(CNN) They've been described as sonic attacks -- bizarre, unexplained head injuries that spurred the United States to bring home diplomatic staff from China and Cuba. 'Everything fits'Beatrice Golomb, a professor of medicine at the University of California San Diego, concurred with Smith in a paper slated for publication later this monthJUST WATCHED US diplomats in Cuba report brain injuries Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH US diplomats in Cuba report brain injuries 03:56"Reported facts appear consistent with pulsed (radio frequency/microwave radiation) as the source of injury in Cuba diplomats. In a statement, the US State Department on Sunday neither confirmed nor denied the possibility that microwaves were behind the diplomatic injuries. At that time, 25 Americans in Havana had been affected by the attacks, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. China, tooIn June, the State Department expanded a health alert for China after a series of supposed acoustic incidents that left diplomatic personnel suffering injuries similar to their counterparts in Cuba .

Source: CNN September 02, 2018 16:07 UTC