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Havana Syndrome could be caused by pulsed energy devices – US expert report
A US intelligence report by a panel of expert scientists has named pulsed electromagnetic energy and ultrasound as plausible causes for the mystery Havana Syndrome symptoms suffered by US diplomats and spies in recent years.
The report found that a group of cases could not be explained by health or environmental factors or by psychosomatic illness. It also said that devices exist with “modest energy requirements” which were concealable and could produce the observed symptoms and be effective over hundreds of meters or through walls.
The panel, established last year by the director of national security, Avril Haines, and the CIA director, William Burns, said the investigation was not tasked to identify a culprit, but in a statement accompanying the report, Haines and Burns said it would help sharpen the search for the origins of they mysterious ailments.
“We will stay at it, with continued rigor, for however long it takes,” they said.
Previously:
"Havana Syndrome": U.S. Baffled After New Cases in Europe
CIA Finds No Evidence of a Foreign Adversary Causing "Havana Syndrome"
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Saturday February 05 2022, @12:25PM (1 child)
Yes. These 3 letter agencies are always shooting themselves in the foot, so to speak, by keeping secrets even from themselves. They absolutely will send their own people on wild goose chases to find out things some already knew. The previous story on this suggested that pesticides could be causing Havana Syndrome. Now it's electromagnetic pulses. If it's not the pesticides, and those who knew about pulsed energy devices kept quiet, it certainly slowed down the investigation. Or worse, they blame the Ruskies or other foreigners. Quite plausible, but also too convenient on the scapegoating. Could've saved the seekers a great deal of time and effort, and the taxpayers a good bit of money, if they'd been just a little more forthcoming.
The poor canary might keel right over within minutes or even seconds of exposure to pesticides. Or ultrasound. Or energy pulses. Seems an excellent idea to use a few of them.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Sunday February 06 2022, @11:03AM
> keeping secrets even from themselves
May even deliberately set up an investigation and make a big noise about it so that the adversary does not realise the US has access to these weapons already. So it may well be an intelligence op.