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Both happened to be looking at Jupiter through the nightscopes. The planet was about 10 degrees above the horizon and over the island of San Miguel. At the same time both saw a set of lights near Jupiter in the shape of a large triangle. It silently flew eastward down the Santa Barbara Channel. They followed it for about six seconds until it disappeared behind some trees. Both realized that the visible lights were on the outside edges of a large craft, which was not itself visible in the nightscopes.

A few seconds after the initial recognition, both saw the craft tilt slightly on its side so that its triangular shape could be more clearly seen. Its shape was delineated by five to eight lights along its edges, clearly visible through the nightscopes. Ted Loder counted five or six lights in the shape of a triangle seen partly on its side, while Tony Craddock saw an additional one or two lights in the center toward the rear, making it appear chevron or boomerang shaped.

Tony had the clearer nightscope, which may explain why he was able to see the extra lights. Both had the impression that these were not lights independently flying in formation, but rather a solid craft.

The length of the craft appeared to be longer than the sword on Orion's belt and shorter than Orion's belt itself. The craft was not visible with the naked eye and it was not seen by the two other people present who did not have nightscopes.

Later it was estimated that the craft traveled through a visible arc of 75 degrees in about six seconds. It was estimated that the craft was at a distance of five to 10 miles, which would have meant it was traveling at approximately 4,000-8,000 mph.

Both Ted Loder and Tony Craddock are members of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI), and attended CSETI's congressional briefing on UFO/ET in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 1997. Dr. Loder is a professor of earth sciences at the University of New Hampshire, while Tony Craddock is president of an international petroleum consulting company and coordinates Santa Barbara's CSETI working group.

You may contact CSETI's Web site at http://www.cseti.org.

Two close friends right in my hometown of Paonia, Colo., volunteer their time and their labor to make the world a better place. Mike and Laraine were concerned when they found out the state health department had some gripes about our local senior center. Laraine delivers the lunches to the seniors three days a week. Recently she and husband Mike volunteered to fix up the center by painting the floor, putting up draperies and doing some needed cleaning and repair to help the center pass its health inspection. They expect nothing in return for these good works. I don't even know if anyone appreciates what they do, but I feel this is what light workers are doing.

Another light worker I admire is Joy MacNulty, who has been a member of our local meditation group since its inception four years ago. Joy is always busy helping other people and the community, whether it's visiting at the nursing home, supporting a local environmental cause, or driving someone without a car to an appointment somewhere. She has carried her light everywhere she goes and is making Planet Earth a better place.

Light workers are making a difference! They are not just the ones you hear about at vortex areas or at UFO conferences. They are people like Polly Cady, who is not afraid to speak the truth and risk the consequences. Polly offers hand-writing analysis and counseling at often give-away prices because she believes in helping others. Polly has been a generous contributor to The Star Beacon for a couple of years now and I just want to publicly thank her for being a light worker and also my friend.

I could fill hundreds of pages with all the light workers that are coming to mind! So many of you who are reading this know who you are. A light worker is someone who sees something wrong and takes action to make it better. It's that simple! God bless you all.

How can we go out this Christmas season and purchase name-brand products, knowing that people þ children in particular þ are being denied basic human rights? They're being denied an education, they're being abused in many cases, forced to work long hours under armed guards, even forced into prostitution in some cases! Please care. You can make your voice heard by contacting the National Labor Committee, 275 Seventh Ave., 15th Floor, New York, NY 10011, or by writing the Child Labor Study Group, ILAB, Room S-1308, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210. If enough people care and speak out, we can change what is going on!