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Havana Syndrome: Officials stricken with illness on White House grounds

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Re: Havana Syndrome: Officials stricken with illness on White House grounds

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Post by cyounkins »

I'm having a really hard time wrapping my head around this one. In foreign countries is one thing, but inside the White House? Options in my head:

1. Large, long-range directed energy weapon off the White House grounds that would need some advanced mechanism for aiming.

2. Smaller, shorter-range directed energy weapon that was snuck into the White House.

3. Not a malicious directed-energy weapon

Re: Havana Syndrome: Officials stricken with illness on White House grounds

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Post by remarkEon »

cyounkins wrote: post #3

I'm having a really hard time wrapping my head around this one. In foreign countries is one thing, but inside the White House? Options in my head: 1. Large, long-range directed energy weapon off the White House grounds that would need some advanced mechanism for aiming. 2. Smaller, shorter-range directed energy weapon that was snuck into the White House. 3. Not a malicious directed-energy weapon

I have to think there’s quite an advanced suite of sensors in and around the White House. Wouldn’t something like this be easily detectable? What am I missing?

Re: Havana Syndrome: Officials stricken with illness on White House grounds

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Post by ggm »

dv_dt wrote: post #2

So now I really wonder if it's some EMI from security equipment we run ourselves.

Believed this for a long time. ELINT has been a part of US embassies and the WH since forever. I think the overwhelmingly most likely reason is an own-goal side effect of counter measures.

Re: Havana Syndrome: Officials stricken with illness on White House grounds

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Post by dehrmann »

remarkEon wrote: post #4
cyounkins wrote: post #3

I'm having a really hard time wrapping my head around this one. In foreign countries is one thing, but inside the White House? Options in my head: 1. Large, long-range directed energy weapon off the White House grounds that would need some advanced mechanism for aiming. 2. Smaller, shorter-range directed energy weapon that was snuck into the White House. 3. Not a malicious directed-energy weapon

I have to think there’s quite an advanced suite of sensors in and around the White House. Wouldn’t something like this be easily detectable? What am I missing?

It could be directional (MASERs are a thing). You have to be looking for it. You also have to disclose if you find something.

Re: Havana Syndrome: Officials stricken with illness on White House grounds

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Post by mr_toad »

cyounkins wrote: post #3

I'm having a really hard time wrapping my head around this one. In foreign countries is one thing, but inside the White House? Options in my head: 1. Large, long-range directed energy weapon off the White House grounds that would need some advanced mechanism for aiming. 2. Smaller, shorter-range directed energy weapon that was snuck into the White House. 3. Not a malicious directed-energy weapon

4. Psychosomatic

Re: Havana Syndrome: Officials stricken with illness on White House grounds

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Post by exabrial »

cyounkins wrote: post #3

I'm having a really hard time wrapping my head around this one. In foreign countries is one thing, but inside the White House? Options in my head: 1. Large, long-range directed energy weapon off the White House grounds that would need some advanced mechanism for aiming. 2. Smaller, shorter-range directed energy weapon that was snuck into the White House. 3. Not a malicious directed-energy weapon

IIRC, the Russian Embassy in DC has a line-of-sight with the Whitehouse... This needs a fact check, corrections encouraged.
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