Jimmy Carter filed UFO sighting report - This Day in History – Sept 18th

Back in 1973, future President of the U.S., Jimmy Carter filed a UFO sighting report in with the Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). 

According to history.com, “He described waiting outside for a Lion's Club Meeting in Leary, Georgia, to begin, at about 7:30 p.m., when he spotted what he called "the darndest thing I've ever seen" in the sky. Carter, as well as 10 to 12 other people who witnessed the same event, described the object as "very bright [with] changing colors and about the size of the moon." Carter reported that "the object hovered about 30 degrees above the horizon and moved in toward the earth and away before disappearing into the distance." He later told a reporter that, after the experience, he vowed never again to ridicule anyone who claimed to have seen a UFO.”

Heiress Patty Hearst is captured and arrested

Back in 1975, Patty Hearst, the 19-year-old daughter of newspaper publisher, Randolph Hearst was captured and arrested in a San Francisco apartment for armed robbery.

Ms. Hearst was kidnapped from her apartment in Berkley, CA.  According to Ms. Heart show was brainwashed into performing armed robberies with radical leftist group called the Symbionese Liberation Army.  Later Ms. Hearst would be sent to prison and pardoned for her actions.

According to history.com, “Finally, on September 18, 1975, after crisscrossing the country with her captors--or conspirators--for more than a year, Hearst, or "Tania," as she called herself, was captured in a San Francisco apartment and arrested for armed robbery. Despite her later claim that she had been brainwashed by the SLA, she was convicted on March 20, 1976, and sentenced to seven years in prison. Her prison sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter and she was released in February 1979. She later married her bodyguard. In 2001, she received a full pardon from President Bill Clinton."  

Bobby Vee scores #1 with “Take Good Care of My Baby”

Teen singer Bobby Vee scored a #1 hit "Take Good Care Of My Baby"

Back in 1961.  Born Robert Thomas Velline in Fargo, ND, the stage name of “Bobby Vee,” fit this 15-year-old singer known for his rock-and roller music style.  However, Mr. Vee obtained stardom due to tragedy.  After the death of Richie Valens, The and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and Buddy Holly in a plane crash, Vee stepped in with his fellow band mates to fill in at the Winter Dance Party 1959 tour. This music gig lead to Mr. Vee’s success and number 1 hit.   

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