Just yesterday I listened to Skeptoid podcast episode on this topic [1] and today viola. The conclusion from Brian Dunning in that Skeptoid episode is also mass

Just yesterday I listened to Skeptoid podcast episode on this topic [1] and today viola. The conclusion from Brian Dunning in that Skeptoid episode is also mass hysteria. I do also like the psyops disinfo theory - as stated elsewhere in this thread, suppose it was some other less respected nation that was making claims that their diplomats were victims of a mysterious sonic weapon. The claim would be poorly received. Personally there's a deeply appealing irony in the mass credulity being something like an even more massive mass hysteria. [1]: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4603 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4603