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were sweetened by years of being submerged in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. They made many trips up and down the beach, bringing back armloads of driftwood to add to the fire, trying to dry the vessel's structure enough for it to burn on its own. It was during one of these trips down the beach that Will noticed some lights in the night sky to the west. They stood out against the star field and were very arresting. He stared at them for a while, trying to figure out what they might be. They were too bright and too colorful to be stars, and they appeared to be suspended, motionless, over a ridge covered with spruce trees, although the photographer suspected that they were farther away than that. There were three lights, arranged in a tilted triangle. There was an amber light at the bottom right of the triangle, a brilliant blue light at the apex, and what looked like a spear of amber light to the rear on the remaining corner. For the life of him he could not imagine what it might be. There was no sound coming from it. Instinctively he knew this had to be some strange, unknown phenomenon. He wondered how long it had been there. He returned to the boat and mentioned it to his friends, but they did not act very interested. Will insisted that they come farther down the beach and have a look since it was impossible to view the oa a aoe 1 on 1 The lights were still hanging there when he pointed them out. One of his friends said, "Oh yeah, I see them." But the other thought it was probably a helicopter or maybe a tower with a light on top. Will was used to studying things through his trained photographer's eye and this was interesting enough to photograph. He had a camera in his car, a Pentax loaded with slide film. He retrieved it and, walking some distance from the fire, looked for a rock to place it on, because he figured the lights would require a time exposure and he didn't have a tripod with him. He had another problem as well. The Pentax had no built-in timer and was usually triggered by a squeeze bulb for time exposures. The only other alternative was to hold the shutter release button down with his finger, but this was risky because he planned to expose the image for a few minutes and would certainly shake the camera during such a lengthy period. He placed the Pentax on a rock, lined it up as best he could, placed a small rock on the shutter release, then left it there. When Will returned about five minutes later and stopped the exposure, the lights were still hanging in the same position in the sky. He watched them for several more minutes, then went back to the fire. When he looked for them again a short time afterward, they had disappeared. The lights had remained in the same position in the sky for over fifteen minutes. When the slides were developed, he examined the lights once more, pleased with the clarity of the pictures. He placed them in a safe place along with several thousand other slides he had taken, and forgot about them for many years. Herring seiner fleet Northwest of Brier Island and Digby Neck, Nova Scotia lights when they were near the fire, because of the glare. 11:00 — 11:30 P.M. ADT