Overview
- A Norwegian government scientist built a pulsed microwave device in 2024, tested it on himself, and developed neurological symptoms resembling some anomalous health incidents reported since 2016.
- Norway shared the findings with U.S. agencies, leading Pentagon and White House officials to travel to examine the device and its potential implications.
- Officials caution the researcher’s condition was not an exact match for a classic Havana Syndrome case and the episode does not establish attribution.
- Reporting indicates the prototype emitted powerful pulsed radio-frequency energy and may have drawn on classified or foreign technical information.
- U.S. authorities separately obtained a foreign-made pulsed RF device now under Defense Department testing, as a declassified assessment shows two intelligence agencies judge a foreign capability plausible for some symptoms while others remain skeptical.