A tactical HUD showing a fractured skull, sub-project lists, and a map of the Dulce, NM region.
THINK ABOUTIT SUMMARY:
Project MkUltra: The CIA’s Mind Control Framework
Project/Group Name: Project MkUltra
Mission: To research and develop chemical, biological, and radiological materials capable of controlling human behavior, altering perception, and conditioning the mind for intelligence operations.
Date Started: April 13, 1953 (Successor to Projects Bluebird and Artichoke). Ended: Officially ended in 1963 (Succeeded by MKSEARCH); Records destroyed in 1973.
Who or Whom Started It: Approved by CIA Director Allen Dulles; Directed by Sidney Gottlieb.
Part of what Government Agency: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) / Technical Services Staff (TSS).
Location: Over 80 institutions including universities, hospitals, and prisons across the US and Canada (e.g., McGill University).
Special Features/Characteristics:
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The Framework: An umbrella project overseeing approximately 150 sub-projects (MK-designated).
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Multi-Modal Research: Explored hypnosis, LSD, sensory deprivation, psychosurgery, brain implants, and microwave radiation.
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The “Ultra” Connection: Beyond the CIA, “Ultra” is cited as a high-level NSA department managing NHI interaction and the designation for the deep underground base near Dulce, New Mexico.
Summary/Description: MKULTRA was the CIA’s primary “Mind Kontrol” framework during the Cold War. It aimed to create “Manchurian Candidates”—individuals who could be programmed to perform tasks (including assassination) without conscious memory. Most records were incinerated in 1972 on the orders of Richard Helms to prevent congressional exposure. The program’s scope extended into the esoteric, including Remote Viewing and ESP, laying the groundwork for the Stargate Project.
Related to: Project MKDELTA, Project MKNAOMI, Project Artichoke, Project Stargate, and The Dulce Base.
Source: 1977 Senate Joint Hearing on MKULTRA; Church Committee Reports; FOIA-recovered documents.
Other Details: The destruction of files makes the true extent of human experimentation unknown, though survivors have detailed horrific accounts of trauma-based conditioning used to “shatter” the personality.
“The MK stands for Mind Kontrol… it studied all conceivable ways to control and influence people’s perceptions, convictions and behavior.”
MkUltra is the name of one of the CIA Mind control programs.
(The MK stands for Mind Kontrol).
It was started in April 1953, as a successor of the Projects Artichoke and Bluebird. MkUltra is some kind of an umbrella, a framework project for approx.
150 other projects (most of which started with the initials MK) that over the years studied all conceivable ways to control and influence people’s perceptions, convictions and, therefore, behavior.
Some of the techniques researched were hypnosis, conditioning, sensory deprivation, drugs, religious cults, microwaves, psychosurgery, brain implants, and even ESP (See also the Stargate Project and SRV).
The program was officially ended in 1963, and succeeded by MK-Search, which -behind the scenes – continued a lot of the MKUltra research.
Most of the MK-Ultra records were deliberately destroyed by the CIA in 1972 to avoid exposure by a congressional investigation.
Note that “Ultra” is the name of the dept. within the NSA that is in charge of the interaction with aliens, and that it’s also reportedly the name of the underground base under the Archuleta plateau and peak, northeast of Dulce, New Mexico.
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