And it was at more than 13 times the manufacturer's claimed safe range. Sure, they could be lying, but that's a huge discrepancy. Besides that, the windshield would have passed through a fixed beam so fast it would have to be super bright to have that effect.
To stay aimed into the cockpit long enough to matter, it would have to be to the front at a very low angle. Since the plane was 13k feet up, the source would have to be more than 13k feet ahead, meaning the range was >18k feet.
That was not a Christmas display.
To stay aimed into the cockpit long enough to matter, it would have to be to the front at a very low angle. Since the plane was 13k feet up, the source would have to be more than 13k feet ahead, meaning the range was >18k feet.
That was not a Christmas display.