By Jacopo della Quercia and Lauren CahnCOVER STORY
Diplomatic crisis
Sickening Noises
I
n December 2016, a CIA officer checked into the
American Embassy’s health office in Havana
suffering from nausea, headache and dizzi-
ness. Days later, two more CIA officers reported
similar ailments. By late 2018, the number grew
to 26 Americans and 13 Canadians experiencing
nausea, hearing loss, vertigo, nosebleeds and fo-
cusing issues. In all the cases, victims claimed that
the symptoms were triggered by a strange noise
they’d heard at their homes or hotel rooms. One
person said the noise was high-pitched. Another de-
scribed “a beam of sound, pointed into their rooms.”UNSOLVED!
These seven baff ling mysteries
have obsessed detectives,
scholars and explorers for years.
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