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Re: (meteorobs) Electrophonics and migrains

I don't believe Dr. Keay's explanation has been discounted.

http://science.nasadot gov/headlines/y2001/ast26nov_1.htm?list49634

Colin Keay, physicist at the University of Newcastle in Australia, not 
only believes in electrophonic meteors, he's also figured out what 
causes them. According to Keay, glowing meteor trails give off not only 
visible light, but also very low frequency (VLF) radio signals. Such 
radio waves, which oscillate at audio frequencies between a few kHz and 
30 kHz, travel to the ground at the speed of light -- solving the vexing 
problem of simultaneity.

Of course, human ears can't directly sense radio signals. If Keay is 
right, something on the ground -- a "transducer" -- must be converting 
radio waves into sound waves. In laboratory tests 
<http://users.hunterlinkdot net.au/%7Eddcsk/solutio2.htm>, Keay finds that 
suitable transducers are surprisingly common. Simple materials like 
aluminum foil, thin wires, pine needles -- even dry or frizzy hair -- 
can intercept and respond to a VLF field.


Dr. Keay's website http://users.hunterlinkdot net.au/~ddcsk/

The production of audible noises of various kinds through direct 
conversion by transduction of very low frequency electromagnetic energy 
generated by a number of geophysical 
phenomena.http://users.hunterlinkdot net.au/~ddcsk/gelphonx.htm

more links found concerning him
http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/redir.htm?advanced=1&top=1&qso=location&q_all=&q_phrase=colin+keay&q_any=&q_not=&qbool=&qafterm=01&qafterd=01&qaftery=1990&qbeforem=03&qbefored=14&qbeforey=2004&domaint=&familyfilter=0&lang=&dpcollation=0


Michael Linnolt wrote:

>Well, this is just a thought, but there have been reports in the literature of auditory hallucinations during migraines. While a rare symptom (compared with the visual aura), given the overall common incidence of migraines, this might be a potential explanation for the various "electrophonics".
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>Some references:
>http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0017-8748&date=2002&volume=42&issue=7&spage=646
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>J Neurol. 2002 Apr;249(4):476-7 "Auditory-visual synaesthesia in a patient with basilar migraine." Podoll K, Robinson D.
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>Mike
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>>I'd be curious as to
>>where you're going with this.
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