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Embassy under attack?

Havana Syndrome

Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria

Robert W Baloh & Robert E Bartholomew

Springer 2020

Pb, 194pp, £24.99, ISBN 9783030407452

In late 2016, American Embassy staff in Havana, Cuba, were subjected to mysterious sonic attacks that caused a variety of worrying health problems [see , , , , , , ]. Their symptoms ranged from headaches, fatigue, dizziness, confusion and memory loss to hearing problems, which

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