SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549


                                 FORM 8-K


                              CURRENT REPORT
              Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934


  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 9, 2004


                            SONEX RESEARCH, INC.
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter)


         Maryland                  0-14465                52-1188993
      (State or other           (Commision file         (IRS employer
      jurisdiction of               number)           identification no.)
       incorporation)



                    23 Hudson Street, Annapolis, MD 21401
                   (Address of principal executive offices)


                              (410) 266-5556
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                    N/A
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

















ITEM 9. - REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE


On July 9, 2004, the Registrant issued the following  announcement over the
newswire and posted it on its website (www.sonexresearch.com):



             SONEX NAMES POURING CHAIRMAN AND NAMES POSEY CEO


ANNAPOLIS,  MARYLAND,  July 9, 2004 - SONEX  RESEARCH,  INC. (OTC BB:  SONX),  a
leader in the field of clean burn  combustion  technology,  announced today that
the Company's  President,  Mr. Roger D. Posey, has been named CEO. Dr. Andrew A.
Pouring, Sonex founder and current CEO, has been named Chairman of the Board and
Chief Technical Officer.

The Company indicated that it would host a webcast in the near future to discuss
recent changes in its management and operations.



Contact: Jim Rose, Global Equity Consultants,  Inc., Tel:  410-349-1685,  email:
geci@comcast.net,   or  Roger  Posey,  President,  Sonex  Research,  Inc.,  Tel:
410-266-5556,            email:           info@sonex-na.com,            website:
www.sonexresearch.co_Hlt37221094m_Hlt37221094.



About Sonex

Sonex  Research,  Inc.,  a leader  in the  field of  combustion  technology,  is
developing its patented Sonex Combustion  System (SCS)  piston-based  technology
for in-cylinder  control of ignition and  combustion,  designed to increase fuel
mileage and reduce  emissions  of internal  combustion  engines.  Sonex plans to
complete  development,  commercialize  and  market  its  Sonex  Controlled  Auto
Ignition (SCAI)  combustion  process to the automotive  industry to improve fuel
efficiency of gasoline powered vehicles.  Additionally,  independent third-party
testing has confirmed the potential of the SCS application  for  direct-injected
diesel  engines to reduce  harmful  soot  in-cylinder  without  increasing  fuel
consumption.  Other SCS  designs are being used to convert  gasoline  engines of
various sizes to operate on safer, diesel-type "heavy fuels" for use in military
and commercial applications requiring light weight and safe handling and storage
of fuel, such as in UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles).


Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

"Forward-looking"  statements  contained  in this  announcement,  as well as all
publicly disseminated material about the Company, are made pursuant to the "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Act. Such statements are
based  on  current  expectations,  estimates,  projections  and  assumptions  by
management  with respect to matters  such as  commercial  acceptance  of the SCS
technology, the impact of competition,  and the Company's financial condition or
results of  operations.  Readers  are  cautioned  that such  statements  are not
guarantees of future  performance and involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause  actual  results to differ  materially  from those  expressed  in any such
forward-looking statements.  Additional information regarding the risks faced by
Sonex is provided in the  Company's  periodic  filings with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission under the heading "Risk Factors". Such filings are available
upon request from the Company or online in the EDGAR database at www.sec.gov.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


July 12, 2004

SONEX RESEARCH, INC.
Registrant


/s/ Andrew A. Pouring
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Andrew A. Pouring
Chief Executive Officer