Havana syndrome – Berita, Riset, dan Analisis – The Conversation

Three soldiers (far right) carry karnyxes, long horns with frightening boar-headed mouths that produce eerie calls during battle. Prisma/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Agustus 17, 2022

From whistling arrows and trumpeting elephants to battle cries and eerie horns, ancient soldiers used sound to frighten and confuse their enemies

Adrienne Mayor, Stanford University

Since antiquity people have harnessed sound as a weapon, and the practice continues – in new high-tech ways – today.

In late 2016, people working and living in the embassy district of Havana, including at the U.S. Embassy seen here, began hearing strange sounds before getting sick. AP Photo/Desmond Boylan

Maret 7, 2023

Havana syndrome fits the pattern of psychosomatic illness – but that doesn’t mean symptoms aren’t real

Robert Baloh, University of California, Los Angeles

Havana syndrome has spread to government officials around the world and stumped doctors for years. Despite news of mysterious attacks, evidence suggests mass psychogenic illness may be the true cause.

A television reporter reacts to being hit by a heat ray during a demonstration of the U.S. military’s Active Denial System. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images

September 17, 2021

Directed energy weapons shoot painful but non-lethal beams – are similar weapons behind the Havana syndrome?

Iain Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder

Electromagnetic beams of the right power and wavelength can cause pain and zap electronics. Could they also be used to disrupt a person’s nervous system?

Several countries are developing microwave weapons, like this U.S. Air Force system designed to knock down drones by frying their electronics. AFRL Directed Energy Directorate

Februari 3, 2022

Experts suggest US embassies were hit with high-power microwaves – here’s how the weapons work

Edl Schamiloglu, University of New Mexico

High-power microwave weapons are useful for disabling electronics. A new report says they ‘plausibly explain’ some ailments suffered by US diplomats and CIA agents in Cuba, China and other countries.

A neuro-otologist at the University of Miami reported “central vestibular” (inner ear) findings in 36 per cent of American diplomats and their families affected by Havana syndrome. (Shutterstock)

Juli 3, 2019

‘Havana syndrome’ symptoms of diplomats in Cuba are not mass hysteria

Edward Shorter, University of Toronto

Multiple sclerosis and endometriosis in women both used to be diagnosed as hysteria. The same could be happening with ‘Havana syndrome.’

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