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posted by FatPhil on Thursday October 19 2017, @01:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the hawkwind-fans dept.

The State Department has not provided further details about the medical condition of the affected staffers. But government officials have suggested anonymously that the diplomats may have been assaulted with some sort of sonic weapon.

Experts in acoustics, however, say that's a theory more appropriate to a James Bond movie.

Sound can cause discomfort and even serious harm, and researchers have explored the idea of sonic weaponry for years. But scientists doubt a hidden ultrasound weapon can explain what happened in Cuba.

"I'd say it's fairly implausible," said Jürgen Altmann, a physicist at the Technische Universität Dortmund in Germany and an expert on acoustics.

Once again, the New York Times gets it wrong. James Bond is not the movie genre they're looking for.

mrpg also brings us this less-critical AP report, What Americans Heard in Cuba Attacks: The Sound.


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  • (Score: 2) by NewNic on Friday October 20 2017, @07:03PM (1 child)

    by NewNic (6420) on Friday October 20 2017, @07:03PM (#585374) Journal

    The truth hurts some times, doesn't it?

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday October 20 2017, @07:10PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 20 2017, @07:10PM (#585381) Journal
    Red herrings have nothing to do with truth. In this case, it's a distinction without a difference [tvtropes.org].