On this edition of “60 Minutes,” Scott Pelley investigates U.S. government officials reporting mysterious brain injuries
and Kevin Hart
but what a bizarre story of brain injuries 😳
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The phenomenon gets its name from Cuba's capital Havana - where the first case was detected in 2016 - though the new report suggests the first cases may have happened in Germany two years earlier.
the Pentagon said that a senior defence department official attending meetings at last year's Nato summit in Lithuania had experienced symptoms similar to Havana syndrome.
American personnel struck with the condition - including White House, CIA and FBI staff
There has long been a suspicion that those affected have been hit by directed energy or microwaves fired from hidden devices - a possibility that was acknowledged in an earlier US intelligence report.
from 2022
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60237839
A BBC report and documentary in 2021 looked at the potential role of pulsed, directed energy or microwaves in causing the symptoms of Havana Syndrome.
@ecksmc I’m going to have to tag this one for when I can get cleaning and gardening again.
@ecksmc So it's definite now? I kept reading conflicting stories over the year.
@Lindy part of the investigation, The Insider reported that an officer in the 29155 unit had been rewarded for their work related to the development of "non-lethal acoustic weapons".
investigation alleges that members of a specific Russian military intelligence unit - known as 29155 - may have targeted the brains of US diplomats with "directed energy" weapons.
It says there is evidence that places members of the unit in cities around the world at times when US personnel reported incidents.
@Lindy More than 1,000 reports of the mysterious ailment have been made, with dozens of cases still officially considered unexplained.
The Russian unit has been linked to other incidents worldwide including the attempted poisoning in the UK in 2018 of Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy.
@ecksmc
So much for playing nice. Damned communists have no shame.
energy weapons :yikes:
Russian's gettin the blame for brain injuries that loadsa US government officials have been getting
Havana syndrome: Report links mystery illness to Russian intelligence unit
Personnel stationed around the globe with "Havana Syndrome" have reported unexplained symptoms such as dizziness.
They may have been targeted by Russian sonic weaponry, according to a joint investigation by The Insider, external, Der Spiegel and CBS's 60 Minutes.
https://theins.ru/en/politics/270425