Havana syndrome can have a far less charitable explanation.

There is no objective test for Havana syndrome, but being diagnosed with it grants significant financial and non-financial benefits.

The veterinary world has a specific term for a condition they can’t diagnose, and I appreciate the intellectual honesty behind that.

do you know the specific term, or does your intellectual honesty prevent you from saying that you do?

"Idiopathic"?

Ain't Doin Right.

Another good one is the "Mad Gasser Of Mattoon" incident.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon

But the "Illinois Enema Bandit" was real: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_H._Kenyon

(coincidentally, the "Mad Gasser" was also in Illinois).

I only know about this because of Frank Zappa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=352dVmsn7y4

And also the Monkey Man of Delhi (though that urban legend wasn't confined to Delhi):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey-man_of_Delhi

Also: killer clowns every few years. That one is a cultural icon by now.

Best example: A whole town thinking Bigfoot AND aliens were invading at the same time https://medium.com/@weirdones/the-pa-ufo-bigfoot-invasion-of...

Don't be so quick to characterize Havana Syndrome as hysteria.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-intelligence-re...

"House Intelligence leaders" are not exempt from hysteria.

Indeed, that's an obvious appeal to authority fallacy, and "appears increasingly likely that a foreign adversary is behind some cases" is just weasel words; it's vague and meaningless but articles like this position it as pretty much factual.

Sure, they don't explicitly say it's a fact, but it's enough for many people to be "sold" on the idea that it's foreign adversaries.