Pocket laser pointers versus high powered lasers and various red-light district statutes
Watch out for nightclubbing pilots! And the dancing party cops with the revolving red and blue disco lights!
Asked about the risks posed by lasers, Healey replied: "Anything that impedes, disrupts or puts at risk pilots in charge of British military planes is deeply dangerous."
So not a weapon and nothing dangerous or injurious in and of itself. The effect for a pilot at night would be similar to lasers shining at a disco ball on the ceiling of a nightclub. Daytime, I am assuming it would be unnoticeable. This excited the sexual lusts and red-light-district paranoia of the pilot. Apparently. We're not talking about actual weapons or anything worse than a possible distraction. Psychologically speaking. Harmed the mental health of a pilot who was signaled that sex was available but not allowed to pick up the girls.
Another case in Alaska.
Leah Thom
Consumer device. In the past used to signal pilots in remote areas for a desired pick-up. No actual eye injuries possible.
It's a woman accused in court of being a prostitute in a military nightclubbing district with a revolving spotlight shining into the sky already from the air traffic control tower.