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.
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