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By Jacopo della Quercia and Lauren Cahn

COVER STORY

diplomatic crisis

Sickening Noises

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n December 2016, a CIA officer checked in to

the American Embassy’s health office in Havana

suffering from nausea, headache, and dizziness.

Days later, two more CIA officers reported simi-

lar ailments. By late 2018, the number grew to

26 Americans and 13 Canadians experiencing nau-

sea, hearing loss, vertigo, nosebleeds, and focus-

ing 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 described

“a beam of sound, pointed into their rooms.” Some

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