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DEMON CUNT
12-30-2004, 03:26 AM
Green Lights at Airport
Lasers Cause Problems For Pilots
Associated Press

Federal officials are investigating reports from two pilots who say bright lights were aimed from the ground into their cockpits as they headed into the Colorado Springs Airport.
Both planes landed without problems on Monday night.

Federal officials issued a warning this month that terrorists might try to down aircraft by shining powerful lasers into cockpits to blind pilots during landing approaches.

More... (http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/1309846.html)

What the fuck? The next attack may be even more spectacular then the last. Hopefully they'll stick to the 'red states!'

Phil theStalker
12-30-2004, 07:47 AM
This exact same thing happened at Cleveland's International Airport and it was on the local news. I was wondering if it happened anywhere else.

DC, your Colorado article and the Cleveland news yesterday are no coincidences. Two lazer teams, two different cities a 1,000 miles apart.

The one world government never sleeps. I think I know more about these lazer teams than the FBfuckingI. Now so do you.

I was thinking the Cleveland Plain Dealer will print an article today about yesterday's airliner lazerings. If they do I'll post the newspaper link, too.

Have a Happy new world order and a one world government year. They never sleep. You people do. They deserve their one world government they work so hard at it.

P


Originally posted by DEMON CUNT
Green Lights at Airport
Lasers Cause Problems For Pilots
Associated Press

Federal officials are investigating reports from two pilots who say bright lights were aimed from the ground into their cockpits as they headed into the Colorado Springs Airport.
Both planes landed without problems on Monday night.

Federal officials issued a warning this month that terrorists might try to down aircraft by shining powerful lasers into cockpits to blind pilots during landing approaches.

More... (http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/1309846.html)

What the fuck? The next attack may be even more spectacular then the last. Hopefully they'll stick to the 'red states!'

BigBadBrian
12-30-2004, 08:55 AM
Originally posted by DEMON CUNT


What the fuck? The next attack may be even more spectacular then the last. Hopefully they'll stick to the 'red states!' [/B]

Maybe the incoming flights with potential victims will be from blue states. Ever think of that? No, of course not.

The election is over, your boy lost, get over it. This red state/blue state crap has to end. Think ahead to the next one or you will choke on your bitterness like one other fat turd around here. ;)

ODShowtime
12-30-2004, 09:07 AM
we all lost this election.

Phil theStalker
12-30-2004, 09:08 AM
BBB, it's never ended. It's only going to get worse. It was only highlighted during the election. The current U.S. is at least two, maybe three, separate countries. And the one world government is aware and is exploiting those facts. Have your mom knit you a blanket for your FEMA camp so you don't have to kill for one.


P

BigBadBrian
12-30-2004, 09:15 AM
Originally posted by Phil theStalker
BBB, it's never ended. It's only going to get worse. It was only highlighted during the election. The current U.S. is at least two, maybe three, separate countries. And the one world government is aware and is exploiting those facts. Have your mom knit you a blanket for your FEMA camp so you don't have to kill for one.


P

Are we going to have to hear about your father winning his medal at Peliliu in this thread also? :rolleyes:

ODShowtime
12-30-2004, 09:16 AM
how about some great gay porn phil? I love getting it at work you dumb selfish fuck.

BigBadBrian
12-30-2004, 09:19 AM
Originally posted by ODShowtime
I love getting it at work you dumb selfish fuck.

Yeah, I'll bet you like "getting it" at work. :spank:

ODShowtime
12-30-2004, 09:23 AM
Originally posted by BigBadBrian
Yeah, I'll bet you like "getting it" at work. :spank:


I get it from work ;)


uh, not gay porn that is

Phil theStalker
12-30-2004, 09:29 AM
Originally posted by ODShowtime
how about some great gay porn phil? I love getting it at work you dumb selfish fuck.
FORD deletes the nude male organs porn from this forum and keeps them for himself.


:spank:

Phil theStalker
12-30-2004, 09:34 AM
Do you suppose the FBfuckingI and Homeyland Suckcunttittiy for BILLIONS AND BILLIONS of dollars could tell us about Cleveland, Salt Lake City, and Colorado Springs?

I think I see a pattern here.

Naw.

www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-12-10-laser-pilots_x.htm


P

Nickdfresh
12-30-2004, 10:54 AM
Originally posted by Phil theStalker
FORD deletes the nude male organs porn from this forum and keeps them for himself.


:spank:

Some of us have jobs and don't log on from our bunkers. You need to respect that, and the violation you subject our eyes too when you post gay porn pic's. Why, it's almost as bad as...looking at....























KATYDID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ODShowtime
12-30-2004, 11:00 AM
he's on my ignore now, which is a shame because his paranoid ramblings can be fun sometimes.

But when he knows damn well that some of us could be fired for that and still does it, it makes him a fucking asshole. I could be fired at any time because that stuff's in my history.

Nickdfresh
12-30-2004, 11:05 AM
Shooting Lasers into pilots eyes to blind them was a tactic developed by the Soviets to hit our SR-71 pilots flying over their territory (because they never could shoot down a Blackbird). They later began doing it in open air space to regular NATO pilots, until we responded in kind.

