there are some pretty nice red novelty laser pointers, i think someone was messing with you. I did it to some ppl behind my house in the park once a few years ago when they were rather new and these two newfie guys thought it was a ufo. they were freaking out and i was stifling laughter behind a tree.
Is there any video of any laser activity anywhere? I'm very curious to see one of these green lasers in slow motion somwhere so i have some idea of the intensity. Surely there are cameras in cockpits, and basically all over. Almost everything gets taped these days.
my two cents.
-skeggs
National:
[The Globe and Mail] USA - Suspicious attempts made to buy bomb materials
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050106/NATS06PU/TPNational/Briefs
[Arizona Central] USA - Feds warn fertilizer firms of suspicious buyer
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0106atfphoenix06.html
[Orlando Sentinel] FLORIDA - Security stepped up at Osceola water plants after suspicious call
"man with a Middle Eastern accent -- who may have been selling water filters -- called a woman to tell her the water "was bad, and a lot of people would die in a week from the water contamination," according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office"
[WHIOtv.com] OHIO - Suspicious Device Found At John Bryan State Park [ Bazooka round ]
http://www.whiotv.com/news/4051086/detail.html
[Idaho State Journal] IDAHO - Suspicious substance found in second letter
http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2005/01/04/news/local/news06.txt
[Daily Herald] WASHINGTON - Man arrested in fake bomb case
http://heraldnet.com/stories/05/01/06/100loc_bomb001.cfm
[Vero Beach Press-Journal ] FLORIDA - Vero Beach employees re-enter law firm after quarantine [ Site requires registration ]
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,2545,TCP_16736_3448370,00.html
[Salt Lake Tribune] UTAH - Van carrying radioactive material in wreck
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2509522
[The RegisterT] NEW JERSEY - Patriot Act used to quell laser pointer terror
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/06/laser_man_charged/
[Los Angeles Daily News] USA - Patriot Act provision has banks, planners fretting
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20950~2636882,00.html
[Dover-Sherborn Press] USA - Forum focuses on possible ramifications of Patriot Act
http://www2.townonline.com/dover/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=157526
[Indianapolis Star] INDIANA - IPL cuts power after underground explosions
http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/207340-6646-009.html
[Christian Broadcasting Network] USA / MEXUCO BORDER - Border Line: Teetering Tensions on the Mexico Border
"angry residents are screaming for a crackdown on illegals"
"Some three million illegals likely sneaked across the border between Mexico and Arizona last year"
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/news/050104a.asp
[Seattle Post Intelligencer,] USA - Pilots want warnings about laser dangers
"Of the hundreds of cases in the past in which airplane cockpits have been illuminated by lasers, none resulted in an accident, the study said"
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Pilots%20Laser%20Beams
[Boston Herald] MASS - Eastie gang linked to al-Qaeda
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=61903
International:
[Scotland on Sunday] NORTH KOREA - North Korea Orders Preparation for War with US
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3962314
[AP] JORDAN - Jordan Foils Terror Plot Against U.S.
"police foiled a plan to kill four American archeologists"
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10572810.htm?1c
[Reuters] YEMEN - UK's Yemen embassy shuts over terror fears
"British embassy will be closed on January 5 in response to specific security concerns"
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=649197
[AP] IRAQ - Car bomb kills 20 in Iraq attending police graduation
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2005/01/06/810650-sun.html
[East African Standard] AFRICA - Doctors Rule Out Anthrax From Kilonzo Letter
"The substance that was in the threatening letter that was sent to Nominated MP Mutula Kilonzo was free from the deadly killer anthrax"
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501050673.html
[Ireland Online] IRELAND - Packages spark Stormont alert
"British army bomb disposal experts were called in to examine a number of suspicious packages"
http://212.2.162.45/news/story.asp?j=129427450&p=yz94z8y56&n=129428210
[Hindustan Times] INDIA - Five injured in J&K grenade explosion
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1184153,000900010002.htm
[New Kerala] INDIA - Landmine explosion by naxalites, securitymen saved:
http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=55508
[Calcutta Telegraph] INDIA - Munger top cop killed in rebel blast
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050106/asp/nation/story_4218935.asp
[Interfax] RUSSIA - Federal forces deny reports on armed clashes in Chechnya
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=10737522
[Kavkaz Center] RUSSIA - 36 Russian troops killed and injured in Chechnya
http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/article.php?id=3418
[Hindustan Times] ALGERIA - Islamic militants kill 18 in Algeria: Report
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1183849,00050001.htm
[AP] INDONESIA - Terror expert: Radical Indonesian Islamic group moving into tsunami-devastated Aceh
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/1/6/latest/20574Terrorexp&sec=latest
[SIFY] INDONESIA - Islamists on Net blame US for tsunami destruction
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13643663
[Xinhua] PHILIPPINES - Abu Sayyaf leader arrested in southern Philippines [Jakaria Abu]
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/06/content_2424248.htm
[Pakistan Times] AFGHANISTAN - Taliban commander among five killed in Afghanistan
http://pakistantimes.net/2005/01/06/top8.htm
[PakTribune.com] AFGHANISTAN - US soldier killed, three wounded in Afghanistan ambush
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=89213
[Xinhua] SPAIN - Spain arrests 266 suspected terrorists in 2004
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/06/content_2422554.htm
[The Scotsman] IRELAND - Security Chiefs' Fears over Hijacked Website
"Security chiefs in Northern Ireland were braced today for a raft of secret anti-terrorist information being revealed online"
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3964470
[AFP] ISRAEL - Right-wing Jewish activists vow to sabotage east Jerusalem vote
http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=050106084304.gjzl6d7v.xml