What would happen if...

[shadow_of_chaos]

i pointed a 100>mW laser at a UFO?

ok.. some of you may be thinking that im nuts and you dont believe in UFO's but ive seen strange things before ( Like a glowing ball in the sky ) and i know there are things out there other than man made craft, so i was thinking.. what would happen if by some chance we seen some strange ball of light hovering in the sky.. and we pointed the laser at it? i cant say anyone has thought of this or tried it before as you cant just stand outside and wait for some ufo to pass by.

 

[SuperBert]

they would shine their 100,000w laser back at you and laugh /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[shadow_of_chaos]

Dont get discouraged by the topic, its not a joke.. but still, good answer /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hahaha.gif however i was looking for a more realistic answer.. or isnt there one? (that we know of)

 

[thesurefire]

I would go with they would point theirs back and laugh at you. I mean if it truly was a ufo with intelligant life, they might see it as 1 of 2 things:
1. friendly and either not respond or respond in a friendly way.
2. Not friendly: they cook you.

 

[sharkeeper]

Silly.

The glowing balls you're seeing is the nutcase down the street test firing his L-fold laserscope. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Cheers!

 

[shadow_of_chaos]

Bleh.. i hate sceptical people /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon23.gif

How can a laser scope make a glowing ball turn into 6 rings and rotate, go back together.. and shoot off? and from a far distance, it was at least 2 miles away and very bright pulsating orange.. SO THERE! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[QuestionDUDE]

well if i am the dude in the ufo, i would :
1. dodge the beam
2. follow the beam and check out the beam source
3. take the beam-shining creature and go home
4. show off my super powerful laser

 

[sharkeeper]

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How can a laser scope make a glowing ball turn into 6 rings and rotate, go back together.. and shoot off? and from a far distance, it was at least 2 miles away and very bright pulsating orange.. SO THERE

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Full raster scanning laser system producing full colour video. Visible up to 300 miles. 2000kVA transformer (13800-480Y 3PH) and 65 gpm 12C water flow required. (or connect to facilities' central chiller.)

System produces over 23kW CW power for each channel (3)

Operating cost is $400 per hour, figure about as expensive as mid profile divorce attorney! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Cheers!

 

[shadow_of_chaos]

and you think one of those devices would be in use around my area? pff.. i dont live in exactly the richest town.

it only lasted 20 mins, and only once it was seen ( as far as i know ) why would someone want to use one of those for such a short time?

the object looked way too realistic to have been that

i still dont think that is the answer /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Enigmahack]

My guess is hidden option C: Whip out their mirror so you fry your own ***!

Actually, I have no idea. I suppose we'll have to find out /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif lol

 

[Lasernerd]

Way back in the day me and my friends would aim my laserscope(40 watts 532,100`s of watts infrared) in the sky at the darkest spot we could see and
modulate the beam with talking and playing music,,
dont freak out about fireing the beam in the sky now!!!

I will add I don`t think any ET has visited us yet /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I am varianced now to do such things..in the same location.

 

[comozo]

You may have a partial answer since nothing happened but keep trying. I have had the same idea. I've seen many UFO's, every time I see a light in the sky it is a UFO which does not mean it is extraterrestrial. Most likely what you saw was a natural phenomena or refracted light or even someone with a sense of humor, since modern people spend little time looking at the night sky or understand science they can be duped easily. People are so quick to label some strange light extraterrestrial if they can't identify it. If you should happen to see a dark [triangular shape usually] silent flying object shine your laser at that and see what happens. This site will explain it, a cool device http://jnaudin.free.fr/lifters/main.htm

P.S. It is good to have an open mind but, not so open that your brains fall out.
I don't believe in UFO's since that means having faith in something without proof.

 

[The_LED_Museum]

I lased a UFO a few years back with my 11.6mW green laser pointer. When the UFO suddenly stopped, I quickly got rid of the laser. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/faint.gif

 

[liteglow]

i remember here in Norway.. like 10 years ago, everybody was thinking there was UFO in the air and everybody did always se them /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
even the famous people did get in the paper "i did se a ufo" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

But today, year 2004 i guess there is only 0,001% belive there is a thing like ufo!
I think Discovery channel did give most people answer what was in the air!
And yes 99% of the aswer to "ufo" was only the USA making test projects in the air haha /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

When you se what WE TODAY can do, like making laser pointer pointing to the moon, plasma television 80" big, travel to Mars and so on...
So all stuff up there in the air is only me and you.
And if there is anything like UFO, it is WE and the only one that wonder what the hell is in the air, must me the "people?" living at mars when they se ours missile hitting mars /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Earth got alot of incredibly stuff, and i think we must not ceep all that stuff secret anymore for other people..