Phil theStalker
12-30-2004, 11:27 AM
Originally posted by Nickdfresh
[B]Some of us have jobs and don't log on from our bunkers. You need to respect that, and the violation you subject our eyes too when you post gay porn pic's. Why, it's almost as bad as...looking at....

You need to respect I don't need to respect that.

My bunker is my business.


P

FORD
12-30-2004, 02:51 PM
originally posted by Viking

Thursday December 30, 11:34 AM
FBI Probes Laser Beam Directed at Cockpit

Authorities are investigating a mysterious laser beam that was directed into the cockpit of a commercial jet traveling at more than 8,500 feet.

The beam appeared Monday when the plane was about 15 miles from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the FBI said.

"It was in there for several seconds like (the plane) was being tracked," FBI agent Robert Hawk said.

The pilot was able to land the plane, and air traffic controllers used radar to determine the laser came from a residential area in suburban Warrensville Heights.

Hawk said the laser had to have been fairly sophisticated to track a plane traveling at that altitude. Authorities had no other leads, and are investigating whether the incident was a prank or if there was a more sinister motive.

In Colorado Springs, Colo., Monday night, two pilots reported green pulsating laser lights shined into their cockpits. Both the passenger plane and a cargo plane landed without problems.

Police dispatched patrol cars and a helicopter to a neighborhood to investigate but found nothing. FBI agents were continuing to conduct interviews, agency spokeswoman Monique Kelso said.

Federal officials have expressed concern about terrorists using laser beams, which can distract or temporarily blind a pilot.

A memo sent to law enforcement agencies recently by the FBI and the Homeland Security Department says there is evidence that terrorists have explored using lasers as weapons. Authorities said there is no specific intelligence indicating al-Qaida or other groups might use lasers in the United States.

In September a pilot for Delta Air Lines reported an eye injury from a laser beam shone into the cockpit during a landing approach in Salt Lake City. The incident occurred about 5 miles from the airport. The plane landed safely.

Lasers are commonly used in a number of industries and are featured in outdoor light shows.

The FAA mandates that laser light shows must register their locations and the lights cannot be directed above 3,000 feet. Lasers are also often used by construction companies to line up foundations.

Interfering with a commercial flight is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041230/ap/d879nei00.html

Nickdfresh
12-30-2004, 02:52 PM
Originally posted by Phil theStalker
You need to respect I don't need to respect that.

My bunker is my business.


P

I respect your Bunker Phil, hell I might be buildin' one soon. But you don't have supervisors looking over your shoulder there.

Big Train
12-30-2004, 02:54 PM
Thanks for doing your job ford...

no about that other post...

I'll take cunts advice for once and "let it slide". I like to see libs smile once in awhile...makes the usual crying more tolerable.

FORD
12-30-2004, 02:55 PM
Originally posted by Viking

Article Published: Thursday, December 30, 2004
Laser at planes spurs probe

FBI investigates in Colo. Springs One pilot said the laser appeared to come from the Cimarron Hills area about 8 a.m. Monday.

By Erin Emery
Denver Post Staff Writer

Colorado Springs - The FBI is investigating reports from two pilots that their cockpits were filled with laser light on approach to the Colorado Springs airport.

The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin in November warning law enforcement agencies that terrorists have explored using lasers as weapons, but authorities know of no specific terrorist plan to blind airline pilots.

"We do not have any specific or credible information suggesting that this type of plot is underway in the United States," said Valerie Smith, spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security.

Colorado Springs police Lt. Rafael Cintron said there is no indication that the incidents Monday are "part of a major plot for anything. We're assuming that it is someone acting in a reckless manner."

Cintron said the Police Department's helicopter "experiences that all the time." No one has been arrested in those incidents, he said.

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Authorities do not know what type of laser was used. Police would not disclose the altitude of the planes. Airport operations were not interrupted.

Similar incidents have been reported recently in Utah and Ohio. On Monday, a pilot on approach to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport reported that a laser filled the cockpit at more than 8,500 feet. Air traffic controllers used radar to trace the beam to a suburban neighborhood in Warrensville Heights.

In September, a Delta Air Lines pilot reported he suffered an eye injury from a laser while on approach to Salt Lake City.

The federal Transportation Security Administration has assessed the threat of lasers to commercial aviation as "low," Smith said. The "sporadic" incidents across the nation are typically "accidental or mischievous," she said.

One of the pilots in the Colorado Springs incidents said the light came from Cimarron Hills, east of of the city, about 8 a.m. Monday. A second pilot reported a similar light about the same time but couldn't say where it came from. One plane carried passengers; the other carried packages. Both landed safely.

Police sent officers and a police helicopter but could not find the source of the light.

"We're conducting interviews, looking into it and finding out what it was," said Monique Kelso, spokeswoman for the FBI in Denver.

Kelso said the bureau has not had similar investigations in Colorado and Wyoming.

Officials from Denver International Airport said they were not aware of any incidents involving laser beams directed at planes serving the Denver airport.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said directing a laser at an airplane is a federal violation akin to an assault, for "interfering with a cabin crew in performance of their duties." The severity of the punishment depends on whether authorities can prove criminal intent.

