‘Havana syndrome’ not brought on by international adversary, U.S. intel finds By Reuters

McLEAN, Virginia (Reuters) – An in depth U.S. intelligence group investigation has concluded it was “impossible” a international adversary was accountable for the “Havana syndrome” illnesses which have troubled U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers worldwide, in accordance with declassified findings launched on Wednesday.

The mysterious ailment, first reported amongst U.S. officers within the Cuban capital in 2016, has troubled U.S. diplomats, officers and members of the family abroad. Signs have included migraines, nausea, reminiscence lapses and dizziness.

The U.S. intelligence evaluation discovered no credible proof that any American adversary had a weapon or gadget able to inflicting signs in keeping with the syndrome.

As a part of the investigation, which lasted greater than six years, U.S. intelligence companies thought-about the likelihood that extraterrestrials had been accountable for the Havana syndrome however dominated that out, a U.S. official stated in a briefing to reporters.

In January, a CIA official stated the company discovered it was unlikely that Russia or one other “international actor” precipitated a lot of the anomalous well being incidents.

That official, describing the conclusions of an interim report on the Havana Syndrome, stated a majority of 1,000 instances “will be moderately defined by medical circumstances or environmental and technical components, together with beforehand undiagnosed sicknesses.”