Comment by y0ghur7_xxx

> With no details, no motive, and no plausible explanation for what kind of weapon this might be, doubts began to surface.

I'm probably reading this wrong, but is the "Sonic weapon" not a real thing? I thought it is:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sonic-weapo...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_weapon

There was also a discussion here on HN, but I can't find it now.