checky benson tells us if used incorrectly, they can create the same issue as shining a laser pointer at the cockpit of a plane. >> the easiest way to light up your home. >> the most popular version is the as seen on tv star shower but they're all essentially lower wattage home versions of a rock concert laser light show. the laser part is the potential problem. the manufacturerer's instruction manual notes if your intended surface is within 10 nautical miles of the airport lower the angle of the star shower so that no lasers point into the sky. helicopter pilot brings a view from the sky to nbc 4 viewers. >> with the news4 helicopter i've been hit by the red laze near manassas. red is better than green. it with as nuisance, it was distracting. i just pedal turned the helicopter away. i put my back to whoever it was and it was overwith. >> he says that pilots are acutely aware of the dangers. >> the crucial phases of flight, take off and landing. you're near the ground, more things are happening, not less things. that's the worst thing to get hit by a lazar. >> just two weeks ago, a p