  The star KIC 8462852 shows a very unusual and hard to comprehend light curve.
The dip d7922 absorbs 16% of the starlight. The light curve is unusually smooth
but the very steep edges make it hard to find a simple natural explanation by
covering due to comets or other well-known planetary objects. We describe a
mathematical approximation to the light curve, which is motivated by a
physically meaningful event of a large stellar beam which generates an orbiting
cloud. The data might fit to the science fiction idea of star lifting, a mining
technology that could extract star matter. We extend the model to d1519 and
d1568 using multiple beams and get an encouraging result that fits essential
parts of the dips but misses other parts of the measured flux. We recommend
further exploration of this concept with refined models.
