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Hekate

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18. Ever since at least the BushCheney era, we civilians in the US have been regaled with stories of...
Fri Oct 8, 2021, 09:34 PM
Oct 2021

… the very latest whiz-bang offensive weaponry, and even what they’ve called “crowd control” devices that presumably can be deployed at home.

You don’t have to be an expert, just a person who reads a good newspaper and notices certain things.

Some of these devices can blow out your eardrums. Some can damage your eyes. Some can burn your skin without flames. Some, called pain rays, inflict excruciating pain without visible injury. Ain’t we grand?

Maybe they were just “in development” and aren’t fully realized yet. But I wouldn’t bet on it.

Given all this, don’t you think it plausible that someone has invented a device to rattle the human brain and damage it?

I read the early accounts of the injuries. The last one I read was from a woman who went to China to visit her daughter, who worked for the US embassy and who was complaining of debility. Mom stayed in her daughter’s apartment and started to feel unwell, to— same symptoms, including loss of balance that might indicate inner-ear damage. One day they were walking the two little dogs over a bridge and felt “it” — furthermore, at the same time, the dogs exhibited great signs of distress and absolutely refused to proceed further.

So do I think this is possible? Yes. Do I think it is probable in the hands of totalitarian regimes? Yes. Do I think all these people are suffering from psychosomatic ailments or mass hysteria? No, I do not.




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never heard of dea, not drug inforcment agency, untill last year. AllaN01Bear Oct 2021 #1
Sometimes I don't think the CIA knows what they know stillcool Oct 2021 #2
Thanks for the article! Interesting! I remain... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #3
I am clueless about the science of stillcool Oct 2021 #10
Like something "Q" came up with in a James Bond movie. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #11
A UK Dragonfire laser directed energy weapon system Goonch Oct 2021 #36
Whoa ! reACTIONary Oct 2021 #37
So does the US have one too? n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #4
From the article linked in the reply above... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #5
That's a standard type of microwave device that produces an effect like that of a microwave oven... PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #7
The sound in the head.... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #12
I've seen a DIY directed sound project before Sapient Donkey Oct 2021 #42
Any article using Havana Syndrome is bullshit Voltaire2 Oct 2021 #6
Things are often named after where the first known occurance happened... PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #9
Like China Flu? Voltaire2 Oct 2021 #38
That was originally "Wuhan virus", named for it's first apparent outbreak location... PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #39
Traumatic brain injury doesn't happen by mass hysteria. Ford_Prefect Oct 2021 #8
I'm not an expert... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #14
What about extremely loud ultrasonic or infrasonic sound waves? ("loud" if they could be heard) LudwigPastorius Oct 2021 #21
I grant you the physics are problematic to say the least. Ford_Prefect Oct 2021 #23
The problem is, that some sort of "Havana syndrome" is so unlikely as to defy belief. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #13
That's my thought also, if you run across... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #17
It was probably longer ago than I'm thinking. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #19
There was a recent article in the nypost that said it was crickets. (link below) Gore1FL Oct 2021 #15
A state department report did.... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #16
Thank you for posting that. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #20
Ever since at least the BushCheney era, we civilians in the US have been regaled with stories of... Hekate Oct 2021 #18
Given all this... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #28
Some of the responses show an igrnorance of the possibility of phased-array beamforming ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 #22
You are right, beam forming is possible... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #25
Even a crude weapon has more than a 10 foot range. infullview Oct 2021 #27
You could do that... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #29
Exactly. I'm sure it hasn't been made public. infullview Oct 2021 #30
If it's on the other side of your apartment's wall... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #32
If only people inside US Embassy buildings get ill ... TomWilm Oct 2021 #24
As a lot of you have already said, this is old science and is not difficult to build infullview Oct 2021 #26
Thanks! Great video and very informative! nt reACTIONary Oct 2021 #31
Directed Energy Weapon Historic NY Oct 2021 #33
I read some reports that said some instances could be pesticide poisoning womanofthehills Oct 2021 #34
Energy can be measured. dalton99a Oct 2021 #35
I thought they'd just concluded it was psychological-- mass hysteria viva la Oct 2021 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Oct 2021 #41
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