# U.S. 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, 2004

[     ]  
                 
                
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. Employer
incorporation or organization)            
                 
                 
                  
                 
                 
          Identification No.)

311 Rouser Road
Moon 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. YesX     No

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# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC
#9 LTD.

(A Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)

INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORT

ON FORM 10QSB

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# PART I

# ITEM 1. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS

# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC
#9 LTD.

(A Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)

# BALANCE SHEETS

|                                                     | March 31,   | December 31,
|---------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------
|
|                                                     |             |             
|                                                     | (Unaudited) | (Audited)   
|ASSETS                                               |             |             
|Current Assets:                                      |             |             
|Cash                                                 |             |             
|Accounts receivable - affiliate                      |             |             
|                                                     |             |             
|Total current assets                                 |             |             
|                                                    
|Oil and gas properties (successful
         efforts) |             |             
|Less
         accumulated depletion and depreciation |             |             
|                                                     |             |             
|                                                     |             |             
|                                                     |             |             
|                                                     |             |             
|                                                     |             |             
|                                                    
|LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL                    |             |             
|Current liabilities:                                 |             |             
|Accrued liabilities                                  |             |             
|                                                     |             |             
|Total current liabilities                            |             |             
|                                                    
|Asset retirement obligations                         |             |             
|                                                    
|Partners' capital:                                   |             |             
|Managing
         general partner                    |             |             
|Limited
         partners (1,500 units)              |             |             
|                                                     |             |             
|                                                     |             |             
|                                                     |             |             
|                                                     |             |             
|                                                     |             |             

The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these financial statements

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ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC
#9 LTD.

(A Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)



STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

|                                                                               | Three Months Ended
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------
|
|
|                                                                               |                   
|REVENUES:                                                                      |                   
|Natural gas and oil sales                                                      |                   
|Interest income                                                                |                   
|                                                                               |                   
|Total revenues                                                                 |                   
|                                                                              
|COSTS AND EXPENSES:                                                            |                   
|Production expenses                                                            |                   
|Depletion and depreciation of oil and
         gas properties                  |                   
|Accretion of asset retirement
         obligation                              |                   
|General and administrative
         expenses                                   |                   
|                                                                               |                   
|Total expenses                                                                 |                   
|                                                                               |                   
|Net Income before cumulative effect
         of change in accounting principle |                   
|Cumulative effect of change in
        accounting principle                    |                   
|                                                                               |                   
|Net Income                                                                     |                   
|                                                                               |                   
|                                                                              
|                                                                              
|                                                                              
|Allocation of net income:                                                      |                   
|Managing
         general partner                                              |                   
|Limited
         partners                                                      |                   
|Net income per limited partnership
         unit:                              |                   
|Before
         cumulative effect of change in accounting principle            |                   
|Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle                            |                   
|                                                                               |                   
|Net
         income per limited partnership unit                               |                   
|                                                                               |                   

The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these financial statements

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# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC
#9 LTD.

(A Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)

# STATEMENT OF PARTNERS CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS (Unaudited)

FOR THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2004

|                                                  | Managing |  |  
|------------------------------------------------- | -------- |  | -
|
|
|                                                  |          |  |  
|Balance at January 1, 2004                        |          |  | $
|                                                 
|Participation in revenue and expenses:            |          |  |  
|Net
         production revenues                  |          |  |  
|Interest income                                   |          |  |  
|Depletion and depreciation                        |          |  |  
|Accretion
         of asset retirement obligation |          |  |  
|General and administrative                        |          |  |  
|                                                  |          |  |  
|Net income                                        |          |  |  
|                                                 
|Distributions                                     |          |  |  
|                                                  |          |  |  
|                                                 
|Balance at March 31, 2004                         |          |  | $
|                                                  |          |  |  

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The accompanying notes are an integral
part of this financial statement

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# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC
#9 LTD.

