Westminster, South Carolina: Luminous object skims treetops within 150 feet of witness
At 7:30 p.m. on March 6, 1979, Ben Chastain watched a round luminous object about 12 feet in diameter skim low over treetops in Westminster, South Carolina, coming within 150 feet; Oconee County Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Roach and his wife saw it from a distance, and around 8:00 p.m. Bill Osborne watched a larger object sweeping the area with a light beam.
Background
At 7:30 p.m. on March 6, 1979, Ben Chastain watched a round, luminous object about 12 feet in diameter skimming low over treetops in Westminster, South Carolina, arousing the dogs. At one point the object came within 150 feet, its glow illuminating the area. Oconee County Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Roach and his wife saw the object from a distance. About 8:00 p.m., Bill Osborne watched a larger object, 80 feet long and 25 feet wide, that swept the area with a light beam. The entry cites reports in the Seneca Journal and Tribune and the Westminster News of March 1979 via the UFO Newsclipping Service, the APRO Bulletin of June 1979, the UFO Research Newsletter of June/July 1979, Bob Gribble's 'Looking Back' column in the MUFON UFO Journal of March 1989 and the UFO Evidence volume II. 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.