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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Julian Borger in Washington

Havana Syndrome could be caused by pulsed energy devices – US expert report

A group of cases could not be explained by health or environmental factors, or by psychosomatic illness, researchers found.
A group of cases could not be explained by health or environmental factors, or by psychosomatic illness, researchers found. Photograph: Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images

A US intelligence report by a panel of expert scientists has named pulsed electromagnetic energy and ultrasound as plausible causes for the mystery Havana Syndrome symptoms suffered by US diplomats and spies in recent years.

The report found that a group of cases could not be explained by health or environmental factors or by psychosomatic illness. It also said that devices exist with “modest energy requirements” which were concealable and could produce the observed symptoms and be effective over hundreds of meters or through walls.

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