(A Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)

# STATEMENTS OF CASH
FLOWS

(Unaudited)

|                                                                                  | Three Months Ended
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------
|
|
|                                                                                  |                   
|Cash flows from operating
         activities:                                    |                   
|Net income                                                                        |                   
|Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |                   
|Depletion and depreciation                                                        |                   
|Accretion of asset retirement obligation                                          |                   
|Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle                               |                   
|Decrease
         in accounts receivable - affiliate                              |                   
|(Decrease)
          increase in accrued liabilities                              |                   
|                                                                                  |                   
|                                                                                 
|Net cash provided by operating
         activities                                |                   
|                                                                                 
|Cash flows from investing activities:                                             |                   
|Proceeds from asset sales                                                         |                   
|                                                                                  |                   
|Net cash provided by investing
         activities                                |                   
|                                                                                  |                   
|                                                                                 
|Cash flows from financing
         activities:                                    |                   
|Capital distributions                                                             |                   
|                                                                                  |                   
|Net cash used in financing activities                                             |                   
|                                                                                  |                   
|Net increase in cash                                                              |                   
|Cash at beginning of period                                                       |                   
|                                                                                  |                   
|Cash at end of period                                                             |                   
|                                                                                  |                   

The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these financial statements

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# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC
#9 LTD.

(A Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)

# NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS

March 31, 2004

# NOTE 1 
BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The
financial statements of Atlas America Public #9 Ltd. (the Partnership) for the three
months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003 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, 2003. The results of
operations for the three months ended March 31, 2004 may not necessarily be indicative of
the results of operations for the year ending December 31, 2004.

Certain
reclassifications have been made to the financial statements for the three months ended
March 31, 2003 to conform to the three months ended March 31, 2004 presentation.

# NOTE 2  SUMMARY OF
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

# 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
Obligations-Change in Accounting Principle

The
Partnership accounts for its estimated plugging and abandonment of its oil and gas
properties in accordance with SFAS 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, 2004, is as follows:

|                                                  | 
|------------------------------------------------- | 
|Asset retirement obligations at December 31, 2003 | 
|Accretion expense                                 | 
|                                                  | 
|Asset retirement obligations at March 31, 2004    | 
|                                                  | 

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# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC
#9 LTD.

(A Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)

# NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

March 31, 2004

NOTE 2  SUMMARY OF
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

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, 2004 and 2003.

# Comprehensive Income

The
Partnership is subject to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
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.

# NOTE 3 
TRANSACTIONS WITH ATLAS 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 payable to
Atlas at $75 per well per month.  Administrative costs incurred for the three months ended March 31, 2004
and 2003 were $17,900 and $17,700, respectively.
| | - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| |  | Monthly well supervision fees
payable to Atlas at $275 per well per month for operating and maintaining the wells. Well supervision fees
incurred for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003 were $58,100 and $58,700, respectively.
| | - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| |  | Transportation fees paid to Atlas
of $.35 per mcf. Transportation costs incurred for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003 were
$32,600 and $41,500, 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.
| | - | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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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.

# Results of Operations

The
following table, whose amounts are in thousands, except sales prices and production cost
data, 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
|-------------------------------------------- | ------------------
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|
|                                             |                   
|Production revenues
         (in thousands): |                   
|Gas                                          |                   
|Oil                                          |                   
|Production volumes:                          |                   
|Gas (thousands of cubic feet ("mcf")/day)    |                   
|Oil (barrels ("bbls")/day)                   |                   
|Average sales prices:                        |                   
|Gas (per mcf)(1)                             |                   
|Oil (per bbl)                                |                   
|Average production costs:                    |                   
|As a percent of sales                        |                   
|(per mcf equivalent unit)                    |                   

|
|
|

|(1) |  | Our average sales price before the effects of hedging was $4.35 for the three
               months ended March 31, 2003. There were no hedging contracts in place during the three months
               ended March 31, 2004.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) - (Continued)



# Results of Operations
 (Continued)

Revenues.  Our natural gas revenues were $664,300 and $633,600 for the three months
          ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, an increase of $30,700 (5%). The
          increase was due to a greater average sales price we received for our natural
          gas of $5.68 for the three months ended March 31, 2004 as compared to $3.94 for
          the three months ended March 31, 2003, an increase of $1.74/mcf (44%), offset by
          a decrease in production volumes to 117,000 for the three months ended March 31,
          2004 from 160,800 for the three months ended March 31, 2003, a decrease of
          43,800 (27%). The $30,700 increase in gas revenue for the three months ended
          March 31, 2004 as compared to the prior year, same period consisted of $203,200
          due to an increase in natural gas sale prices offset by $172,500 attributable to
          a decrease in production volumes. Our revenues from our natural gas sales will
          be affected by changes in natural gas prices, which are driven by market
          conditions. The overall decrease in gas production volumes results primarily
          from the normal decline inherent in the life of a well.

