The Cause and
Perception of the Hum overwhelming support for a magnetic hypothesis by Dr Chris Barnes Bangor Scientific
and Educational Enterprises First released into Public Domain August 2012 re-released
November 2012 *
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Person
or persons unknown had removed my work from the World Wide Web.
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I believe
in Freedom of Speech, particularly Academic expression. The Hum plagues
millions throughout the World and I am trying to find a solution.
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Why
anyone should have gone to the lengths to remove or suppress my work beats me-
God if I’m that much of a threat why don’t you offer me a job!!
A brief summary of
properties of the Hum
MAP – Heard mainly by middle aged people
NHA – Not heard by all
OOS- On /off switch
TM – Tone matched at 30-80 Hz
MOD – Quasi periodic Modulations 0.2-5 Hz
RAN- Random geo-sporadic buildings and
locations
SAN- Stronger at night
MPNAS- Multiple person perception yet not all
same
ESI – Earthquake survivors
FPC – Function of planetary cycles
MSM- Maximises at solar minima
PSAI – Power systems and infrastructure
involvement
LCR – Limestone caves relief
CMI – Copper mines intensify
MSI –Individuals who hear/perceive are
magnetically sensitive individuals in other settings such as under power lines
or to PWM pulses from car electrical systems
ABB- Amplified by buildings and double glazing
DWLE- Open Doors and Windows have little if any
effect
SBR –Sensitisation by radio
CBV – Cancelling noise by moving vehicles
QME – Quantum mechanical effects
There are several
theories as to the cause and mechanism of perception of the Hum
Causal
In Britain in the 1970’s Fox ascribed the cause
to motorways and gas mains i.e. LFN and infrasound. Scientists at Southampton
University and Salford University,
Geoff Leventhall, have been studying the Hum for
upwards of forty years and have made little, if any progress.
In the USA in the early 1990’s Professor David
Deming suggested that the Hum correlates in space and time with a certain kind
of military communications aircraft known as TCAMO.
Amateur UK Hum investigator John Dawes has
suggested the cause of the Hum is one involving electro-gravity wherein the
power grid modulates the earth’s gravitational field.
Presently in the USA there are two schools of
thought. One suggests that the Hum is due to LFN form high pressure LNG pipes
and compressors. The other that the
Hum is due to a combination of 60 Hz and microwaves from the Smart Grid and
Power Line Broadband systems.
Perception
It is common sense that for any theory of generation
of the Hum as a real external signal to hold there must be an equivalent
mechanism of bio-detection and perception in those afflicted individuals.
Mechanisms of perception of Hum arising from
Infrasound, Gravity modulation and Magnetic processes are all a distinct
possibility. Human hearing does not simply cease at 30 Hz but continues down to
much lower frequencies albeit with diminished sensitivity. The human organ of balance is a complex
gravity detector. Deposits of various
kinds of bio-magnetite have been found in all kinds of living species including
humans which could facilitate magnetic hearing.
Bio-calcite a piezoelectric material could facilitate electromagnetic or
electric field detection.
Matching all the
properties of the Hum
One asks oneself the question which theory of
Hum generation and perception matches the most or even all of the properties of
the Hum. Remarkably it is the author’s
magnetic hypothesis, see Table 1 below:
MAP |
NHA |
OOS |
TM |
MOD |
RAN |
SAN |
MPNAS |
ESI |
FPC |
MSM |
PSAI |
LCR |
CMI |
MSI |
ABB |
DWLE |
CBV |
SBR |
QME |
TOT |
I |
I |
I |
I |
I |
I |
I |
I |
I |
I |
I |
I |
I (P) |
I PT |
15 |
||||||
G |
G |
G? |
G? |
G |
G |
G |
G |
G |
9 |
|||||||||||
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
20 |
Table 1
Results and Discussion
The Hum is mainly heard by middle aged persons
(MAP). All three theories of the Hum are equally valid here. If the Hum were purely infrasound maybe the
ear gets more sensitive at low frequencies as we get older to compensate for
hearing loss at higher frequencies. If
the ear contains bio-crystals which facilitate gravity modulation detection or
magnetic detection, they will deposit over time and this could account for the
age group of hearers.
Similarly the fact that the Hum is not heard by
all (NHA) does not favour any one theory over another. Genetic and age variation could be sufficient
to account for observations.
The Hum is often reported has having a distinct
ON/OFF switch (OOS) or sometimes to
fade in and out. This could be caused by characteristics of infrasound
propagation or characteristics of PC1 pulsations.
