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The U.S. Is Still Clueless About the Creepy 'Sonic' Attacks in China and Cuba

June 7, 2018

Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics
Photo Credit: Ramon Espinosa/AP

It sounds like the plot device of a techno-thriller or spy novel. In 2016 and 2017, 24 diplomats in Cuba reported hearing strange noises. Later, they showed symptoms of neurological damage similar to the effects of a concussion.

“Following exposure, patients experienced cognitive, vestibular, and oculomotor dysfunction, along with auditory symptoms, sleep abnormalities, and headache,” one medical report states.

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