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other European nation to create an equivalent or better device. sible for the malady, and so a thorough search of the building was When one seeks to defend one's borders, the consequences of undertaken. While no noxious fumes could be detected by any releasing weapons of devastation to the world do not seem impor- technical means, the source was finally traced by building engi- tant. Weaponry is death-oriented by nature. But there are moral neers to an improperly installed motor-driven ventilator. The differences between weapons of defence and weapons of offence. engineers at first thought that this motor might be emitting nox- Previous to this atomic proliferation, competing nations con- ious fumes, possibly evaporated oils and lubricants, but no evapo- centrated their weapons research on truly bizarre and equally rated products were detected. They then found that the loosely deadly means for defending their national boundaries. Perfected supported low-speed motor, poised in its cavernous duct of sever- in rapid succession were deadly variations and combinations of al storeys’ height, was developing "nauseating vibrations". gas weaponry, pathogenic agents and radiant weaponry. Stalin's The mystery magnified for Dr Gavreau and his team when they research teams investigated psychic powers as a possible means tried to measure the sound intensity and pitch. Failing to register of destroying an enemy. Psychotronic warfare was developed any acoustic readings at all, the team doubted the assessment of among numerous groups, both private and national, with measur- the building engineers. Nevertheless, closing the windows able success. Information on some simpler psychotronic weapons blocked the sense of nausea. has recently been obtained through an In a step of brilliant scientific reasoning, increasing process of Soviet disclosure. Gavreau and his colleagues realised that the In truth, the larger the weaponry, the less sound they were dealing with was so low in safe were the national boundaries. While the pitch that it could not register on any avail- superpowers concentrated their weapons able microphonic detector. This was costly to development programs on mass-destructive the crew; they could not pursue the "search" nuclear weaponry, others focused on more A for long time-periods. In fact, during the very practical, conventional weapons which Gavreau and his course of tracking down the sound, an acci- seemed to fill an immediate need in the limit- colleagues realised dental direct exposure rendered them all ed tactical warfare of small battlefields. extremely ill for hours. While developing its own atomic device, that the sound they When they finally managed to measure the France sought defensive tactical weaponry on | Were dealing with was "sound", they found that a low-intensity pitch every possible technological front. Short- of a fundamental seven cycles per second was range weapons would best defend against a so low in pitch that being produced. Furthermore, this infrasonic conventional national assault. But other it could not register pitch was not one of great intensity. It systems were also sought—systems . became obvious that the slow-vibrating which, though non-nuclear, were equally on any available motor was activating an infrasonic reso- invincible. As the great mediaeval microphonic nant mode in the large concrete duct. Frankish knight Charles "the Hammer" Operating as the vibrating "tongue" of Martel repelled ruthless invaders from detector. an immense “organ pipe", the rattling the East, so a new hammer would be motor produced nauseating infrasound. sought to defend France against possible Coupled with the rest of the concrete new enemies. Even as Charles Martel building—a cavernous industrial enclo- arose from obscurity, so this strange new sure—the vibrating air column formed a "hammer" would arise in equal bizarre infrasonic amplifier. obscurity. Knowledge of this infrasonic configu- ration also explained why shutting the DR VLADIMIR GAVREAU windows was mildly effective in "block- The central research theme of Dr Vladimir Gavreau was the ing the malady". The windows altered the total resonant profile of development of remote-controlled automatons and robotic the building, shifting the infrasonic pitch and intensity. devices. To this end, he assembled a group of scientists in 1957 Since this time, others have noted the personally damaging [at the Electro-Acoustical Laboratory in Marseille, France]. The — effects of such infrasonic generation in office buildings and group, including Marcel Miane, Henri Saul and Raymond industrial facilities. The nauseating effects of exposure to a low- Comdat, successfully developed a great variety of robotic devices intensity natural or man-made infrasonic source is now well for industrial and military purposes. appreciated. It has become a routine architectural procedure to In the course this development, Dr Gavreau and his staff made seek out and alter any such possible resonant cavities. The a strange and astounding observation which not only interrupted sources often appear in older buildings, the result of construction their work but became their major research theme. Housed in a rendered faulty by previous lack of this knowledge. All such large concrete building, the entire group periodically experienced "improper" architectural formats are modified by the addition of a disconcerting nausea, often day after day, for weeks at a time. sound-blocking materials. Industrial examiners who were called to inspect the situation also fell victim to the malady. It was thought that the condition was = EXPERIMENTS WITH INFRASONICS caused by pathogens—a "building sickness". No such biological Dr Gavreau and his research team now carefully investigated agencies were detected, yet the condition prevailed. Their the effects of their "infrasonic organ" at various intensity and research schedules now seriously interrupted, the team called for a pitch levels. By changing the spring tension on the shock mounts complete examination of the building. which held the fan motor, it was possible to change the pitch. The researchers had noticed that the mysterious nausea ceased Various infrasonic resonances were established throughout the when certain laboratory windows were blocked. It was then large research building. Shutting the windows blocked most of assumed that "chemical gas emissions" of some kind were respon- the symptoms, but opening them again, however weak was the colleagues realised that the sound they EXPERIMENTS WITH INFRASONICS Dr Gavreau and his research team now carefully investigated the effects of their "infrasonic organ" at various intensity and pitch levels. By changing the spring tension on the shock mounts which held the fan motor, it was possible to change the pitch. Various infrasonic resonances were established throughout the large research building. Shutting the windows blocked most of the symptoms, but opening them again, however weak was the JUNE — JULY 2000 NEXUS - 41 Gavreau and his