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tone3jaguar · 03-02-2010, 07:06 PM

Before I say this I have to prerequisite it. The up most care must be taken when using a high powered green laser pointer in the sky. They can blind pilots if directly shined into the cockpit.

I was doing some contact work with some friends of mine in Ocala Florida on their horse farm. The radar / laser detectors we had where going off the whole night. Not continuously, but they where going off. Finally at about 1:00 in the mourning a very bright object flying at normal speeds was traveling in the horizon due West of our location.

I signaled to it with the laser by shooting about an 1/8 mile behind it for a short burst. The moment the laser light lased the object dimmed and changed colors. If I had not had the laser it could have easily been mistaken for an airplane.

03-02-2010, 07:06 PM	#1189
tone3jaguar Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: www.altimatrix.com Posts: 1,525	Re: Something is a brewing, HMMMM Before I say this I have to prerequisite it. The up most care must be taken when using a high powered green laser pointer in the sky. They can blind pilots if directly shined into the cockpit. I was doing some contact work with some friends of mine in Ocala Florida on their horse farm. The radar / laser detectors we had where going off the whole night. Not continuously, but they where going off. Finally at about 1:00 in the mourning a very bright object flying at normal speeds was traveling in the horizon due West of our location. I signaled to it with the laser by shooting about an 1/8 mile behind it for a short burst. The moment the laser light lased the object dimmed and changed colors. If I had not had the laser it could have easily been mistaken for an airplane.