Things Worth Noting
Operation MKOFTEN was a secret CIA and DoD program (1968–1973) that tested drugs like LSD and experimental compounds on humans and animals to develop mind control and interrogation tools. Run at Edgewood Arsenal and Holmesburg Prison, it focused on behavioral and toxicological effects, creating databases of drug impacts for espionage use. Led by Sidney Gottlieb, […]
The Stargate Project was a secret U.S. Army program launched in 1977 at Fort Meade, Maryland, to test psychic abilities like remote viewing, ESP, and clairvoyance for military intelligence. Run by the DIA and CIA, it aimed to close a perceived psychic warfare gap with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Key figures included […]
Project ARTICHOKE was a CIA covert program launched in 1951 to develop mind control and advanced interrogation techniques during the Cold War. Evolving from Project BLUEBIRD, it focused on using LSD, hypnosis, mescaline, morphine addiction, and sensory deprivation to induce amnesia, compliance, and involuntary actions—like the “Manchurian Candidate” assassin concept. Subjects included POWs, defectors, CIA […]
MKNAOMI was a secret CIA-DoD program from the 1950s to 1970s, developing biological and chemical weapons during the Cold War. Partnering with Fort Detrick’s Special Operations Division, it created lethal toxins, delivery systems like the heart attack dart gun using shellfish toxin, and crop-poisoning methods. It succeeded MKULTRA, focusing on stockpiling agents for covert ops, […]
Operation Midnight Climax, a CIA subproject of MKUltra, ran in the 1960s during the Cold War to test mind control using LSD. Led by Sidney Gottlieb and George Hunter White, it unfolded in San Francisco and New York City safehouses, like 225 Chestnut Street. Prostitutes lured non-consenting men, who were drugged and watched through two-way […]