U.S. investigators increasingly confident directed-energy attacks behind Havana Syndrome [View all]

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Source: Politico

The U.S. government's investigation into the mysterious illnesses impacting American personnel overseas and at home is turning up new evidence that the symptoms are the result of directed-energy attacks, according to five lawmakers and officials briefed on the matter.

....some officials remain skeptical of the prevailing theory, and some prominent neurologists have described that explanation as implausible.... In a recent op-ed, for example, neurologist Robert Baloh contended that the symptoms stem from a psychosomatic illness -- one caused by stress or emotional issues. Baloh said the more likely explanation is "mass hysteria," or mass psychogenic illness....

(Rubio suggested they) are "influence agents that are being paid and or encouraged to write these on behalf of those -- foreign government or whatever -- that don't want this to be discussed out there and want to cast doubt about it. I mean, they're echoing the lines that we heard from the Cuban regime and others,"

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/08/us-investigators-increasingly-confident-directed-energy-attacks-behind-havana-syndrome-515693

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I don't know what the CIA knows, but I am very skeptical. A directed energy attack should be very easy to detect, since it is RF energy. And the equipment would be hard to set up and conceal. And for the GRU to do this around the world in many different countries does not seem plausible.

Here is an explanatory article about the microwave auditory effect:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_auditory_effect

The op-ed cited in the politico article arguing for a psychological cause:

https://theconversation.com/havana-syndrome-fits-the-pattern-of-psychosomatic-illness-but-that-doesnt-mean-the-symptoms-arent-real-167275