Sara Jane Moore (née Kahn; born February 15, 1930) is an American woman who attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in 1975.

[8] Moore, a volunteer bookkeeper for PIN, had been serving as an FBI informant there until the moment she attempted to assassinate Ford.

She was standing in the crowd across the street from the St. Francis Hotel, and she was about 40 feet (12 m) away from Ford[12] when she fired a single shot at him with a .38 caliber revolver.

[2] She was using a gun which she bought in haste that same morning and as a result, she did not know that the sights were 15 cm (6 inches) off the point-of-impact at that distance, causing her to narrowly miss.

[13] During an interview which she conducted in 2009, Moore stated that her motive was to spark a violent revolution in order to bring change to America.

[25] During an interview which he conducted in 2004, Ford described Moore as "off her mind" and he also stated that he continued to make public appearances, even after two attempts on his life within such a short period of time, because "a president has to be aggressive, has to meet the people.

"[26] On December 31, 2007, at age 77, Moore was slated to be released from prison on parole after serving 32 years of her life sentence.

[27][28] Moore was released under a federal law that makes parole mandatory for inmates who have served at least 30 years of a life sentence and have maintained a satisfactory disciplinary record.

"[32] Excerpts from an interview with Moore by Latif Nasser appear on an episode of the radio program Radiolab titled "Oliver Sipple", which was released on September 22, 2017.

In the interview, Moore discusses the scene from the day she attempted to assassinate President Ford and her perspective of being stopped by Oliver Sipple.