**United
States Securities and Exchange Commission**
 **Washington,
D.C. 20549**
 
 **Form
10-QSB**
 (Mark
One)
 
 **x**
    **QUARTERLY
      REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE****SECURITIES
      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**For
      the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005**o**
    **TRANSITION
      REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE****SECURITIES
      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [No Fee Required]**
 
 For the
transition period from _______ to _______
 
 Commission
file number 333-44130
 
 **Atlas
America Public #9 Ltd.**
 (Name of
small business issuer in its charter)
 
 **Pennsylvania**
    **25-1867510**(State
      or other jurisdiction of
    (I.R.S.
      Employerincorporation
      or organization)
    Identification
      No.)311
      Rouser RoadMoon
      Township, PA
    15108(Address
      of principal executive offices)
    (Zip
      code)
 
 Issuer’s
telephone number, including area code: **(412)
262-2830**
 
 Check
whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject
to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o
 
 Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x
  
  **ATLAS
AMERICA PUBLIC #9 LTD.**
 **(A
Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)**
 **INDEX
TO QUARTERLY REPORT**
 **ON
FORM 10QSB**
 
 
 **PART
      I.**
    
    **FINANCIAL INFORMATION**
    
    **PAGE**Item
      1.
    
    Financial StatementsBalance Sheets as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004
      (Unaudited)
    
    3Statements of Operations for the Three Months ended March
      31, 2005 and 2004 (Unaudited)
    
    4Statement of Partners’ Capital Accounts for the Three
      Months ended March 31, 2005 (Unaudited)
    
    5Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months ended March 31,
      2005 and 2004 (Unaudited)
    
    6Notes to Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
    
    7-9Item
      2.
    
    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
      Condition and Results of Operations
    
    9-12Item
      3.
    
    Controls and Procedures
    
    12**PART
      II.**
    
    **OTHER INFORMATION**Item
      6.
    
    Exhibits
    
    12**SIGNATURES**
    
    13**CERTIFICATIONS**
    
    14-17
  2
  **PART I**
 
 **ITEM
      1.**
    **FINANCIAL
      STATEMENTS**
  **ATLAS
AMERICA PUBLIC #9 LTD.**
 **(A
Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)**
 
 **BALANCE
SHEETS**
  **March
      31**
    
    **December
      31,****2005**
    
    **2004**(Unaudited)
    
    (Audited)**ASSETS**Current
      Assets:Cash
      and cash equivalents
    
    $
    421,900
    
    $
    189,300Accounts
      receivable - affiliate
    
    
    665,900
    
    
    864,200Total
      current assets
    
    
    1,087,800
    
    
    1,053,500Oil
      and gas properties (successful efforts)
    
    
    18,913,400
    
    
    18,913,400Less
      accumulated depletion and depreciation
    
    
    (9,446,400
    )
    
    (9,245,100
    )9,467,000
    
    
    9,668,300$
    10,554,800
    
    $
    10,721,800**LIABILITIES
      AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL**Current
      liabilities:Accrued
      liabilities
    
    $
    21,300
    
    $
    17,000Total
      current liabilities
    
    
    21,300
    
    
    17,000Asset
      retirement obligation
    
    
    481,000
    
    
    473,900Partners’
      capital:Managing
      general partner
    
    
    2,974,400
    
    
    3,025,300Limited
      partners (1,500 units)
    
    
    7,078,100
    
    
    7,205,60010,052,500
    
    
    10,230,900$
    10,554,800
    
    $
    10,721,800
 
 The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements
  3
  **ATLAS
AMERICA PUBLIC #9 LTD.**
 **(A
Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)**
 
 **STATEMENTS
OF OPERATIONS**
 **(Unaudited)**
  **Three
      Months Ended****March
      31,****2005**
    
    **2004****REVENUES:**Natural
      gas and oil sales
    
    $
    677,900
    
    $
    695,800Interest
      income
    
    
    600
    
    
    100Total
      revenues
    
    
    678,500
    
    
    695,900**COSTS
      AND EXPENSES:**Production
      expenses
    
    
    108,700
    
    
    120,800Depletion
      and depreciation of oil and gas properties
    
    
    196,900
    
    
    257,100Accretion
      of asset retirement obligation
    
    
    7,100
    
    
    6,300General
      and administrative expenses
    
    
    26,700
    
    
    26,600Total
      expenses
    
    
    339,400
    
    
    410,800**Net
      earnings**
    
    $
    339,100
    
    $
    285,100**Allocation
      of net earnings:**Managing
      general partner
    
    $
    99,200
    
    $
    85,800Limited
      partners
    
    $
    239,900
    
    $
    199,300Net
      earnings per limited partnership unit
    
    $
    160
    
    $
    133
  The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements
  4
  **ATLAS
AMERICA PUBLIC #9 LTD.**
 **(A
Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)**
 
