WP: US tests secret device in Norway linked to “Havana syndrome”

The Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon tested a secret device in Norway as part of their investigation into “Havana syndrome,” the Washington Post (WP) reports, citing sources.

According to the newspaper, a Norwegian government scientist developed the device under strict secrecy. The apparatus is capable of emitting powerful pulses of microwave energy. 

The scientist reportedly tested it on himself in 2024 and experienced reactions resembling symptoms associated with “Havana syndrome.” 

His name has not been disclosed, though he is described as having “earned a reputation as a leading opponent of the theory that directed-energy weapons” could cause symptoms similar to those seen in acute hypoxic-ischemic brain injury.

“A delegation of Pentagon officials traveled to Norway in 2024 to examine the device. In December of that year, a group of intelligence and White House officials also went to Norway to discuss the issue,” the report said.

Individuals familiar with the test results stated that the effects experienced by the Norwegian scientist differed from the classic manifestations of “Havana syndrome.” They added that the case does not prove that the syndrome is the work of a foreign adversary using a secret weapon like the one tested in Norway.

“I think there’s compelling evidence that we should be concerned about the ability to build a directed-energy weapon that can cause a variety of risk to humans,” said Paul Friedrichs, a military surgeon and retired Air Force general who oversaw biological threat issues at the White House National Security Council under former US President Joe Biden.

By Jeyhun Aghazada