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Were Cuban 'Sonic Attacks' on our Embassy Due to Malfunctioning Surveillance Gear?
2018-03-04
[Miami Herald via PJ] The State Department announced that the cuts made to embassy staff in Havana after strange and unexplained "sonic attacks" sickened diplomats and their families will become permanent.
Cicada? No, that's a symptom not a cause.
But the attacks themselves remain a mystery. However, a team of computer research scientists at the University of Michigan may have an explanation: malfunctioning surveillance equipment.

Miami Herald:

Professor Kevin Fu and members of the Security and Privacy Research Group at the University of Michigan say they have an explanation for what could have happened in Havana: two sources of ultrasound ‐ such as listening devices ‐ placed too close together could generate interference and provoke the intense sounds described by the victims.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  Big whistlestop ruckus! Disruption
In traffic at Petticoat Junction
As Shady Rest ladies
In unmarked Mercedes
Fix switching equipment malfunction.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2018-03-04 18:57  

#9  Where was the Russian surveillance ship at the time?

Dated:
Russian intelligence ship docks in Havana day before US-Cuba talks

Posted by: Skidmark   2018-03-04 12:57  

#8  OSHA on non-ionizing radiation.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-03-04 12:52  

#7  I remember reading that also but I also remember info about TDYers experiencing symptoms at local hotels.

Perhaps the TDYers were issued defective devices upon arrival. Who knows, refer it to the Rantburg DARPA branch for further investigation. Sonic sufferers can be referred to the VA. That should deflect the onerous whining and delay costly medical payouts.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-03-04 07:36  

#6  The term you are looking for is Direct Energy Weapons. Ask me how I know. Wink. Decades of attacks on ME, I am still standing. DARPA, Direct Energy Weapons, Targeted Individuals...search terms.
Posted by: Tarzan Pelosi8229   2018-03-04 07:25  

#5  ^^^
I remember reading that also but I also remember info about TDYers experiencing symptoms at local hotels.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2018-03-04 07:08  

#4  I've re-read the article twice, but I'm thinking it was our own counter surveillance equipment. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the anomaly was limited to just a few rooms or offices of the building itself.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-03-04 06:55  

#3  State is just falling all over themselves to make excuses for the Communists.
Posted by: Herb McCoy7309   2018-03-04 04:54  

#2  Whose gear? Our or the Cubanos??
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2018-03-04 04:31  

#1   A possibility put forth for consideration by Rantburg University weeks ago.

Further confirmed by the US Government's fading concern and the media's drop off in reporting. Please file under Agent Orange.

HAM radio as a counter surveillance tool? Perhaps Nellie Ohr was on to something.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-03-04 03:38  

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