Early in 2016, American diplomats stationed in Havana, Cuba began reporting a whole range

of medical symptoms, and ever since, it's been reported and widely believed that the Cubans

used some kind of science fiction sonic weapon against them.

But as in so many such cases, if we ignore the newspapers and go straight to the scientists,

we've pretty much known all about what was actually going on the whole time.

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Sonic Weapons in Cuba

Beginning in early 2016, American diplomats stationed in Cuba began reporting a mysterious

illness.

They believed they were under attack by what they described as a sonic weapon.

No culprit could be identified, no such weapons were found, no clear motive could be established,

except of course for the fact that the United States and Cuba are not exactly on the

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