Lake Sorell, Tasmania: Family watches small white light move at tree level
At 9:50 p.m. on August 5, 1978, a family on the shore of Lake Sorell, Tasmania, saw a glow behind a hill, then the whole area lit up and a small white light moved back and forth at tree level for 20–30 minutes before vanishing suddenly.
Background
At 9:50 p.m. a family on the shore of Lake Sorell watched a glow behind a hill to the south. Within minutes the whole area lit up and a small white light appeared, moving back and forth at tree level. It remained visible for 20–30 minutes, then disappeared suddenly. Earlier the same day another group had reported a brown, cigar-shaped object over nearby Lake Crescent. Eberhart cites the Launceston Examiner of August 12, 1978, the Australian UFO Bulletin and the International UFO Reporter (1978). The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.