More Aircraft Laser Incidents Pinned on Gay Club-Goers

FBI agents have traced another airline laser incident to a gay nightclub, this one in Dallas, TX.  Last year, after pilots began complaining of laser beams penetrating their cockpits, investigators linked the green beams to gay nightclubs around the country, where laser wielders use the green rays to shine a light on club ‘hotties.’

For one gay couple, night out ends in handcuffs

By Todd Fox

Editor’s note: this is an updated version of a story that originally appeared on the Swift Report on January 7th, 2005. We will continue to bring you breaking news on this topic as it unfolds.

Dallas, TX—Investigators are blaming the latest in a series of airline laser incidents on more gay club-goers. After the captain of an American Airlines jet reported that a laser beam had penetrated his cockpit as the plane prepared to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, investigators fanned out to gay nightclubs throughout the area. They reportedly found dozens of men armed with green lasers at popular gay clubs in Dallas including Buddies II, Hidden Door and Zippers.

A good time—gone bad
Investigators first became aware that gay club-goers were the source of the airline laser incidents after Cleveland residents Paco Garcia and his boyfriend Thom Feldman were detained when Garcia inadvertently pointed his laser beam—a popular accessory at gay dance clubs—at a police helicopter.

“Suddenly all these black SUVs surrounded our MiniCoop,” says Garcia. “Next thing we knew, we were in the back seat of a Ford Explorer wearing handcuffs." Adds Feldman: "We're open to a lot of stuff, but S&M is not big on our list."

But their nightmare was far from over. The two men were held until the next morning, as members of the FBI and local police force questioned them about their connection to recent laser incidents in the Cleveland area, including one that took place on New Year’s Eve as a commercial jet approached the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

Laser lovers to blame
Garcia and Feldman were released without charges after authorities determined that they didn’t have enough evidence to hold the men. Under the Patriot Act, the men could have faced up to 25 years in prison and a $500,000 fine for disrupting the operation of a mass transportation vehicle.

But while this particular couple got off, authorities now believe that gay club-goers may have been responsible for pointing lasers at aircraft in other areas. The FBI is said to be interviewing patrons of the following nightclubs about recent laser episodes:

• The Hide and Seek Complex, Colorado Springs, CO. On Dec. 27, two pilots reported that green pulsating laser lights were shone into their cockpits as they were approaching the Colorado Springs airport. Both the passenger plane and a cargo plane landed without incident.
• Bricks Club, Salt Lake City, UT. In September, a Delta Air Lines pilot reported an eye injury from a laser beam shone into the cockpit during a landing approach in Salt Lake City.
• The Tool Box, Nashville, TN. Earlier this week, a green laser was pointed at a Chicago-bound regional jet as it took off from Nashville International Airport.

Homosexuals, terrorists, or both?
Earlier this year, federal agents charged Parsippany, NJ resident David Banach under the terms of the Patriot Act after he confessed to pointing a light beam at two aircraft.

Agents said they’re still not clear on whether Banach is gay, but note that they’ve been interviewing patrons of Connexions, a Parsippany club that offers country line dancing on Tuesday nights and caters to gay men.

“We’re obviously at the beginning of our inquiry and we’re not sure if this particular individual was intending to try to bring down the aircraft or was just a homosexual having a bit of fun,” says John Parris, an FBI spokesman. “By talking to gay men who are going out to these clubs to dance and what not, then get the urge to point their lasers at planes, we need to say ‘don’t do it.’ There are serious penalties involved here.”

Queer eye on the hot guy
In recent years, pocket lasers have become increasingly popular at gay dance clubs. Paco Garcia explains that club-goers often use the green laser pointers to add to the excitement on the dance floor. “When you see a buff guy, guys point pocket lasers on him. That way he stands out and he knows that we think he’s hot,” explains Garcia.

Hundreds of inexpensive lasers were sold within Cleveland's gay community alone this Christmas, some for as little as $15. The lasers, while strong, are completely legal.

Fans of the pocket searchlights are also quick to draw a distinction between red lasers, typically used by teachers in a classroom lecture setting, and the green lasers used by homosexuals and terrorists.

Todd Fox can be reached at [email protected]

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[Guest]

Who is the administrator of this blog?

[Jason Heckathorn]

I love to suck cock and shine a green lazer light on a set of hairy balls. Hey little boy want to pet my monkey?

[Anon.]

