Thread by @desderamona

“Now, #doctors and #scientists say such unconventional weapons may have caused the baffling symptoms and ailments that, starting in late 2016, hit more than three dozen American diplomats and family members in #Cuba and #China.”

#microwave
#Sonic

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/1005221368986767362

“…study’s lead author & director of Center for #BrainInjury & Repair at UPenn, said in a recent interview that #microwaves were now considered a main suspect & the team was increasingly sure the #diplomats suffered brain injury.

nyti.ms/2N8M9rL?smid=n…

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/1005221881446912000?s=21

“…Air Force scientists sought to beam comprehensible speech into heads of adversaries. Their novel approach won a patent in 2002, update in 2003. In a twist, #2003contract was awarded to #microwave experts who had emigrated to US from #Russia & #Ukraine.”
nyti.ms/2N8M9rL?smid=n…

“doctors & scientists concluding #MicrowaveWeapon strikes capable of causing “sonic delusions” & #braindamage are to blame… first reported in late 2016, and affected over three dozen American #diplomats and family members in #Cuba and #China.”

#HotWar
boingboing.net/2018/09/01/wei…

“#FreyEffect named for scientist—Allan H. #Frey—who decades ago found that #microwaves can be read by the brain as sound…

…added his own theory: that #Cubans who favor strong relations with #Russia, not the US, may be behind the #attacks.”

newser.com/story/264076/w…

“Concentrated microwave radiation #CMR, when directed at signal-processing auditory cortexes of each of brain’s human temporal lobes, can trigger perception of audio even in deaf people…
evidence: Some said they could not stop it by covering their ears”
gizmodo.com/sonic-attacks-…