Close Encounter of the First Kind, by one definitional system, include: "A sighting of one or more unidentified flying objects, (1) Flyings saucers [or Extraterrestrial Vehicles]; (2) Odd lights or [Night Lights]; (3) Aerial objects that are not attributable to human technology. Some would also include that the sighting(s) is/are at a distance of 600 feet (about 180 meters) or less, presumably to eliminate false identification of known object(s) or phenomenon."

Jimmy Carter by his own reported historical record had a Close Encounter of the First Kind. As Presidential UFO researcher Grant Cameron reports:

"As previously mentioned, Jimmy Carter is one of two U.S. Presidents who have reported seeing a UFO before becoming the President. In the various recountings of the sighting told over the years, there have been many items about the Carter sighting that have been recorded incorrectly. Later on, there would also be many mistakes made in the evaluation of the investigations of the sighting.

"The first mistake made in recording Carter's UFO sighting related to the date that the sighting occurred. The sighting was first filed by then governor Jimmy Carter on September 18, 1973, based upon a request from Hayden C. Hewes, director of the International UFO Bureau. The date that Carter gave in his sighting report was October 1969. Later research indicated that the actual date was more probably January 6, 1969. Some people reporting on the Carter sighting were even using the 1973, date when Carter filed the details of the sighting as the date for the event.

"The second mistake made by storytellers related to the 1969 UFO sighting, was that Carter was not the governor of Georgia at the time of the sighting. He did not become Georgia's 76th governor until January 12, 1971.

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