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[MrBenchmark]

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shadow_of_chaos said:
i pointed a 100>mW laser at a UFO?

ok.. some of you may be thinking that im nuts and you dont believe in UFO's but ive seen strange things before ( Like a glowing ball in the sky ) and i know there are things out there other than man made craft, so i was thinking.. what would happen if by some chance we seen some strange ball of light hovering in the sky.. and we pointed the laser at it? i cant say anyone has thought of this or tried it before as you cant just stand outside and wait for some ufo to pass by.

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What if what you are seeing is some sort of terrestrial aircraft? Mightn't it be a little dangerous in that case?

The laser scanner idea isn't so farfetched by the way - I've seen this happen at the dark-sky site where I use my telescope - not quite what you described, but unusual nonetheless. There's a casino 10-15 miles away, and when they do a laser show to attract customers, we can sometimes see it from the site. It's *really* annoying! The area where I observe is definitely not "the rich part of the state."

If what you are observing is a natural phenomenon, then the laser will likely have little to no effect.

The probability that it's a craft from another star is exceedingly low, you realize this, don't you? If there's other intelligent life out there, within a detectable proximity of us in space / time, we ought to be able to detect them. Indeed, if a species got even a million year head start on us on another world, they should have been able to colonize the galaxy by this point. We'd possibly even see evidence of their engineering, even with the limited means we have today. Given that you are postulating that they spend extravagant amounts of energy to get here, one could surmise that their other works might not be subtle. So where are they?

But if you are seeing aliens, can you imagine what advanced flashlights or lasers they have! (Obligatory flashlight related comment to reduce probability of this post being edited by a moderator - not that it doesn't deserve it! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif)

I'm not saying you are imagining all this - just that the probability that it's an alien craft seems quite low. It's useful to be skeptical by the way - it's actually pretty hard to ID everything you see in the night sky sometimes, and if you really WANT to see something, then it's very easy to fool yourself into believing you've seen it. I've done it before, and I know better.

 

[LaserMod]

Well I think we shouldn't shine our lasers at anything in the sky...UFO's or not you might blind ET and he might crash and now where will we be when he phones home for his bigger brothers... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

But seriously use lasers in a responsible manner - at 2,000 feet the dot can bloom to 3 feet across and you don't need pinpoint accuracy anymore to hit someone...so never shine it in the sky with any aircraft around...

 

[liteglow]

i just cant wait to have a flight with a airplaine /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
and point my laser DOWN to all cityes below !!
THAT i guess is funny /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif and THEN people can beliwe ther IS an UFO /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[DaFiend]

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liteglow said:
i just cant wait to have a flight with a airplaine /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
and point my laser DOWN to all cityes below !!
THAT i guess is funny /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif and THEN people can beliwe ther IS an UFO /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Strap a PGL-III to one of those mini home made hot air balloons. heh heh heh. Expensive little exercise, but it would be highly amusing, yet dangerous at the same time.......

 

[sharkeeper]

[ QUOTE ]
Strap a PGL-III to one of those mini home made hot air balloons. heh heh heh. Expensive little exercise, but it would be highly amusing, yet dangerous at the same time.......

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I actually thought about sending a 3 meter wx balloon filled with hydrogen up about 1/2 km. It would have a motorised ball hanging below. (A large one like the ones used in discothèques)

Once it reaches hanging altitude on its tether and can stay reasonalby still, hit the spinning ball with 50W of 532. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin07.gif

Cheers!

 

[shadow_of_chaos]

I take it you guys are not too fond of the roswell incident and pass it off as what the Goverment leads you to believe?
"Flying disk captured on ranch" then.. "No.. it was a balloon, project mogul!" anyway, i think non-believers should watch the film "Roswell" the recreation of what supposed to have happend over 50 years ago.. Sci-fi lead an archeologist group to do tests on the ground where the ufo supposed to have crashed and found anomalies.. so far that is all we know of.

Anyway.. whether you believe in E.T's or not i think something exists that we dont understand yet, my sisters and mother have seen strange things that are still unexplainable just like UFO's but also including other things.

Think what you will, i am not nuts /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif and i am fully aware of everything that happens.

Oh.. and Btw, you people might want to see this Evidence.