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Title: That’s just not “cricket”, is it?
Post by: Bill S on 08/01/2019 17:27:41

“Mystery ‘Sonic Attack’ on U.S. Diplomats in Cuba Was Really Crickets”

https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2019/01/mystery-sonic-attack-us-diplomats-cuba-was-really-crickets?et_cid=6571441&et_rid=517749120&et_cid=6571441&et_rid=517749120&linkid=Mobius_Link

Title: Re: That’s just not “cricket”, is it?
Post by: RD on 08/01/2019 18:45:00

If what the Associated Press has (https://youtu.be/x0K3mddsaRg?t=47s) is the sound in question, it ain't no crickets ...   


Spectrogram of AP audio from YouTube v=x0K3mddsaRg.png (362.67 kB . 1248x526 - viewed 2125 times)

It reminds me of (descending glissando) Shepard tones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone), which people find annoying/distracting ...

Title: Re: That’s just not “cricket”, is it?
Post by: evan_au on 08/01/2019 19:19:11

Cicadas can be annoying - but if you grow up with the sound of them singing in the trees, you know what they are.

The Cuban sonic attack sounded like alien invaders surrounding the US embassy...

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Oops... overlap with RD.