lovejoy wasn't behind the controls that night, but he knows what it's like.en the victim of a laszer light before. >> when you're aif year to dating flying aircraft and all of a sudden you get lit up and it's a dazzling effect and you're wondering what the heck is going on. >> reporter: fairfax county police have not made an arrest yet, but they think they know who's behind the so-called spotlighting last week. lovejoy says while the intent might not be malicious, the behavior is deliberate. >> it wasn't an accidental spot spotlighting. this was somebody who purposel at as i understand it for several minutes. they were able to identify who it was. they have a -- we have a night camera on the aircraft, you know to basically see the individual on camera and see who it was. >> reporter: lovejoy was flying for the maryland state police a few years back when his chopper got hit with a laser pointer one night. there are about 4,000 laser attacks on aircraft nationally last year. >> the laser hit the glass on the gains in the cockpit and kind of illume nuclear facil

lovejoy wasn't behind the controls that night, but he knows what it's like.e's been the victim of a laser light before. >> when you're aif year to dating flying an aircraft and you get lit up it's a as the lg effect and you're wondering what's going on. >> here's how it hit pilot mike mountjoy. he was piloting that night. >> it didn't incapacitate me you could stare into it, it does have the ability to put spots in your eyes rending you unable to read instruments on the aircraft. it is a dangerous situation for aircraft. >> reporter: fortunately that night the pilot was not using hi night vision goggles at the time. had he been, that spotlight would have been blinding. fairfax county police have not made an arrest yet, but they think they know who's behind the so-called spotlighting last week. >> it wasn't an accidental spotlighting. i mean this was somebody who purposely placed the beam on the aircraft and tracked the aircraft as i understand it for several minutes. >> reporter: it's behavior that in a worst-case scenario could bring down a chopper. but it's

lovejoy wasn't behind the controls that night, but he knows what it was like.light before. >> you get lit up and it's a dazzling effect. you're wondering what in the heck is going on. >> reporter: fairfax county police haven't made an arrest yet. they think they know who is behind the so-called spotlighting last week. lovejoy says while the intent might not be malicious t behavior is deliberate. >> it wasn't an accidental spotlighting. this is somebody who purposely placed the beam on the aircraft and tracked the aircraft as i understand it for several minutes. they were able to identify who it was. we have a night camera on the aircraft they were able to basically see the individual on camera and see who it was. >> reporter: lovejoy was flying for the maryland state police a few years back when his chopper got hit with a laser pounter one night. there are about 4,000 laser attacks on aircraft national li last year. >> the laser hit the glass on the gauges in the cockpit and illuminated the entire cockpit. >> reporter: whether it's spotlight or laser it not onl

at center ice, pierre maguire is alongside ben lovejoy. >> thank you very much doc.e here for the better part of six years. you went away for two. how are things different and how are things the same? >> i'm excited to be back. i feel like i was an alum of this