In a recent alarming incident, the Phoenix Police Department has arrested 35-year-old William Hill in connection with the use of a laser pointer against a commercial aircraft. The episode unfolded shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, with reports indicating that Hill was targeting planes as they prepared to land at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
How do they track down who was shining it?
It’s shockingly easy to get a location on a really bright, stationary, directed beam of light.
If you are pointing with it, it is literally pointing back at you