Oct 16, 2026 · 24 min · 7 segments
Unsolved mystery or cover-up? What started out as reports of sonic attacks on American diplomats evolved into a phenomenon affecting at least 1,500 people across six continents. Compass Points…
Nick Schifrin
Michael ReyGuest
Oriana Zill de GranadosGuest
everything.Let's talk about the government responses and, and what I would say the doubts started early.
How did that study color a lot of the government response, and how did the doubts continue?
It was kind of a cold case investigation by that point, 'cause the homes had already been cleared.
Then the FBI handed it over to this behavioral scientist who never met any of the victims.
He just went through their written transcripts of their initial interviews and came to the conclusion that they were lying and making it up, or that they were con- you know, under stress and thought they had these symptoms, both of which the victims themselves refer to as gaslighting.
Basically, they, they turned the invest- they couldn't find anything in Cuba, so they turned it on the victims.
But then the report he issued, which said it was mass hysteria, as you said, that report was used in higher level CIA o- officials.
It was used by them to basically say, "Okay, we're gonna make this go away.
One, one of the things you point out is that, um, okay, some of these symptoms could be common, right?
everything.Let's talk about the government responses and, and what I would say the doubts started early.
How did that study color a lot of the government response, and how did the doubts continue?
It was kind of a cold case investigation by that point, 'cause the homes had already been cleared.
Then the FBI handed it over to this behavioral scientist who never met any of the victims.
He just went through their written transcripts of their initial interviews and came to the conclusion that they were lying and making it up, or that they were con- you know, under stress and thought they had these symptoms, both of which the victims themselves refer to as gaslighting.
Basically, they, they turned the invest- they couldn't find anything in Cuba, so they turned it on the victims.
But then the report he issued, which said it was mass hysteria, as you said, that report was used in higher level CIA o- officials.
It was used by them to basically say, "Okay, we're gonna make this go away.
One, one of the things you point out is that, um, okay, some of these symptoms could be common, right?
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