Expenses.Production expenses were $120,800 and $136,600 in the three months ended
          March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively a decrease of $15,800 (12%). This decrease
          is primarily attributable to lower maintenance and transportation costs, due to lower volumes
produced for the three months ended March 31, 2004 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2003.

Depletion
and depreciation of oil and gas properties as a percentage of oil and gas revenues was 37%
and 56% in the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. This percentage
decrease in the current year is directly attributable to changes in revenues and our oil
and gas reserve quantities, product prices and reductions in the depletable cost basis of
oil and gas properties.

General
and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003 were
$26,600 and $24,400, respectively, an increase of $2,200 (9%). These expenses include
legal and audit fees, as well as the monthly administrative fee charged by the managing
general partner. Administrative fees may fluctuate each month as they are only charged
when a well is producing. This increase is primarily due to higher charges for outside
services.

Liquidity
and Capital Resources.  Cash provided by operating activities decreased $188,000 in the
three months ended March 31, 2004 to $560,700 compared to $748,700 for the three months
ended March 31, 2003. The decrease was primarily due to lower production for the current
period offset by increases in the price we receive for our natural gas, and a decrease in the accounts
receivable  affiliate balance.

No
cash was either provided by or used for investing activities for the three months ended
March 31, 2004 and 2003, except for tangible well equipment sold during the three months ended
March 31, 2004, from a well that was plugged in the previous quarter.  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.

Cash
used by financing activities decreased $36,800 during the three months ended March 31,
2004 to $521,400 compared to $558,200 for the three months ended March 31, 2003. The
decrease is directly related to lower distributions to partners.

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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 provision for possible losses, asset retirement
obligations 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.

# ITEM 3. CONTROLS AND
PROCEDURES

# Evaluation of Disclosure
Controls and Procedures

Our
Managing General Partners Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have
evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures, (as defined I Rules 13a-14(c) and
15d-14(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of March 31, 2004. Based upon this
evaluation, these officers believe that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

# Changes in Internal
Controls

There
were no significant changes in our internal controls or in other factors that could
significantly affect these controls subsequent to the evaluation date.

# PART II. OTHER
INFORMATION

# ITEM 6. Exhibits and
reports on Form 8-K

We
have not filed any reports on Form 8-K during the last quarter of the period covered by
this report.

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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
Partner

By  (Signature and
Title):         /s/ Freddie M. Kotek

                  
                  
              Freddie M. Kotek, Chairman
of the Board of Directors,

                  
                  
              Chief Executive Officer
and President

Date:  May 14, 2004

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. Kotek

                  
                  
              Freddie M. Kotek, Chairman
of the Board of Directors,

                  
                  
              Chief Executive Officer
and President

Date:  May 14, 2004

By  (Signature and
Title):         /s/Nancy J. McGurk

                  
                  
              Nancy J. McGurk, Senior
Vice-President,

                  
                  
              Chief Financial Officer
and Chief Accounting Officer

Date:  May 14, 2004

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# EXHIBIT INDEX

|4(a) | Certificate of
                   Limited Partnership for | Previously filed in the Form               
|---- | --------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------
|     | Atlas America Public
                   #9 Ltd.           | 10-KSB for the period                      
|     |                                                           | ending December
                   31, 2000

|4(b) | Amended and Restated
                   Certificate and Agreement          | Previously filed in
                   the Form
|---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -----------------------------------------------
|     | of Limited Partnership
                   for Atlas America Public #9 Ltd. | 10-KSB for the period                          
|     |                                                                            | ending December
                   31, 2000    

|10(a) | Drilling and
                   Operating Agreement with exhibits | Previously filed in
                   the Form
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|      |                                                                   | 10-KSB for the period                          
|      |                                                                   | ending December
                   31, 2000    

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