I subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer, which investigates everything from religious miracles to Bigfoot and other cryptids to creationism to other mysterious occurrences, usually deploying mundane explanations of what probably happened and that sort of thing.
Including Havana Syndrome, dating from 2016 in Havana, Cuba, and referring to incidents where
U.S. and Canadian government officials and their families reported symptoms associated with a perceived localized loud sound. The symptoms lasted for months and included disabling cognitive problems, balance problems, dizziness, insomnia, and headaches. Havana syndrome is not recognized as a disease by the medical community. [Wikipedia]
I always thought the proffered explanation, a variant of psychosocial illness as I recall, seemed a bit weak.
It may have been weaker than I realized.
Working in strict secrecy, a government scientist in Norway built a machine capable of emitting powerful pulses of microwave energy and, in an effort to prove such devices are harmless to humans, in 2024 tested it on himself. He suffered neurological symptoms similar to those of “Havana syndrome,” the unexplained malady that has struck hundreds of U.S. spies and diplomats around the world.
The bizarre story, described by four people familiar with the events, is the latest wrinkle in the decade-long quest to find the causes of Havana syndrome, whose sufferers experience long-lasting effects including cognitive challenges, dizziness and nausea. The U.S. government calls the events Anomalous Health Incidents (AHIs).
These results were discovered by a Havana Syndrome skeptic, so points for him, and bolsters the case for actual, working weapons being deployed against U.S. and Canadian personnel. They were released recently
Well, this should make either the next issue, or the issue after that, of Skeptical Inquirer quite interesting. There’s nothing on their website’s front page about this development, but this is recent enough that they may not have developed a response.
Will there be a retaliatory response from the current Administration?
