Vladimir Gavreau

Who is Vladimir Gavreau?

Vladimir Gavreau was a French scientist making experiments on the biological effects of infrasound.

His interest in infrasonic waves first came about in his lab during the 1960s where he and his lab assistants experienced pain in the ear drums and shaking lab equipment, but no audible sound was picked up on his microphones. He concluded it was infrasound and soon got to work preparing tests in the labs. One of his experiments was an infrasonic whistle that some say has led to a line of research that has military applications. Author William S. Burroughs described the possibly fictional device as follows: