NBC Chicago

Here in Chicago, NBC 5 found an abundance of reports filed by local pilots to a NASA database. In 2021 a pilot reported a laser strike while approaching O'Hare: "About five minutes later I experienced an intense nauseous feeling. I thought I was going to be sick." In 2019, from a pilot of an Embraer regional jet who was getting ready to land at O'Hare: "We got blasted with a bright laser from the left hand side.