 **STATEMENT
OF PARTNERS’ CAPITAL ACCOUNTS**
 **FOR
THREE MONTHS ENDED March 31, 2005**
 **(Unaudited)**
  **Managing****General**
    
    **Limited****Partner**
    
    **Partners**
    
    **Total****Balance
      at January 1, 2005**
    
    $
    3,025,300
    
    $
    7,205,600
    
    $
    10,230,900Participation
      in revenues and expenses:Net
      production revenues
    
    
    165,100
    
    
    404,100
    
    
    569,200Interest
      income
    
    
    200
    
    
    400
    
    
    600Depletion
      and depreciation
    
    
    (56,200
    )
    
    (140,700
    )
    
    (196,900
    )Accretion
      of asset retirement obligation
    
    
    (2,100
    )
    
    (5,000
    )
    
    (7,100
    )General
      and administrative
    
    
    (7,800
    )
    
    (18,900
    )
    
    (26,700
    )Net
      earnings
    
    
    99,200
    
    
    239,900
    
    
    339,100Distributions
    
    
    (150,100
    )
    
    (367,400
    )
    
    (517,500
    )**Balance
      at March 31, 2005**
    
    $
    2,974,400
    
    $
    7,078,100
    
    $
    10,052,500
 
 The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements
  5
  **ATLAS
AMERICA PUBLIC #9 LTD.** ****
 **(A
Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)**
 
 **STATEMENTS
OF CASH FLOWS**
 **(Unaudited)**
 
 **Three
      Months Ended****March
      31,****2005**
    
    **2004****Cash
      flows from operating activities:**Net
      earnings
    
    $
    339,100
    
    $
    285,100Adjustments
      to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating
      activities:Depletion
      and depreciation
    
    
    196,900
    
    
    257,100Accretion
      of asset retirement obligation
    
    
    7,100
    
    
    6,300Decrease
      in accounts receivable - affiliate
    
    
    198,300
    
    
    16,300Increase
      (decrease) in accrued liabilities
    
    
    4,300
    
    
    (4,100
    )Net
      cash provided by operating activities
    
    
    745,700
    
    
    560,700**Cash
      flows from investing activities:**Proceeds
      from asset sales
    
    
    4,400
    
    
    3,400Net
      cash provided by investing activities
    
    
    4,400
    
    
    3,400**Cash
      flows from financing activities:**Distributions
      to partners
    
    
    (517,500
    )
    
    (521,400
    )Net
      cash used in financing activities
    
    
    (517,500
    )
    
    (521,400
    )Net
      increase in cash and cash equivalents
    
    
    232,600
    
    
    42,700Cash
      and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    
    
    189,300
    
    
    350,200Cash
      and cash equivalents at end of period
    
    $
    421,900
    
    $
    392,900
 
 The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements
  6
  **ATLAS
AMERICA PUBLIC #9 LTD.**
 **(A
Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)**
 
 **NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
 
 March 31,
2005
 **(Unaudited)**
 
 **NOTE
1** **-** **BASIS OF PRESENTATION**
 
 The
financial statements of Atlas America Public #9 Ltd. (the Partnership) as of and
for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 are unaudited. Certain
information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America have been condensed or omitted in this Form 10-QSB
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
However, in the opinion of management, these interim financial statements
include all the necessary adjustments to fairly present the results of the
interim periods presented. The unaudited interim financial statements should be
read in conjunction with the audited financial statements included in the
Partnership’s Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004. The results of
operations for the three months ended March 31, 2005 may not necessarily be
indicative of the results of operations for the year ending December 31,
2005.
 
