Guide” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 55 (in the chapter entitled “ |
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Spencer, John in his “The UFO Encyclopedia” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 64 (in an entry entitled “Carter, President Jimmy”) of the Guild hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Avon softcover edition) at page 73 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Stemman, |
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Time-Life (Editors of) in “The UFO phenomenon: Mysteries of the Unknown” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 128 (in Chapter 5) of the Time-Life Book hardback edition. |
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Trench, Brinsley Le Poer (i.e. Lord Clancarty) in The House of Lords UFO Debate (1979.0118) at column |
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Von Buttlar, Johannes in his “The UFO Phenomenon” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 188-190 (in unnumbered final chapter entitled “High-Level Attitudes”) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition. |
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Watkins, Leslie in his “Alternative 3“ (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 5-6 (in Section 1) of the Warner Books softcover edition. |
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Welfare, Simon and Fairley, John in their “Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 258-259 (in Chapter 10) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition. |
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Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 62 (in Chapter 3) of the |
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X, Commander in his “The Ultimate Deception” (1990) at pages 84-85 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “What the President Knows”), 97, 99 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Jimmy Carter’s Close Encounter”) of the Abelard softcover edition. |
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Other Material
For discussion of the date of Jimmy Carter’s sighting see the following:
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Sheaffer, Robert in his “The UFO Verdict” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 8-10 (in Chapter 2) of the Prometheus softback edition. |
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Sheaffer, Robert in his “UFO Sightings: The Evidence” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 23-25 (in Chapter 2) of the Prometheus hardback edition. |
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