How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack (2018)

Re:How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack... by jlmorton on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:05PM (#27922230)

It is. The linked article is from 2018, before it was determined the recordings were of crickets.

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Re:How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack... by jjeaff on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:18PM (#27922372)

But that doesn't explain the now hundreds of similar reports of illness and other side effects, usually reported after hearing the sound.

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Re:How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack... by jonny_eh on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:29PM (#27922512)

Mass hysteria combined with nocebo effect? Triggered by an encounter with cicada trapped in a hotel room.

Similar example, the Pokemon Panic of 1997: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Radford#Pok%C3%A9mon_...

A few legit cases of seizure triggered thousands of "false" cases.

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Re:How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack... by fay59 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:38PM (#27922595)

These attacks are reported to have long-lasting consequences. That would be (I think?) incompatible with mass hysteria or nocebo effects.

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Re:How We Reverse Engineered the Cuban “Sonic Weapon” Attack... by jlmorton on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:58PM (#27922812)

Remarkably, after the recordings that preceded the illnesses were found to be crickets, everyone stopped reporting the cricket noise before the illness. Now, the American diplomats in Vienna report a new noise, a ringing in their ears, which apparently is not recorded.

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