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Carter filed a report with both the International UFO Bureau and the National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena,[419] stating that he sighted an unidentified flying object in October 1969.[420][421][422]

Religion
From a young age, Carter showed a deep commitment to Christianity.[423] In 1942, Carter became a deacon and teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia.[424] At a private inauguration worship service, the preacher was Nelson Price, the pastor of Roswell Street Baptist Church of Marietta, Georgia.[425] As president, Carter prayed several times a day, and professed that Jesus was the driving force in his life. He was greatly influenced by a sermon he had heard as a young man that asked: "If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?"[426]
In 2000, after the Southern Baptist Union announced they would no longer permit women to become pastors, he renounced his membership, saying: "I personally feel that women should play an absolutely equal role in service of Christ in the church."[427]
He remained a member of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.