UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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                                    FORM 10-K

                                  ANNUAL REPORT
                        PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One)

[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
    OF 1934

     For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2007
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                                       or

[ ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     For the transition period from               to
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             Commission file number of Issuing Entity: 333-140962-21
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                        Alternative Loan Trust 2007-OA9,
               Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-OA9
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           (Exact name of Issuing Entity as Specified in Its Charter)

                 Commission file number of Depositor: 333-140962
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                                   CWALT, Inc.
              (Exact name of Depositor as Specified in Its Charter)

                          Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
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               (Exact name of Sponsor as Specified in Its Charter)

           Delaware                                           87-0698307
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
Incorporation or Organization of            of the Depositor)
the Depositor)

c/o  Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP
     4500 Park Granada
     Calabasas, California                                 91302
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices                  (Zip Code)
of the Depositor)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (818) 225-3000
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:  None
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.                     [  ] Yes  [X] No

     Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.            [  ] Yes  [X] No

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 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.                      [X] Yes  [  ] No

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K (ss.229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and
will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive
proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this
Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.                               [X]

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of "accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):

Large Accelerated Filer [   ] Accelerated Filer [   ] Non-Accelerated Filer [X]

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).                    [ ] Yes [X] No

     The Registrant has no voting or non-voting common equity held by
non-affiliates.



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                       DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

                                      None.

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     This Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Report") is filed with respect to the
trust entitled Alternative Loan Trust 2007-OA9 (the "Issuing Entity") formed
pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement dated as of July 1, 2007 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") among CWALT, Inc., as depositor (the
"Company"), Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as sponsor and as a seller (the
"Sponsor" and a "Seller"), Park Granada LLC, as a seller (a "Seller"), Park
Sienna LLC, as a seller (a "Seller"), Park Monaco Inc., as a seller (a
"Seller"), Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, as master servicer (the "Master
Servicer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), for the
issuance of Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-OA9 (the
"Certificates").



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                                     PART I


Item 1.   Business.

          Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 1A.  Risk Factors.

          Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 1B.  Unresolved Staff Comments.

          Not Applicable.

Item 2.   Properties.

          Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 3.   Legal Proceedings.

          Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

          Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.



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                                     PART II


Item 5.    Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters
           and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

           Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 6.    Selected Financial Data.

           Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 7.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
           Results of Operations.

           Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

           Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 8.    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

           Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 9.    Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and
           Financial Disclosure.

           Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 9A.   Controls and Procedures.

           Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 9B.   Other Information.

           None.



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                                    PART III


Item 10.  Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

          Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 11.  Executive Compensation.

          Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
          Related Stockholder Matters.

          Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
          Independence.

          Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.

Item 14.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

          Omitted as permitted by Instruction J to Form 10-K.



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                                     PART IV


Item 15.  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

          (a)  (1) Not applicable.

               (2)  Not applicable.

               (3)  The required exhibits are as follows:

                    o    Exhibit 3(i): Copy of Company's Certificate of
                         Incorporation (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registration
                         Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-110343))

                    o    Exhibit 3(ii): Copy of Company's By-laws (Filed as
                         Exhibit 3.2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File
                         No. 333-110343))

                    o    Exhibit 4: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Filed as
                         part of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August
                         14, 2007 under the Commission file number of the
                         Issuing Entity)

                    o    Exhibit 31(ii): Rule 15d-14(d) Certification

                    o    Exhibit 33.1: Report on Assessment of Compliance With
                         Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed Securities for
                         Countrywide Financial Corporation

                    o    Exhibit 33.2: Report on Assessment of Compliance With
                         Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed Securities for the
                         Trustee

                    o    Exhibit 33.3: Report on Assessment of Compliance With
                         Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed Securities for
                         IndyMac Bank, FSB

                    o    Exhibit 33.4: Report on Assessment of Compliance With
                         Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed Securities for
                         Newport Management Corporation

                    o    Exhibit 34.1: Attestation Report on Assessment of
                         Compliance With Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed
                         Securities of KPMG LLP on behalf of Countrywide
                         Financial Corporation

                    o    Exhibit 34.2: Attestation Report on Assessment of
                         Compliance With Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed
                         Securities of KPMG LLP on behalf of the Trustee

                    o    Exhibit 34.3: Attestation Report on Assessment of
                         Compliance With Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed



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                         Securities of Ernst & Young LLP on behalf of IndyMac
                         Bank, FSB

                    o    Exhibit 34.4: Attestation Report on Assessment of
                         Compliance With Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed
                         Securities of KPMG LLP on behalf of Newport Management
                         Corporation

                    o    Exhibit 35.1: Servicer Compliance Statement of the
                         Master Servicer

                    o    Exhibit 35.2: Servicer Compliance Statement of IndyMac
                         Bank, FSB

          (b)  See subparagraph (a)(3) above.

