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“就像钻头钻进眼睛里”:为何哈瓦那综合征的谜团始终无法解开‘Like a drill going into my eye’: why the mystery over Havana syndrome refuses to die

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哈瓦那综合征之谜始终未解。插图:Alex Mellon 为《卫报》绘制 : Getty ImagesThe mystery of Havana syndrome refuses to die. Illustration: Alex Mellon for the Guardian : Getty Images

过去十年间,数十名中央情报局特工出现了各种令人困扰的症状。这些症状是‘集体歇斯底里’的结果吗?还是由某种能量武器攻击所致?若是后者,幕后黑手又是谁?是否存在信息隐瞒的情况呢?

Dozens of CIA officers have been afflicted by debilitating symptoms over the past decade. Are they the result of ‘mass hysteria’? Or are they from attacks with an energy weapon and, if so, who is responsible? And has there been a cover-up?

这些事件因最初大规模报告该现象的古巴城市哈瓦那而得名“哈瓦那综合征”。照片:Manon Levet/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty ImagesThe incidents acquired the name Havana syndrome after the Cuban city where mass reports of the phenomenon first emerged. Photograph: Manon Levet/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images

2019年4月的一个凌晨1点刚过,一名正在伦敦出差的中央情报局特工被一阵前所未有的剧烈头痛惊醒。他浑身大汗淋漓,感觉双眼仿佛在眼眶中打转。他挣扎着下床,本想去洗手间呕吐,却发现自己完全失去了平衡感。最终,他勉强勉强入睡,但睡得极不安稳。

Shortly after 1am one night in April 2019, a CIA officer on a work trip to London was jolted awake in his hotel room by the most intense head pain he had ever experienced. His body was soaked with sweat and he felt like his eyes were spinning in their sockets. He manoeuvred his way out of bed, hoping to make it to the bathroom to vomit, but found his sense of balance had deserted him. Eventually, he fell back into a fitful, shallow sleep.

Oriana Zill de Granados 和 Michael Rey 是《60分钟》栏目的制作人,也是即将出版的《哈瓦那综合征》一书的作者。照片:Pete Kiehart/The GuardianOriana Zill de Granados and Michael Rey, producers for 60 Minutes and authors of the forthcoming book The Havana Syndrome. Photograph: Pete Kiehart/The Guardian
图中为 Mike Beck,他于2017年拍摄,今年因45岁时患上一种罕见的帕金森病而去世。照片:The Washington Post/Getty ImagesMike Beck, pictured in 2017, died this year after developing a rare form of Parkinson’s disease aged 45. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images
Marc Polymeropoulos 出现了与哈瓦那综合征相关的症状。照片:Pete Kiehart/The GuardianMarc Polymeropoulos has symptoms associated with Havana syndrome. Photograph: Pete Kiehart/The Guardian
Marc Polymeropoulos 曾饱受持续性偏头痛的困扰,且症状始终未能缓解。照片:Pete Kiehart/The GuardianMarc Polymeropoulos struggled with a persistent migraine that would not subside. Photograph: Pete Kiehart/The Guardian

第二天,当他赶去参加预定的工作会议时,竟记不起房间里那些熟识同事的名字。会议进行中,他也几乎无法跟上讨论内容。起初,他以为这只是一次极其严重且怪异的食物中毒反应。然而在接下来的几周里,各种令人担忧的症状持续出现:思维迟钝、平衡能力丧失,还有愈发严重的耳鸣困扰着他。

The next day, arriving at the work meeting he had travelled for, the officer found he could not remember the names of colleagues in the room, people he knew well. As the meeting got under way, he could barely follow the discussion. Initially, he chalked it up to a terrible – if rather odd – case of food poisoning. But over subsequent weeks, worrying symptoms persisted: brain fog, loss of balance and increasingly harsh tinnitus.

David Relman 表示,有数十起病例“在症状的独特性方面显得异常”。照片:Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty ImagesDavid Relman said there were dozens of cases ‘that were unusual in the distinctness of their features’. Photograph: Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images
Rey 和 Zill 认为,所谓的掩盖行为是多年间多种因素共同作用的结果。照片:Pete Kiehart/The GuardianRey and Zill believe the purported cover-up was a result of multiple factors over many years. Photograph: Pete Kiehart/The Guardian