 **NOTE
2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
 
 In
addition to matters discussed further in this note, the Partnership’s
significant accounting policies are detailed in its audited financial statements
and notes thereto in the Partnership’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
 
 **Recently
Issued Financial Accounting Standards**
 
 In April
2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB
Interpretation No. 47, Accounting for Conditional Assets Retirement Obligations
(“FIN 47”), which will result in (a) more consistent recognition of liabilities
relating to asset retirement obligations, (b) more information about expected
future cash outflows associated with those obligations, and (c) more information
about investments in long-lived assets because additional asset retirement cost
will be recognized as part of the carrying amounts of the assets. FIN 47
clarifies that the term conditional asset retirement obligation as used in
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 143, Accounting for
Asset Retirement Obligations, refers to a legal obligation to perform an asset
retirement activity in which the timing and (or) method of settlement are
conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the
entity. The obligation to perform the asset retirement activity is unconditional
even though uncertainty exists about the timing and (or) method of settlement.
Uncertainty about the timing and (or) method of settlement of a conditional
asset retirement obligation should be factored into the measurement of the
liability when sufficient information exists.
 
 FIN 47
also clarifies when an entity would have sufficient information to reasonably
estimate the fair value of an asset retirement obligation. FIN 47 is effective
no later than the end of fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005.
Retrospective application of interim financial information is permitted but is
not required. Early adoption of this interpretation is encouraged. As FIN 47 was
recently issued, the Company has not determined whether the interpretation will
have a significant adverse effect on its financial position or results of
operations.
  7
  **ATLAS
AMERICA PUBLIC #9 LTD.**
 **(A
Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)**
 
 **NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
 
 March 31,
2005
 **(Unaudited)**
 
 **NOTE
2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)**
 
 **Fair
Value of Financial Instruments**
 
 For cash,
receivables and payables, the carrying amounts approximate fair value because of
the short maturity of these instruments.
 
 **Asset
Retirement Obligation**
 
 The
Partnership accounts for the estimated plugging and abandonment costs of the oil
and gas properties in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards (“SFAS”) No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement
Obligations.”
 
 A
reconciliation of the Partnership’s liability for plugging and abandonment costs
for the three months ending March 31, 2005 and 2004 is as follows:
 
 **2005**
    
    **2004**Asset
      retirement obligation at beginning of period
    
    $
    473,900
    
    $
    421,700Accretion
      expense
    
    
    7,100
    
    
    6,300Total
      asset retirement obligation at end of period
    
    $
    481,000
    
    $
    428,000
 
 **Supplemental
Cash Flow Information**
 The
Partnership considers temporary investments with a maturity at the date of
acquisition of 90 days or less to be cash equivalents. No cash was paid by the
Partnership for interest or income taxes for the three months ended March 31,
2005 and 2004.
 
 **Credit
Risk**
 
 Financial
instruments, which potentially subject the Partnership to concentrations of
credit risk, consist principally of periodic temporary investments of cash and
cash equivalents. The Partnership places its temporary cash investments in
deposits with high-quality-financial institutions. At March 31, 2005, the
Partnership had $427,800 in deposits at one bank of which $327,800 was over the
insurance limit of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. No losses have
been experienced on such investments.
 
 **Comprehensive
Income**
 
 The
Partnership is subject to the provisions of SFAS No. 130, “Reporting
Comprehensive Income,” which requires disclosure of comprehensive income and its
components. Comprehensive income includes net income and all other changes in
equity of a business during a period from non-owner sources. These changes,
other than net income, are referred to as “other comprehensive income.” The
Partnership has no material elements of comprehensive income, other than net
income, to report.
  8
  **NOTE
3** **-** **TRANSACTIONS WITH ATLAS RESOURCES, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES**
 
 The
Partnership has entered into the following significant transactions with Atlas
Resources, Inc. (Atlas), the Managing General Partner, and its affiliates as
provided under the Partnership agreement:
 
 ·
    Administrative
      costs which are included in general and administrative costs in the
      Statements of Operations are payable to Atlas at $75 per well per month.
      Administrative costs incurred for the three months ended March 31, 2005
      and 2004 were $17,400 and $17,900,
respectively.
 
 ·
    Monthly
      well supervision fees which are included in production expenses in the
      Statements of Operations are payable to Atlas at $275 per well per month
      for operating and maintaining wells. Well supervision fees incurred for
      the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 were $63,900 and $58,100,
      respectively.
 
