[tiahura]

I would assume that shortly after Havana, most embassies installed equipment to detect sonic or microwave blasts.

Given that we haven’t heard anything about these sensors being tripped, I’m going to assume anything after Havana is mass hysteria.

[AshamedCaptain]

why the downvotes? mass hysteria is the most likely explanation, and would still be even if you had evidence of a couple non-hysteria related cases (Such is the power of nocebos), but we don't even have that.

[Theory5]

It would be a likely explaination... if mass hysteria resulted in brain damage.

[AshamedCaptain]

First, I don't know of any "brain damage"; and second, yes, it can result in brain damage. Simplest way, by inducing insomnia, but there are many others.

[kritiko]

You’re absolutely right. One of the affected people claimed in an article that I read that they were attacked in the street in the middle of DC. If this tech exists and is really so portable, seems like you could do a lot more damage than just making some CIA and State Department employees retire early.

[ImPostingOnHN]

believe it or not, denying enemy spies from operating in a location, either directly, or via fear of direct action, is really useful for your own covert operations

[kritiko]

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/31/are-us-officia...

This New Yorker article from May alleges that somebody was hit on the grounds of the White House, one of the most heavily surveilled areas of the world... it's really hard for me to accept that there is a secret, highly portable tech that leaves no clear evidence and this is how it's being used.

[ImPostingOnHN]

there are more things in this world, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy

technology-wise, we humans are just fancy cavemen with fire

(also, we don't know that this is portable)

[tiahura]

So, we should call the Ghostbusters?

[oxymoran]

Why would you assume that we would hear anything if the sensors were tripped? It would be considered an act of war and would promote real hysteria in the general population if that were the case. It’s far more plausible that it was an attack that is being covered up for national security purposes.

[thatjoeoverthr]

If it’s safe to pretend it’s not happening than it isn’t a useful attack. If they can detect it, they should be able to apply some kind of countermeasure, shielding or (if necessary) threat or sanction.

[kritiko]

If it's being covered up why have NY Times, New Yorker, etc. covered this extensively with quotes from the alleged victims?

[mbg721]

This seems like the opposite of a cover-up; media outlets are loudly and repeatedly covering this Mysterious Threat, and even gave it a catchy name.

[macinjosh]

Based on what evidence?

[macinjosh]

This 1000%. I have been following this story closely and there has been no evidence of anything happening except symptomatic reports from government staff. It is all paranoia about Russian brain rays. Incredible.