The article below was published in the daily newspaper Mail Tribune, Medford, Oregon, USA, on September 16, 1973.
STATESBORO, Ga. (UPI) - Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter said Thursday he and a group of friends were coming out of a dinner meeting one night several years ago, when they saw a big, shining light in the shape of a flying saucer hovering overhead.
"I don't laugh at people any more when they say they've seen UFO's," he said, "because I've seen one myself."
There have been a rash of UFO reports across the South in recent weeks. The most recent two came from Chattanooga, Tenn., where two Hamilton County policemen and a security officer for a motel said they watched a UFO early Thursday.