 ·
    Transportation
      fees which are included in production expenses in the Statements of
      Operations are payable to Atlas at $.29-$.35 per mcf (one thousand cubic
      feet). Transportation costs incurred for the three months ended March 31,
      2005 and 2004 were $24,400 and $32,600,
respectively.
 
 As
managing general partner, Atlas performs all administrative and management
functions for the Partnership including billing revenues and paying expenses.
Accounts receivable - affiliate on the balance sheet represents the net
production revenues due from Atlas.
 
 **ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)**
 
 **Forward-Looking
Statements**
 
 WHEN USED
IN THIS FORM 10-QSB, THE WORDS “BELIEVES” “ANTICIPATES” “EXPECTS” AND SIMILAR
EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. SUCH STATEMENTS
ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
ITEM 1 OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KSB. THESE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES COULD
CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY. READERS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE
UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE
DATE HEREOF. WE UNDERTAKE NO OBLIGATION TO PUBLICLY RELEASE THE RESULTS OF ANY
REVISIONS TO FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WHICH WE MAY MAKE TO REFLECT EVENTS OR
CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER THE DATE OF THIS FORM 10-QSB OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF
UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.
 
 Management’s
Discussion and Analysis should be read in conjunction with our Financial
Statements and the Notes to our Financial Statements **.**
  9
  **ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) -** ***(Continued)***
 
 **Results
of Operations**
 
 The
following table sets forth information relating to revenues recognized and costs
and expenses incurred, daily production volumes, average sales prices and
production cost per equivalent unit during the periods indicated:
 
 **Three
      Months Ended****March
      31****2005**
    
    **2004**Production
      revenues (in thousands):Gas
    
    $
    664
    
    $
    664Oil
    
    $
    14
    
    $
    32Production
      volumes:Gas
      (thousands of cubic feet (“mcf”)/day)
    
    
    1,035
    
    
    1,286Oil
      (barrels (“bbls”)/day)
    
    
    3
    
    
    11Average
      sales prices:Gas
      (per mcf)
    
    $
    7.13
    
    $
    5.68Oil
      (per bbl)
    
    $
    44.49
    
    $
    31.01Average
      production costs:As
      a percent of sales
    
    
    16
    %
    
    17
    %(per
      mcf equivalent unit)
    
    $
    1.14
    
    $
    .98
  10
  **ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) -** ***(Continued)***
 
 **Results
of Operations -** ***(Continued)***
 
 **Revenues.** Our
natural gas revenues were $664,000 and $664,300 for the three months ended March
31, 2005 and 2004, respectively a decrease of $300. This decrease was due to a
decreases in production volumes to 1,035 mcf per day for the three months ended,
March 31, 2005 from 1,286 mcf per day for the three months ended March 31, 2004,
a decrease of 251 mcf per day (20%). This decrease was partially offset by an
increase in the average sales price we received for our natural gas to $7.13 per
mcf for the three months ended March 31, 2005 from $5.68 per mcf for the three
months ended March 31, 2004, an increase of $1.45 per mcf (26%). The $300
decrease in gas revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2005 as compared to
the prior year similar period was attributable to a $135,300 decrease in
production volumes, partially offset by a $135,000 increase in natural gas sale
prices. The overall decrease in gas production volumes results primarily from
the normal decline inherent in the life of a well.
 
 **Expenses.** Production
expenses were $108,700 and $120,800 for the three months ended March 31, 2005
and 2004, respectively, a decrease of $12,100 (10%). This decrease is primarily
attributable to a decrease in transportation and variable expenses due to lower
production volumes.
 
 Depletion
and depreciation of oil and gas properties as a percentage of oil and gas
revenues was 29% and 37% in the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004,
respectively. This percentage change is directly attributable to changes in
revenues and our oil and gas reserve quantities, product prices, production
volumes and changes in the depletable cost basis of oil and gas
properties.
 
 **Liquidity
and Capital Resources.** Cash
provided by operating activities increased $185,000 in the three months ended
March 31, 2005 to $745,700 from $560,700 for the three months ended March 31,
2004. The increase was primarily due to a decrease in accounts receivable and an
increase in net earnings for the current period as compared to the prior year
similar period.
 
 Cash used
in financing activities decreased $3,900 during the three months ended March 31,
2005 to $517,500 from $521,400 for the three months ended March 31, 2004. This
was primarily due to lower distributions to partners as a result of a decrease
in net revenues.
 