Hahahaha... I really hope this site is a joke, otherwise the guys who wrote it have nothing good to do with their lives... To this guy: "YOu homo's just dont get it do you." a) Get a life, b) If by America you mean the ignorant dictatorship we now live in that uses machines to vote built and manipulated by Republicans, then yes, America won (Bush received more votes in Iowa than are registered voters). c) Not everyone who didn't vote Bush is gay. We're just worried that our world might actually be in danger. Look around. The rest of the world hates us. Congratulations. I hope terrorists hit this country hard and no one will come to our aid, just to show off our president's ignorance. Not that I want to have pain inflicted on my countrymen, but hey... Have a nice night.

[Anonymous coward]

Quick! It's on Fox news - "Al Queereda" alert...

:-)

[Musk]

I loved the article, and, btw, I must be stopped!!!
*homosexual snort*

[Sarchasmic]

PUH-LEEEESE....of course there is a unified agenda amongst gay men to interfere with the safe landing of aircraft! It's so obvious you have to wonder why on earth no-one figured it out before this! Clearly it's because gays hate air travel. Or maybe it's because many gay men secretly wish they could be airline pilots and so they are trying to permanently damage the eyes of the current pilots, so THEY can take the jobs!!
Or not.
Maybe it's a faked article. Shocking.
(where the hell is my green laser...i'm going dancing..)

[wes]

I gotta get me one of them thar green lazers, i like green.

[anton Mayweather]

rise my fellow brother's where free!!!!

[Bill]

Brilliant.

[am-i-gay?]

I just want the DNA tester to see if I am gay and don't know it. Boy, would my husband be surprised. But he often tells me he is a lesbian trapped in a man's body, so perhaps we could still be together.

[schmoooo]

LMAO. Made my day right there.

[not a gay man]

I knew gay men pointed things at each other I just didn't know it was lasers. LOL

[cuda010]

YOu homo's just dont get it do you. What you are doing is dangerous, not hip. For a long time we have had the homo agenda forced down our throuts, but no more. were tired of it, and now your putting people's lives at risk, so you can point out some gay "hottie". I hope you all get arrested. I dont understand why none of you want to go to jail, isnt there lots of gay butt sex in prison?

And for the moron who said voter turnout was a joke, LEARN HOW TO READ. IT was a RECORD voter turnout. YOur guy lost, and America won. get over it, or move to France, fairy

[anonymous]

you tools do realize this is a fake-news website, right?

maybe i'm the tool for thinking you are serious....but you all sound pretty angry.

[Lthrstd71]

The article writer obviosly has no idea what he is talking about. We always use purple lasers in the leather bars.

[JadedLioness]

This article was quiet funny! Obviously the government needs something to do however if they are really wasting this much time on something this absurd.

[Chris H.]

SUPER! MY GAY PALS AND I LOVE POINTING EACH OTHER OUT WITH LASER POINTERS.

[Jason Randall Heckathorn]

I am gay and I use these green lasers all the time. They are fun in the dark bedroom, you can even make a bellybutton glow from within. I love to rub bacon grease all over my lover and put on some Cher and shine the lasers at the disco ball we have over our bed, it looks fabulous, especially on ecstacy! These lasers are awesome, I hope they don't outlaw them! :(

[Geoffrey]

WoW so one Homosexual man in Cleavlad Ohio says that Green lazers are all the craze in the gay clubs... so the FBI now blames all green lazers in america on Gay clubs... this is so Out of Controle, they wanted to send him to jail for 2 years...please pepole... get out and vode next election. (voter turnout was a joke)

[anonymous]

Does anyone really think this article is serious? Haha.

[Brandon]

""green lasers used by homosexuals and terrorists."

Did you even think about that inflamatory sentence before you wrote it? or perhaps that was the intention...."

Are you serious? That was a joke, used to illustrate the absurdity of this investigation, and how out of hand this is.

[Matt]

As a gay man in Dallas, I'd like to make two points:

1). I've never heard of this incident and I've never seen a laser used in the clubs EVER. Perhaps they do use them in Buddy's--that's a lesbian club.

2). All these clubs are concentrated in a spot about a mile and a half south of the runways for Love Field. Aircraft landing at DFW Interantional CAN'T fly directly over them.

[Jim]

Wow, what a ridiculous waste of time - both on the part of the person who wrote it and everyone who reads it.

[Sam]

Seriously guys, I think the author was over-stating the point to make a point. That last sentence is very punchy, to get across the idea that the whole thing is ridiculous.

If you read the tone of the article, the author is clearly exaggerating for the purpose of pointing out the sheer ridiculousness of it all.

[James]

Of coarse it was this is clearly an anti gay pro bush site, its so offenseive that its amusing.....