          (c)  Not applicable.



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                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB.    Financial Information of Significant Obligors.

          Not Applicable.


Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB. Financial Information of Significant
                                  Enhancement Providers.

         Not Applicable.


Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB.    Financial Information of Certain Entities
                                  Providing Derivative Instruments.

         Not Applicable.


Item 1117 of Regulation AB.      Legal Proceedings.

         None.

Item 1119 of Regulation AB.      Affiliations and Certain Relationships and
                                 Related Transactions.

        The Sponsor, the Company, the Issuing Entity, the Sellers and the Master
        Servicer are affiliated parties. There are no other affiliated parties.
        There are currently no business relationships, agreements, arrangements,
        transactions or understandings between (a) the Sponsor, the Company or
        the Issuing Entity and (b) the Trustee, IndyMac Bank, FSB or Flagstar
        Bank, FSB, or any of their affiliates, that were entered into outside
        the ordinary course of business or that contain terms other than would
        be obtained in an arm's length transaction with an unrelated third party
        and that are material to the investor's understanding of the
        Certificates. No such business relationship, agreement, arrangement,
        transaction or understanding has existed during the past two years.

Item 1122 of Regulation AB.      Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.

         See Exhibits 33.1, 33.2, 33.3, 33.4, 34.1, 34.2, 34.3 and 34.4 to this
         Form 10-K.


Item 1123 of Regulation AB.      Servicer Compliance Statement.

         See Exhibits 35.1 and 35.2 to this Form 10-K.



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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

         ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2007-OA9

            By: Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP,
                 as Master Servicer

                By: Countrywide GP, Inc.

                    By: /s/ Steve Bailey
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                        Name:  Steve Bailey
                        Title: Senior Managing Director, Chief Executive
                               Officer Loan Administration
                               (Senior officer in charge of the servicing
                               function of Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP)

                        Date:  March [  ], 2008



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     SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED WITH REPORTS FILED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 15(d) OF THE ACT BY REGISTRANTS WHICH HAVE NOT REGISTERED SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE ACT.

     No annual report, proxy statement, form of proxy or other proxy soliciting
material with respect to the Issuing Entity or the Depositor has been, or will
be, sent to security holders.



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit              Document
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3(i)      Company's Certificate of Incorporation (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to
          Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-110343))*

3(ii)     Company's By-laws (Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Registration Statement on
          Form S-3 (File No. 333-110343)*

4         Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Filed as part of the Current Report
          on Form 8-K filed on August 14, 2007 under the Commission file number
          of the Issuing Entity)*

31(ii)    Rule 15d-14(d) Certification

33.1      Report on Assessment of Compliance With Servicing Criteria for
          Asset-Backed Securities for Countrywide Financial Corporation

33.2      Report on Assessment of Compliance With Servicing Criteria for
          Asset-Backed Securities for the Trustee

33.3      Report on Assessment of Compliance With Servicing Criteria for
          Asset-Backed Securities for IndyMac Bank, FSB

33.4      Report on Assessment of Compliance With Servicing Criteria for
          Asset-Backed Securities for Newport Management Corporation

34.1      Attestation Report on Assessment of Compliance With Servicing Criteria
          for Asset-Backed Securities of KPMG LLP on behalf of Countrywide
          Financial Corporation

34.2      Attestation Report on Assessment of Compliance With Servicing Criteria
          for Asset-Backed Securities of KPMG LLP on behalf of the Trustee

34.3      Attestation Report on Assessment of Compliance With Servicing Criteria
          for Asset-Backed Securities of Ernst & Young LLP on behalf of IndyMac
          Bank, FSB

34.4      Attestation Report on Assessment of Compliance With Servicing Criteria
          for Asset-Backed Securities of KPMG LLP on behalf of Newport
          Management Corporation

35.1      Servicer Compliance Statement of the Master Servicer

35.2      Servicer Compliance Statement of IndyMac Bank, FSB

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*        Incorporated herein by reference.



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