Lasers can be purchased on eBay starting at about $50. They come in different power levels, from those with tiny fractions of watts such as laser pointers and cat toys, to those used in light shows, which require power boosts and water cooling.

Eye damage from a laser depends on a number of factors.

"It's not a simple matter to say how bright it would have to be because it depends on how far you are away, and there's a certain amount of energy that has to go through your iris to damage your eye," said Margaret Murnane, a University of Colorado professor and laser expert. "A smaller laser, if you were closer to it, would do more damage than a bigger laser. It's the amount of light that gets into your eye that matters."

Justin Koch, a laser expert based in Peoria, Ill., said: "The question is, how far away the person was from the airplane. If they're approaching an airport, that means they have got to be past the airport, so we're looking at a couple miles, probably. A pointer isn't going to do much a couple miles away."

Tom O'Brian, chief of the time and frequency division at the National Institute for Standards and Technology in Boulder, said Monday's reports could have been anything from an ill-advised prank to people doing preapproved research.

"You have universities, a lot of high-tech companies, the Air Force Academy; there's a lot of potential of legitimate uses," he said.

Staff writer Jeffrey Leib contributed to this report.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2625514,00.html

Phil theStalker
12-30-2004, 03:00 PM
Originally posted by Big Train
Thanks for doing your job ford...

no about that other post...

I'll take cunts advice for once and "let it slide". I like to see libs smile once in awhile...makes the usual crying more tolerable.
It's gonna be another grate nite of lites in Cleveland.


:spank:

FORD
12-30-2004, 03:01 PM
Thread title changed for purposes of topic clarity and to avoid any more dupe threads on the subject.

ODShowtime
12-30-2004, 03:34 PM
Originally posted by Nickdfresh
Shooting Lasers into pilots eyes to blind them was a tactic developed by the Soviets to hit our SR-71 pilots flying over their territory (because they never could shoot down a Blackbird). They later began doing it in open air space to regular NATO pilots, until we responded in kind.


This is an interesting insight nick.

So we have some disgruntled ex-soviets selling toys to some pakis or what?

Nickdfresh
12-30-2004, 05:20 PM
Originally posted by ODShowtime
This is an interesting insight nick.

So we have some disgruntled ex-soviets selling toys to some pakis or what?

That could be, or just letting people know this idea is nothing new or earth shattering.

Tyrone Biggums
12-30-2004, 06:42 PM
Originally posted by DEMON CUNT
Green Lights at Airport
Lasers Cause Problems For Pilots
Associated Press

Federal officials are investigating reports from two pilots who say bright lights were aimed from the ground into their cockpits as they headed into the Colorado Springs Airport.
Both planes landed without problems on Monday night.

Federal officials issued a warning this month that terrorists might try to down aircraft by shining powerful lasers into cockpits to blind pilots during landing approaches.

More... (http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/1309846.html)

What the fuck? The next attack may be even more spectacular then the last. Hopefully they'll stick to the 'red states!'

AWESOME!

Nickdfresh
01-04-2005, 03:37 PM
CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/04/laserbeam.aircraft.ap/index.html)

New Jersey man charged in alleged aircraft laser incidents
Tuesday, January 4, 2005 Posted: 2:28 PM EST (1928 GMT)


NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) -- A man who initially claimed his daughter aimed a laser at a helicopter was charged after he told federal agents that he pointed the light beam at two aircraft, authorities said Tuesday.

David Banach of Parsippany faces charges of interfering with the operator of a mass transportation vehicle and making false statements to the FBI. He is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court on Tuesday afternoon.

The aircraft were targeted by the lasers near Teterboro Airport.

On Wednesday night, a pilot preparing to land a chartered jet with 13 people aboard reported seeing three green laser beams about 11 miles from the airport.

On Friday, a helicopter carrying Port Authority detectives was hit by a beam as they surveyed the area in an attempt to pinpoint the origin of the original beams.

The two incidents were among a rash of recent reports of lasers allegedly aimed at aircraft, raising fears that the light beams could temporarily blind crew members and lead to accidents.

Last month the FBI and the Homeland Security Department sent a memo to law enforcement agencies saying there is evidence that terrorists have explored using lasers as weapons, though federal law enforcement officials have said there is no evidence of any terrorist plot in the current incidents.

According to court papers, under questioning Banach admitted lying and said he shined a laser beam at both the jet and the helicopter. He has not been charged in the helicopter incident.

His lawyer, Gina Mendola-Longarzo, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment Tuesday.

The chartered jet was flying at about 3,000 feet when the pilot and co-pilot saw a green laser beam strike the windshield three times, according to court documents filed Tuesday. The flash blinded the two temporarily, but they were later able to land the plane safely.

After the helicopter crew also reported seeing laser beams, FBI agents canvassed Banach's neighborhood trying.

Banach told the agents it was his daughter who shined a beam at the helicopter, according to court papers. He denied the laser was in use when the jet had passed nearby. But later, Banach submitted to a lie detector test and eventually said he shined the laser beam at both aircraft, according to the court papers. The papers did not give any alleged motive.


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