U.S. does not believe Cuba is behind sonic attacks on American diplomats

Re:U.S. does not believe Cuba is behind sonic attacks on Ame... by bandrami on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @07:11PM (#15343454)

(I should clarify: I know some of the State Department staff in Havana; I don't know any of the injured people.)

My understanding is that nobody is entirely clear whether this is permanent or not. Some people have recovered quickly and others are still having lingering effects. Several suffered a concussion, which just doesn't work -- I work for an audio simulation company (think jets and helicopters) and there's just no way audible sound or even infrasound can do this.

OTOH, there is a theory that guided infrasound can do serious tissue damage, which was possibly the cause of Dyatlov Pass[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

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Re:U.S. does not believe Cuba is behind sonic attacks on Ame... by Iv on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @08:17PM (#15343829)

I think the safer bet is that the cause is not sonic and that the sounds perceived are illusions.

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Re:U.S. does not believe Cuba is behind sonic attacks on Ame... by alexandersingh on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @12:00AM (#15344817)

In the good old days, we'd have just gotten Mulder and Scully on the case...Those were simpler times...

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Re:U.S. does not believe Cuba is behind sonic attacks on Ame... by bandrami on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @08:21PM (#15343852)

Agreed

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Re:U.S. does not believe Cuba is behind sonic attacks on Ame... by tmxrc on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @01:02AM (#15345051)

Has anyone taken a serious look at the possibility that the origin could be biologic?

There are numerous drugs that can cause repetitive auditory hallucinations, mild brain injury, and CNS damage. A sufficiently advanced actor could easily try to sophisticate a new substance that would enable this kind of attack without showing up on toxicology screens.

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