The Hum is often tone matched (TM) between
30-80 Hz yet nothing can be audio
recorded on these frequencies.
Infrasound has frequencies below this band so this would favour a
Gravity or Magnetic version of the Hum.
Quasi –periodic modulations (MOD) of the Hum at
.2-5 Hz are matched exactly by the frequencies found in the PC1 pulsation
band. Similar oscillations in air
pressure are also known to affect meteo-sensitive individuals
but these do not span so high in frequency.
There is thus predominant suppose for the magnetic hypothesis here.
The Hum is highly geo-sporadic and random
(RAN). Gravity and power systems are
virtually everywhere so it is difficult to explain using a gravity theory why the Hum is not everywhere. Infrasound does just stop dead at some locations
and not others but is a propagating wave although stationary waves, refraction
and diffraction could account for why the Hum is stronger at some locations
than others. A magnetic Hum will depend
heavily on the underlying rock type and the propagation of PC1 magnetic
pulsations to earth depends heavily upon a number of almost random space
physics factors. Both can adequately account for the randomness and
geo-sporadic behaviour of the Hum
compounded by periods of overload and harmonic generation in power
systems.
The Hum is often described as being stronger at
night (SAN). This favours either
infrasonic or magnetic theories of the Hum. Most but not all PC1 events occur
at night.
When groups of Hummers are gathered together
multiple perception of the phenomenon can occur (MPNAS) but people’s
descriptions of what they perceive are subjective. This favours no particular
theory of the Hum.
Many Hum hearers are earthquake survivors
(ESI). All three energy fields exist
and are perturbed in an earthquake so this favours no particular model of the
Hum but sensitisation may occur at this point?
The Hum is known to be a complex function of
planetary cycles (FPC). This is true
only of PC1 pulsations. This strongly favours the magnetic hypothesis of the
Hum.
The Hum maximises at solar minimum (MSM). The
number of new cases of the Hum in reported in different countries over the past
few decades always seems to maximise at solar minima. PC1 outbreaks are 6-10%
more prevalent at solar minima and so is airborne ultrasound due to in coming
gamma ray bursts.
All hum researchers except Deming are confident
that there is both power system and other infrastructure involvement in the Hum
(PSAI) . These
involvements do not favour any particular theory of the Hum.
The author has recently looked at the effects
of limestone caves and copper mines on Hummers. Only the magnetic hypothesis of the Hum can account for these
reported anecdotal effects.
Magnetically sensitive individuals hear the
Hum. Magnetically sensitive individuals also perceive a Hum like effect from
slow PWM pulses associated with car electrical systems and underneath certain
power lines. . Only the magnetic hypothesis of the Hum can account for these
effects which the author and his wife have first hand
experience of and to which the author has received supporting anecdotal reports
of other individuals.
The Hum
is amplified by buildings (ABB).
Infrasound generated by rocks under a building as a result of
magneto-seismic action could cause this effect.
Buildings contain numerous pipes and wires which can conduct
electromagnetic fields.
Open doors and windows have little effect upon
the Hum (DWLE). In an infrasonic
Hum doors and windows are probably of
too small a fraction of a wavelength to be relevant, although some chimneys
could possibly act as Helmholtz resonators.
Such opening would not be expected to change of magnetic Hum or a
gravity based Hum.
Conclusion
The results overwhelmingly favour the author’s
magnetic theory of Hum generation and perception with all 20 of the known
characteristic criteria of the Hum being explainable in terms of this theory. Only 15/20 points of the criteria are
explainable by an infrasonic Hum and only 9 by a gravitational Hum. That is not
to say infrasound generation cannot happen alongside a magnetic Hum and may
indeed partly aid perception
by synaesthesia, nor is to say that strong electric fields from power
lines do not modulate gravity or that gravity anomalies are not often
measurable alongside rock strata which also show magnetic anomaly. It is simply to say that the model which
most elegantly fits all the observable facts in the magnetic model. This could now open up hope that a cure or
screening for Hummers could somehow be developed.
The model will only be
properly confirmed by access to a survey of literally hundreds or preferably
thousands of Hummers. This could be best
organised by a grant award and a period of University research. Think what this could bring if one unfunded
individual Scientist with a passion and drive for explaining this paradoxical
and tantalising phenomenon has gotten so far with so little.
Acknowledgments
I gratefully acknowledge input from my wife
Gwyneth, my son Dwain, my former work colleague Stuart and the dozen or so Hum sufferers from England, Wales and the USA who have been
in regular contact with me.