 We had no
material commitments to make capital expenditures and we do not expect any in
the foreseeable future, except that our managing general partner may withhold
funds for future plugging and abandonment costs. Any additional funds, if
required, will be obtained from production revenues or borrowings from our
managing general partner or its affiliates, which are not contractually
committed to make loans to us. The amount that may be borrowed may not at any
time exceed 5% of our total subscriptions, and no borrowings will be obtained
from third parties.
  11
  **ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) -** ***(Continued)***
 
 **Critical
Accounting Policies**
 
 The
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are
based upon our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The
preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and
judgments that affect the reported amounts of our assets, liabilities, revenues
and costs and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those
related to our asset retirement obligations, depletion and certain accrued
liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other
assumptions that we believe reasonable under the circumstances, the results of
which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets
and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results
may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
 
 For a
detailed discussion on the application of policies critical to our business
operations and other accounting policies, see Note 2 of the "Notes to Financial
Statements" in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB.
  **Recently
Issued Financial Accounting Standards**
 
 In April
2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB
Interpretation No. 47, Accounting for Conditional Assets Retirement Obligations
(“FIN 47”), which will result in (a) more consistent recognition of liabilities
relating to asset retirement obligations, (b) more information about expected
future cash outflows associated with those obligations, and (c) more information
about investments in long-lived assets because additional asset retirement cost
will be recognized as part of the carrying amounts of the assets. FIN 47
clarifies that the term conditional asset retirement obligation as used in
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 143, Accounting for
Asset Retirement Obligations, refers to a legal obligation to perform an asset
retirement activity in which the timing and (or) method of settlement are
conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the
entity. The obligation to perform the asset retirement activity is unconditional
even though uncertainty exists about the timing and (or) method of settlement.
Uncertainty about the timing and (or) method of settlement of a conditional
asset retirement obligation should be factored into the measurement of the
liability when sufficient information exists.
 
 FIN 47
also clarifies when an entity would have sufficient information to reasonably
estimate the fair value of an asset retirement obligation. FIN 47 is effective
no later than the end of fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005.
Retrospective application of interim financial information is permitted but is
not required. Early adoption of this interpretation is encouraged. As FIN 47 was
recently issued, the Company has not determined whether the interpretation will
have a significant adverse effect on its financial position or results of
operations.
 **ITEM
3. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES**
 
 ****
 **Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures**
 
 Under the
supervision and with the participation of our managing general partner’s
management, including our managing general partner’s Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer, our managing general partner has evaluated the
effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in the Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(c)) as of the end of the
period covered by this report and based on their evaluation, the chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that these disclosure
controls and procedures are effective in all material respects, including those
to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or
submitted under the Securities Exchange Act in recorded, processed, summarized,
and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms,
and is accumulated and communicated to management, including our managing
general partner’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as
appropriate to allow for timely disclosure. There have been no significant
changes in our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly
affect controls in the first quarter and subsequent to the date of their
evaluation.
 
 **PART II.**  **OTHER
INFORMATION**
 
 **ITEM 6. Exhibits**
 
 **EXHIBIT INDEX**
 
 **Exhibit
      No.**
    
    **Description**31.1
    
    Certification
      Pursuant to Rule 13a-14/15(d)-14.31.2
    
    Certification
      Pursuant to Rule 13a-14/15(d)-14.32.1
    
    Certification
      Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of
      the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 200232.2
    
    Certification
      Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of
      the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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  **SIGNATURES**
 
 Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
 
 Atlas
America Public #9 Ltd.
 
 By:
      (Signature and Title):
    Atlas
      Resources, Inc., Managing General PartnerBy
      (Signature and Title):
    /s/
      Freddie M. KotekFreddie
      M. Kotek, Chairman of the Board of Directors,Chief
      Executive Officer and PresidentDate:
      May 16, 2005
 
 In
accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed by the following
persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
 
 
 By
      (Signature and Title):
    /s/
      Freddie M. KotekFreddie
      M. Kotek, Chairman of the Board of Directors,Chief
      Executive Officer and PresidentDate:
      May 16, 2005By
      (Signature and Title):
    /s/
      Nancy J. McGurkNancy
      J. McGurk, Senior Vice President,Chief
      Financial Officer and Chief Accounting OfficerDate:
      May 16, 2005
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