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Why are they still baffled? There's nothing easier than detecting high power microwave radiation. Embassies are covered in sensors and by now they should have p

by mateo1 5y ago

Why are they still baffled? There's nothing easier than detecting high power microwave radiation. Embassies are covered in sensors and by now they should have portable dosimeter like devices and put an end to wondering about ambiguous flu-like symptoms.

bsder 5y ago
> Why are they still baffled? A) Because they might actually be baffled. If this is some level of mental illness combined with some level of being able to get out of your assignment, it's going to be difficult to disambiguate. B) Because, if it's something that they can detect, they may not want to tell the opponents what capabilities they have. If so, they're not going to release the fact that they found it. They will quietly act to mitigate it.
- ancientworldnow 5y ago
  Of course B also suggests there is a possibility that it is being caused by equipment the US itself runs and the public stance of being "baffled" serves the multiple purposes of avoiding lawsuits, hiding capabilities, and serving as a useful tool for foreign policy.
ksaj 5y ago
That almost answers your own question. If that's what it was, it probably would have been detected as such by now. Maybe that was your point, in which case I completely agree. An SDR should be able to pick something like that up, since they are adept at finding all sorts of other signals on different bands. Surely the government have better / more powerful SDR equipment than you can already get for Raspberry Pi. The levels needed to cause the reported "concussion-like" brain damage would be hard to miss on a "military grade" frequency sweep. I personally don't believe it has anything to do with waves of any sort. I don't know what it is, but I still am not at a point I could rule out mass hysteria compounded by prior underlying issues with symptoms being compounded through stress and jet lag.

by mateo1 5y ago

bsder 5y ago

> Why are they still baffled? A) Because they might actually be baffled. If this is some level of mental illness combined with some level of being able to get out of your assignment, it's going to be difficult to disambiguate. B) Because, if it's something that they can detect, they may not want to tell the opponents what capabilities they have. If so, they're not going to release the fact that they found it. They will quietly act to mitigate it.

ancientworldnow 5y ago
Of course B also suggests there is a possibility that it is being caused by equipment the US itself runs and the public stance of being "baffled" serves the multiple purposes of avoiding lawsuits, hiding capabilities, and serving as a useful tool for foreign policy.

ksaj 5y ago

That almost answers your own question. If that's what it was, it probably would have been detected as such by now. Maybe that was your point, in which case I completely agree. An SDR should be able to pick something like that up, since they are adept at finding all sorts of other signals on different bands. Surely the government have better / more powerful SDR equipment than you can already get for Raspberry Pi. The levels needed to cause the reported "concussion-like" brain damage would be hard to miss on a "military grade" frequency sweep. I personally don't believe it has anything to do with waves of any sort. I don't know what it is, but I still am not at a point I could rule out mass hysteria compounded by prior underlying issues with symptoms being compounded through stress and jet lag.