Re:Pilot Sight Destruction? (Score 1)

I remember this story. IT was not a "Laundry Ship", but a merchant ship suspected of being a spy ship. The LT was a US navy observer onboard a Canadian Helo helping to conduct a personnel transfer from the USS Ohio, an SSBN (carries up to 24 nuke missles), when he got lazered from the ship. Optomitrists said his eyes had burns consistant with that of a laser, and the ship was searched several times for the cause of the injuries, but nothing was ever found. The pilot just lost a fight to get a Purple Heart due to ongoing problems caused by the laser. here's some links: http://www.dod.gov/advisories/1997/p06261997_p156- 97.html http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/155443_laser06 .html