Don't get me wrong. Those who know me know that I am not a big subscriber of conspiracy theories. I pretend to believe some of them because they are just too funny not to, some of them actually have some credence (such as the auto manufacturers and oil companies) and the rest are bunko. But here we go.
Apparently, there has been an increase in the number of laser pointers being shone into the cockpits of airplanes. I mean the big ones. They even had video of them on the news on CNN. Now, spending a night where I had difficulty sleeping, I found my mind wandering and it settled on this topic and I got to wondering. (Hmmm, I wonder as I wander. Ehhh.) How?
No, seriously, How? I'm not exactly Daniel Boone with a gun, but I'm no slouch either. Even with that, I don't think I could hit a car on the interstate doing 65mph with a laser, let alone track the car as it drives down the road. Yet these people are somehow pointing a laser at airplane that is up to six times the distance away and going eight times as fast, with No visual cues as to whether they hit the target. How are they doing this? How are the capable of hitting a spot the size of a compact car mounted on the top front of a vehicle 6 miles and further away traveling at better than 450 mph. I don't want to know so I can do it myself, I want to know so we can find out if it's not being over reported or something.
One video I saw had it shining from a stationary location, with no apparent movement from the aircraft. Granted, that could have been a helicopter, but if it wasn't, why didn't the ground move? At 450+ mph, the scenery on the ground would be going by very fast.
Is this simply a case of "let's shine the laser in the general direction of the aireo-thingy" (because people who do this, in my humble opinion, are complete idiots) and see if we can freak those thingy drivers out?" Or do they all have really powerful scopes with laser pointer mounted and calibrated? Or, could it just be possible, that the government is overstating the number to further scare the population?
Maybe I'm just being an idiot and can't see the answer. Anyway, y'all chime in and give me answers. They don't have to be serious either.
Peace up
Gott spielt verful nicht mit dem Universum A. E.
