Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (12/25/86)
Really-From: IED0DXM%UCLAMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Just to update those interested about the sources for "Experiment IV", here is the relevant passage from Homeground No. 25, written by Peter Fitzgerald-Morris: "'Experiment IV' originated in a story that Kate heard about a scientist in France who built a giant steam powered whistle to assess the effects of the sound. The effect was simple -- it killed him and a number of people in the surrounding area. That area had to be cordoned off and the public kept out until the device powering the whistle ran out of fuel. "The next happening was a nightmare, where scientists engaged in benign research into the effects of sound had their work perverted by the military, who wanted a sound that would kill. "This concept is, however, no fantasy. The 'sound cannon' has been chased by defense establishments across the world. A European version of the idea was indeed known as the 'Jericho Trumpet', after the Old Testament prophet's exploits with the walls of the celebrated city. There is current research both in the US and in the USSR on sonic waves and disturbance patterns to destroy property and kill people."