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signal far beyond the shattered perimeter. Incoherent though such The infrasound of seasonal winds and weather patterns produces shockwaves may be, their destructive influence dissolves distant illness in certain persons. Symptoms include anxiety and depres- walls and windows seconds after the shrapnel has done its deadly sion, emotional tension, irritability, disorientation, accident- work. Objects of all shapes, sizes and compositions explode proneness, nausea and diarrhoea. when the infrasonic impulse passes through their space. No Infrasound travels long distances with virtually no attenuation. shield can block infrasound. Physicists have studied the refuse Its pressures thus arrive at great distances with the same force and which remains after an explosive charge has been detonated. Few intensity as when generated. The atmosphere sustains prolonged materials can maintain their integrity. Those objects which and powerful infrasonic vibrations. Not much acoustic power is manage to survive explosions are noteworthy as infrasonic required for infrasound to produce such extreme and sustained "resistors". Screen-reinforced concrete does not easily succumb physiological and psychological symptoms. to the infrasonic blasts of explosive charges. Certain earthquake activities produce large and virtually insen- EFFECTS OF MACHINE VIBRATIONS sate vertical displacements of the ground surface, in extreme Vibrating man-made structures stimulate the artificial genera- instances amounting to a few feet per pulse. In this case, the tion of dangerous infrasound. When turns are made at 60 miles ground becomes like the surface of a drum, ringing out its deadly per hour [96.6 kph], car chassis vibrations produce a peak infra- cadence at infrasonic pitch, hours before the event. The ground sonic emission. Travel sickness can be associated with prolonged undulates with infrasonic tones, an elasticity that eventually infrasonic exposure to any vibrating ch Cars, buses, trains, cracks under the heaving stress. motorcycles and jets alike, each register hazardous intensities of These ultralow-pitch earthquake sounds are keenly felt by ani- infrasound. Each transportation mode has its characteristic infra- mals and sensitive humans. Indeed, infrasonic shocks produce sonic pitch, the necessary outcome of mechanical frictions and characteristic pressure effects on structures and organisms alike. inertial resistances. The sensation flattens the body; it is There is difficulty in recording and as if one were struck with a solid reproducing ultradeep tones for study invisible wall from which there is no and analysis. They have to be gener- escape. Anxiety, fear, extreme emo- ated on site for experimental purpos- tional distress and mental incapacita- Objects of all shapes, sizes and es. Theatre-sized sound systems can tion are all part of the unpleasant never completely transmit all of the phenomenon. Notable among human compositions explode when sensations associated with naturally exposures to quake-correlated infra- the infrasonic impulse passes occurring infrasound. But there have sound is the precursory nausea which been instances where audiences have many report; this strong sensation through their space. become frighteningly ill because of leaves its more sensitive victims No shield can block infrasound. the accidental generation of infra- helpless. sound in a theatre space. Ocean waves which pound the Of critical importance is the com- atmosphere across huge areas pro- prehension of human tolerances to duce an acoustic energy with a mean infrasound. Military medical teams pitch of 16 cycles per second. The have long studied the effect of phenomena of "barisal guns", "fog guns" and "lake guns" form a machine vibration on human judgement and behaviour out of well-documented bibliography of anomalous acoustic phenomena. necessity. If jet pilots and rocket pilots alike evidence even minor Some of these "booming" tones manifest at haphazard intervals, errors in judgement through their exposure to infrasound, disaster but others are periodic. Bay sizes, wave sizes, the geologic com- can result. Certain critical errors in judgement and accuracy have positions of bays and shores have been woven into complex in fact been noted during short flight times. mechanistic attempts at explaining how these mystery sounds are The powerful infrasonic vibrations of jet chassis absolutely being generated in certain environments. These natural bay tones saturate the bodies of pilots. Continually saturated with these have great infrasonic content. These booming sounds have rattled infrasonic energies throughout their flight time, pilot reflexes are windows and rocked some small towns. severely diminished. Military procedure recognises this factor, However, mysterious and sudden barometric variations indicate and routinely limits flight time. It is known that excess infrasonic that natural infrasonic generation has a much wider source than exposures endanger pilots and their flight missions. Pilot- the subterranean earth or bodies of water. Both solar flares and damaging effects include decrements in vision, speech, the normal thrummings of the solar wind generate infrasonic puls- intelligence, orientation, equilibrium and the ability to discern es throughout the atmosphere. Aerial earthquake sounds have situations accurately and make reasonable decisions. been reported by observers. Typical of infrasound, the sources cannot be accurately located. The high-pitched sizzling sounds of | DEADLY COLD WAR WEAPONRY the aurora borealis are augmented by deep and ominous thrum- The Cold War was on. The United States alone held the dread- ming. These deep tones sweep through the bodies of listeners, ed secret. The most terrible weapon yet developed was the pri- and these permutations produce an irritability and a dizzying nau- vate property of one government. The mere existence of the sea. The infrasonic shockwaves of the aurora are normally not atomic bomb was a threat to nations whose motives were not heard, but definitely sensed. entirely altruistic. Infrasound moves, unaffected, through and across both winds Obtaining atomic bomb data was a priority for several motivat- and storms, but these too can generate infrasound. The powerful ed, aggressive and imperialistic nations. The only manner in harmonic rotations of storms shear the atmosphere, radiating a which some nations obtained the secret was by stealing it. When cyclonic series of expanding infrasounds. The sense of impend- Stalin's science officers finally developed a duplicate of the ing fear which precedes hurricanes is due to infrasonic emissions. American atomic bomb, pressure suddenly was placed upon every The infrasound of seasonal winds and weather patterns produces illness in certain persons. Symptoms include anxiety and depres- sion, emotional tension, irritability, disorientation, accident- proneness, nausea and diarrhoea. Infrasound travels long distances with virtually no attenuation. Its pressures thus arrive at great distances with the same force and intensity as when generated. The atmosphere sustains prolonged and powerful infrasonic vibrations. Not much acoustic power is required for infrasound to produce such extreme and sustained physiological and psychological symptoms. EFFECTS OF MACHINE VIBRATIONS Vibrating man-made structures stimulate the artificial genera- tion of dangerous infrasound. When turns are made at 60 miles per hour [96.6 kph], car chassis vibrations produce a peak infra- sonic emission. Travel sickness can be associated with prolonged infrasonic exposure to any vibrating chassis. Cars, buses, trains, motorcycles and jets alike, each register hazardous inten: of infrasound. Each transportation mode has its characteristic infra- sonic pitch, the necessary outcome of mechanical frictions and inertial resistances. Objects of all shapes, sizes and compositions explode when the infrasonic impulse passes through their space. No shield can block infrasound. DEADLY COLD WAR WEAPONRY The Cold War was on. The United States alone held the dread- ed secret. The most terrible weapon yet developed was the pri- vate property of one government. The mere existence of the atomic bomb was a threat to nations whose motives were not entirely altruistic. Obtaining atomic bomb data was a priority for several motivat- ed, aggressive and imperialistic nations. The only manner in which some nations obtained the secret was by stealing it. When Stalin's science officers finally developed a duplicate of the American atomic bomb, pressure suddenly was placed upon every 40 - NEXUS JUNE — JULY 2000