A scientist in Norway gave himself brain damage after testing an experimental weapon designed to disprove the existence of ‘Havana Syndrome’.
Working in a top–secret research project in 2024, the unidentified government scientist constructed a device capable of emitting powerful pulses of microwave radiation.
The sceptical researcher tested the device on himself to prove that its effects would be harmless.
However, according to the Washington Post, the researcher soon developed symptoms of the mysterious disease that has struck down diplomats around the world.
Reportedly, the Norwegian government told the CIA about the secretive experiments and their disastrous results.
That prompted two visits to Norway from Pentagon and White House officials to inspect the device, believed to have been built with materials stolen from a foreign government.
This latest development is yet more evidence for the theory that so–called ‘pulsed energy’ devices can affect the human body and may have been used on US officials.
However, an official familiar with the situation claims that the Norwegian scientist’s symptoms are not an exact match for a ‘classic’ case of Havana Syndrome.
A Norwegian scientist has given himself brain damage after building a weapon to disprove the existence of Havana Syndrome, an unexplained set of symptoms first reported by staff at the US Embassy in Havana, Cuba (pictured)
Havana Syndrome is an unexplained condition with severe symptoms, including headaches, dizziness, ringing in the ears and cognitive difficulties.
It is so–called because the first reported cases occurred in 2016 when officials at the US embassy in Havana, Cuba, began reporting strange cognitive symptoms.
Since then, Havana Syndrome has been reported in more than 15 countries, including Russia, China, India, Colombia, the US and the UK.
Officially, the US government recognises these conditions as ‘anomalous health incidents’ (AHIs), but some have suggested another theory.
According to some, Havana Syndrome is the result of a deliberate attack on US officials using a pulsed energy weapon similar to the one created by the Norwegian scientists.
The idea is that these weapons could harness powerful bursts of electromagnetic energy to silently and remotely inflict brain damage on their targets.
Responsibility for these supposed attacks has typically been attributed to Russia, which has a decades–long history of research into ‘direct energy weapons’.
However, there is no evidence to suggest that any Russian research has been successful, and Moscow denies involvement.
The weapon was capable of producing powerful blasts of microwave radiation. The device is believed to be a much smaller version of this high–power microwave generator
Previously, it had been suggested that this type of pulsed energy weapon was either impossible to construct or would not produce the set of symptoms described by embassy staff.
However, the fact that a Norwegian research programme has replicated at least some of the results suggests otherwise.
According to the Washington Post, those aware of the test say it does not prove that AHIs are the work of foreign adversaries.
However, this revelation is yet more reason to think that these weapons could be a serious concern.
In an unrelated development, it recently emerged that the Pentagon shelled out a staggering eight–figure sum for a pulsed energy weapon.
According to CNN and independent journalist Sasha Ingber, the device was purchased in the final days of the Biden administration from an unknown seller.
The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing the device, which reportedly contains some ‘Russian–made’ components.
Around the same time, a now–declassified report from the US National Intelligence Council stated that two spy agencies changed their mind on whether a foreign adversary could cause Havana Syndrome.
The condition has now been reported at embassies all over the world, leading to symptoms including headaches, dizziness, nausea, cognitive impairment, memory lapses, balance issues and insomnia
Officials familiar with the Norwegian experiments say the researchers’ symptoms were not entirely the same as a ‘classic’ case of Havana Syndrome
The document said that ‘new reporting’ had led two agencies to ‘shift their assessments about whether a foreign actor has a capability that could cause biological effects consistent with some of the symptoms reported as possible AHIs.’
The National Intelligence Council’s overall position is still that it is ‘very unlikely’ that a foreign power is behind the reported IHAs.
However, there is growing speculation that the US may have acquired their own version of a pulsed energy device since that report was published.
An anomalous account of the US raid on Venezuela, purportedly from one of Maduro’s bodyguards, said that a ‘sound’ knocked security staff off their feet.
The account, shared on social media by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, said: ‘Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside.
‘We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.
Commenting on the success of the raid, Donald Trump told the New York Post: ‘The Discombobulator. I’m not allowed to talk about it.’
However, it is not clear whether this could refer to a pulsed energy weapon like those believed to cause Havana Syndrome or a ‘long–range acoustic weapon’ which incapacitates people using powerful sound waves.
