Tonight, we have details of a classified US intelligence mission that has obtained a previously unknown weapon that may finally unlock a mystery. Since at least 2016, US diplomats, spies, and military officers have suffered crippling brain injuries. They've told of being hit by an overwhelming force damaging their vision, hearing, sense of balance, and cognition. But the government has doubted their stories. They've been called delusional. Well, now 60 Minutes has learned that a weapon that can inflict thes ...

60 Minutes has learned details of a classified microwave weapon that may explain mysterious brain injuries suffered by US officials. We've been investigating these injuries for 9 years, and now our sources tell us this microwave weapon is portable, concealable, and uses relatively little power. Hundreds of possible attacks have been reported, including, we've learned, at CIA headquarters in Virginia and at least two incidents on the grounds of the White House.For years, the government doubted the stories of ...

The sources who informed our reporting told us the classified mission to obtain the microwave weapon points to a troubling reality. They say there are likely many of these devices. And if undercover agents could purchase one from gangsters, then the Russians have lost control of a stealth weapon that could be used by anyone, anywhere.Yeah. ...

60 minutes rewind. >> In 2016 and 17, 25 Americans, including CIA agents who worked in the US embassy in Cuba, suffered serious brain injuries, causing impaired vision and memory loss, among other persistent symptoms. Now, we've learned that at least 15 American officials in China suffered unexplained brain trauma soon after.The FBI is now investigating whether these Americans were attacked by a mysterious weapon that leaves no trace. Over many months, we have been collecting evidence of what appears to be ...