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2006-01-09 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-01-09 11:33|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A5089 in LA it could be anybody.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-09 15:15|| 2006-01-09 15:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Green?

Anyone know anything about green lasers?
Red are the only ones I've seen.....

Posted by Spavirt Crunter1721 2006-01-09 15:50|| 2006-01-09 15:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Green = military grade?

Posted by Hupeater Elmagum9270 2006-01-09 16:43|| 2006-01-09 16:43|| Front Page Top

#4 green and green blue could well be from DVD players

Posted by 3dc 2006-01-09 17:10|| 2006-01-09 17:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Old news. See:
equipped.org comments on lasers pointing at airliners

Posted by Thriling Sneresing9400 2006-01-09 17:50|| 2006-01-09 17:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Green Helium-Neon lasers (543 nm) are cheap. He-Ne lasers also come in red, yellow and orange. More likely, the shit was using a green diode pumped laser (532nm) pointer (<5mW). You can buy one for less than $100, and one in the 100mW class for less than a $1000.

Posted by ed 2006-01-09 17:52|| 2006-01-09 17:52|| Front Page Top

#7 US pilots were lazed back in the 90's in the Balkans. The cockpit glows from the light refracting form the thick glass, red, green, and yellow/green was reported. It can cause perminant damage to the retina and temp blindness. This has to be something stronger than a penlight to really get ones attention. It has to be industrial or military grade to light up a cockpit like I'm hearing.

Posted by 49 Pan 2006-01-09 17:56|| 2006-01-09 17:56|| Front Page Top

#8 ahem ... it doesn't take that much... 100mw to 2 watts will do a real number... esp if aimed with a scope.

To see what I mean... take a laser and a light bulb or other globe. Turn off the lights.
Hit the globe with the laser beam.
Watch the whole globe glow and imagine you are inside.
Now... the globe matches best with a bubble type copter... but any curved glass will do.

BTW... not all UFO's are... some might just be lasers...

Posted by 3dc 2006-01-09 21:33|| 2006-01-09 21:33|| Front Page Top

#9 We used small hand helds to laze targets from our aircraft. The light is a red line when looked at under goggles, but too weak to illuminate a cockpit. Ya, I know, we we not supposed to laze each other. Then we aquired some high powered ones. They were a different story. They would light up a cockpit with the glow 3dc is talking about and reach target a mile away. But at 3,000 to 5,000 feet it would have to take more than a simple pen or CD laser. Being a lowly aviator I can only assume it would have to have some level of sophistication meaning this is either a serious prankster or terrorist harassing/targeting. So how tough would it be to home build something strong enough to reach a mile out.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-01-09 22:19|| 2006-01-09 22:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Could it be for rangefinding purposes, you know, to find out where to fire your black market Blowpipe or SA-14?

Posted by Rory B. Bellows 2006-01-09 22:19|| 2006-01-09 22:19|| Front Page Top

#11 My bet is the flight was just disturbing some light show guys sleep and he got upset.

Posted by 3dc 2006-01-09 22:23|| 2006-01-09 22:23|| Front Page Top

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