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Now the "cicadas" and neurological damage are occurring near the White House. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/29/us-investigating-peculiar-attacks-with-hallmarks-

Now the "cicadas" and neurological damage are occurring near the White House. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/29/us-investigating-peculiar-attacks-with-hallmarks-of-havana-syndrome-near-white-house.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/29/us-investigating-peculiar-at... https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/29/politics/us-investigating-mysterious-directed-energy-attack-white-house/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/29/politics/us-investigating-mys... I think it's looking more and more like an actual attack.

mc32 5y ago
Or countermeasure going haywire.
- SeanLuke 5y ago
  Or countermeasure going haywire. At any rate, not cicadas.
  - mc32 5y ago
    Yes, that seems like an obvious dead end, if not decoy.
- eli 5y ago
  Or someone just had a bad headache. I don't think it's very likely that there's a secret energy weapon hidden in the bushes near the whitehouse.
- mcguire 5y ago
  From the article: "While the equipment we used in our Cuban re-creation is relatively bulky, ultrasonic emitters can be quite tiny, no larger than a piece of Rolo candy. Online, we found a manufacturer in Russia that sells a fashionable leather clutch that conceals an ultrasonic emitter, presumably to jam recording devices at cocktail parties. We also found electronics stores that carry high- power ultrasonic jammers that cause microphones to malfunction. One advertised jammer emits 120-dB ultrasonic interference at a distance of 1 meter. That’s like standing next to a chainsaw. If a signal from that caliber jammer were to combine with a second ultrasonic source, audible by-products could result." Consider an countermeasure ultrasonic emitter intended to jam microphones in proximity to, say, a spy emitter using ultrasonic sound as a carrier wave for a microphone, as described in the article.
tsimionescu 5y ago
Yes, probably caused by those UFOs that everyone keeps talking about. Much more plausibly, people in the US military and/or secret services are trying to invent trouble in the wake of recent relative peace.
- howmayiannoyyou 5y ago
  Outrageous assertion. No doubt you cannot wait for world - coming soon - where a progressive & peaceful CCP influences if not governs most global policy. How deep is your head buried in sand that you don't appreciate the danger of a unipolar world led by the CCP?
  - stnmtn 5y ago
    Did you reply to the right comment? Your comment is a complete non-sequitor
- X6S1x6Okd1st 5y ago
  > the wake of recent relative peace. Huh? January 6th was only ~6 months ago and the fall out from that continues. Cyberwarfare continues to ramp up.
BossingAround 5y ago
Yes, still highly consistent, given [1]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/05/brood-x-cicadas-2021-15-states-us-trillions https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/05/brood-x-cica...
- eli 5y ago
  The alleged whitehouse incident was in november. I don't think it was an attack, but it wasn't cicadas.
- R0b0t1 5y ago
  ... or someone is using correlation to make it look like cicadas.
jameshart 5y ago
The common denominator here seems to be that it happens in secure US Government buildings. I have to wonder whether it’s related to the security technology itself, like some noise cancellation tech incorporated into the standard SCIF security system interferes badly with the ultrasound sensors of the intruder alarms to create these noise artifacts…
- jonny_eh 5y ago
  From the article: > We also found electronics stores that carry high- power ultrasonic jammers that cause microphones to malfunction
  - gricardo99 5y ago
    and: If a signal from that caliber jammer were to combine with a second ultrasonic source, audible by-products could result.
nomel 5y ago
Just curious, why is this comment being heavily downvoted? edit: why was, since it's now back up
- tablespoon 5y ago
  > Just curious, why is this comment being heavily downvoted? edit: why was, since it's now back up Some people weirdly seem to be really, really invested in "Havana syndrome" being psychosomatic/mass hysteria/US footgun/anything besides a deliberate attack.
  - atkwarriors 5y ago
    like hn poster's bizarre and honestly naive infatuation with the concept of covid-19 being escaped from a lab? quit, it is embarrassing

mc32 5y ago

Or countermeasure going haywire.

SeanLuke 5y ago
Or countermeasure going haywire. At any rate, not cicadas.
- mc32 5y ago
  Yes, that seems like an obvious dead end, if not decoy.
eli 5y ago
Or someone just had a bad headache. I don't think it's very likely that there's a secret energy weapon hidden in the bushes near the whitehouse.
mcguire 5y ago
From the article: "While the equipment we used in our Cuban re-creation is relatively bulky, ultrasonic emitters can be quite tiny, no larger than a piece of Rolo candy. Online, we found a manufacturer in Russia that sells a fashionable leather clutch that conceals an ultrasonic emitter, presumably to jam recording devices at cocktail parties. We also found electronics stores that carry high- power ultrasonic jammers that cause microphones to malfunction. One advertised jammer emits 120-dB ultrasonic interference at a distance of 1 meter. That’s like standing next to a chainsaw. If a signal from that caliber jammer were to combine with a second ultrasonic source, audible by-products could result." Consider an countermeasure ultrasonic emitter intended to jam microphones in proximity to, say, a spy emitter using ultrasonic sound as a carrier wave for a microphone, as described in the article.

tsimionescu 5y ago

Yes, probably caused by those UFOs that everyone keeps talking about. Much more plausibly, people in the US military and/or secret services are trying to invent trouble in the wake of recent relative peace.

howmayiannoyyou 5y ago
Outrageous assertion. No doubt you cannot wait for world - coming soon - where a progressive & peaceful CCP influences if not governs most global policy. How deep is your head buried in sand that you don't appreciate the danger of a unipolar world led by the CCP?
- stnmtn 5y ago
  Did you reply to the right comment? Your comment is a complete non-sequitor
X6S1x6Okd1st 5y ago
> the wake of recent relative peace. Huh? January 6th was only ~6 months ago and the fall out from that continues. Cyberwarfare continues to ramp up.

BossingAround 5y ago

Yes, still highly consistent, given [1]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/05/brood-x-cicadas-2021-15-states-us-trillions https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/05/brood-x-cica...

eli 5y ago
The alleged whitehouse incident was in november. I don't think it was an attack, but it wasn't cicadas.
R0b0t1 5y ago
... or someone is using correlation to make it look like cicadas.

jameshart 5y ago

The common denominator here seems to be that it happens in secure US Government buildings. I have to wonder whether it’s related to the security technology itself, like some noise cancellation tech incorporated into the standard SCIF security system interferes badly with the ultrasound sensors of the intruder alarms to create these noise artifacts…

jonny_eh 5y ago
From the article: > We also found electronics stores that carry high- power ultrasonic jammers that cause microphones to malfunction
- gricardo99 5y ago
  and: If a signal from that caliber jammer were to combine with a second ultrasonic source, audible by-products could result.

nomel 5y ago

Just curious, why is this comment being heavily downvoted? edit: why was, since it's now back up

tablespoon 5y ago
> Just curious, why is this comment being heavily downvoted? edit: why was, since it's now back up Some people weirdly seem to be really, really invested in "Havana syndrome" being psychosomatic/mass hysteria/US footgun/anything besides a deliberate attack.
- atkwarriors 5y ago
  like hn poster's bizarre and honestly naive infatuation with the concept of covid-19 being escaped from a lab? quit, it is embarrassing