View of Mt. Lamborn from editor's garden
Then, in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday, Aug. 12, a man saw a white glowing object in the eastern sky. He was with the same party as the 12-year-old boy, camping on Stevens Gulch, only neither witness knew that the other had seen a UFO. The second sighting took place somewhere between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m., and the white object in the sky vanished while the man was watching.
On Wednesday afternoon of the same day, Aug. 12, a woman on Rogers Mesa, near Hotchkiss, Colo., reported seeing a white, wobbly object moving around in the sky above her house. She called back a few minutes later to say that the object had moved away to the north-northeast. The wind at the time was blowing from the north. This eliminates the possibility of the object being a weather balloon, as suggested by a doubting neighbor.
That evening, around 9 p.m. on Aug. 12, the same man who saw the UFO on Stevens Gulch, saw two more objects from Paonia. A white object appeared in the northwest sky, as bright as a planet, and faded completely from sight. About an hour later he saw a flying white object over Mount Lamborn to the east that had a red blinking light. Two jets were flying on either side of this white object, but they veered off from the object and took off toward the east while the mysterious object continued toward the west. The witness looked at the object through binoculars and said it was cylindrical in shape and glowed.
CALL FOR EMISSARIES
The Star Beacon headquarters is overflowing with back issues. This is a call for anyone who attends conferences or fairs who might be interested in distributing recent and older issues of The Star Beacon at these important gatherings. I used to sell lots of my back issues at reduced prices at these events, but have been too busy the last couple of years to go to them.
If you feel moved to help people get turned onto The Star Beacon and perhaps make a small commission for yourself as well -- please contact me. If you let me know well enough ahead of time when you are attending a conference, I can ship you (at no cost to you) an ample supply of back issues to sell and we can work out a fair percentage.
Also, those of you who frequent metaphysical shops or health food stores where you think The Star Beacon might be welcome, please send me the name and address or contact person. The issues are selling in these stores and I feel an urgency to get information out there to the public in any way I can.
GOOD NEWS
The Star Beacon welcomes back astrologer/psychic Chrystle Clae, who will start including Astrological Affirmations for us each month. Chrystle has always left a brighter spot with her uplifting messages from the stars.
And I am happy to announce that my novel, Sonata Summer, has been accepted by The Fiction Works of Lake Tahoe, Nev. They will be making this romance novel (containing a supernatural flavor) into an audiobook in which they use live performers, sound effects and music. They will also be producing Sonata Summer as an electronic (e-book), available on disc or downloadable via your computer.
Sonata Summer was written by me years ago, based on my brief years in Aspen, Colo. The Aspen of the late '70s-early '80s was different from the Aspen of today, so there is nostalgic interest as well as a love story and exposure to contact with the afterlife. I'll keep you posted as to its progress, in case you're interested.
THE CASE OF LEONARD PELTIER
Recently a little-known case of human injustice came to my attention. A film produced by Robert Redford, "Incident at Oglala," was shown by the Alliance for Democracy in our valley. It depicted what happened in June 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. On June 26, 1975 two FBI agents, allegedly searching for a young Indian accused of stealing some cowboy boots, spotted several men enter a red pickup truck. After following the truck briefly, the occupants in the truck pulled over and shots were fired. No one knows who fired first, but soon the situation got out of control, involving 30 or more Indian men, women and children and more than 150 FBI agents, BIA police, U.S. marshals and local police. Two government agents and a young Indian activist were killed. Within hours, this "full-scale vendetta" brought in hundreds of paramilitary equipped, combat-clad FBI agents and U.S. marshals, who ransacked the homes of the Indians in a fever of revenge. No investigation into the Native American death took place.
To make a long story short, one man -- Leonard Peltier -- became the FBI's chosen victim of vengeance. He had been previously identified as an American Indian Movement leader by the FBI. Peltier was arrested in Canada and extradited by affidavits manufactured by the agency that the government now admits were false and fabricated. Of the four men initially accused of the murders, two were acquitted and the government dropped charges against the third to concentrate their efforts to nail Peltier. Under full prosecutorial weight, Peltier was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life terms. The hand-picked judge, favored by the FBI for his anti-Indian reputation, refused evidence of self-defense, and information that would have proved Peltier's innocence was ruled inadmissible. Peltier was thus convicted before the trial even began.
Today the government admits they have no idea who killed the FBI agents. The film clearly shows through interviews of witnesses and those involved throughout the trial and appeals that this case is an example of judicial corruption and that the authorities don't care who they convict as long as they convict someone -- and if it was Leonard Peltier, so much the better for them! Peltier's trial and appeals were riddled with FBI misconduct and judicial impropriety that included coercion of witnesses, perjury, fabrication of evidence and suppression of exculpatory evidence which could have proved his innocence.
The case has received attention throughout the world and has the support of Amnesty International. A delegation from the European Parliament is coming to the U.S. at the end of the year to visit Leonard and meet with U.S. senators and congresspersons to discuss a resolution to grant clemency. They are calling for a congressional/senatorial investigation into the Peltier case. Recently Italian and Belgian parliaments passed resolutions in support of clemency for Leonard.
Meanwhile, Leonard received treatment on his jaw at the Springfield Medical Facility and continues to be in excruciating pain, unable to bite or chew his food. Supporters are attempting to convince officials to transfer him to the Mayo Clinic for treatment before a life-threatening infection develops. The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee is a growing group of supporters and can be reached at P.O. Box 583, Lawrence, KS 66044 (tel. 785/842-5774, fax 785/842-5796); e-mail: lpdc@idir.net. There is even a newsletter, Spirit of Crazy Horse, published bi-monthly at a subscription cost of $12 a year.
I understand Leonard's birthday is Sept. 12. It has been suggested that you can show your support to him by sending a birthday card. The address is: USPL, #89637-132, Leonard Peltier, P.O. Box 1000, Leavenworth, KS 66048.