Project MKUltra

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CIA program mind control research program

Project MKUltra was a covert CIA program during the Cold War that conducted unethical experiments on human subjects to explore mind control, interrogation, and behavioral manipulation techniques.

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Surface form Occurrences
MKUltra-style experiments at Hawkins Lab 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf CIA program ⓘ
mind control research program ⓘ
aimedAt controlling human behavior ⓘ
developing brainwashing techniques ⓘ
developing interrogation methods ⓘ
authorizedBy Allen Dulles NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy destruction of records ⓘ
ethical violations ⓘ
non-consensual human experimentation ⓘ
secrecy ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
disclosedIn 1970s U.S. government reports ⓘ
declassified CIA documents ⓘ
dissolved early 1970s ⓘ
endTime early 1970s ⓘ
funded hospitals ⓘ
pharmaceutical companies ⓘ
prisons ⓘ
universities ⓘ
hasEffect public controversy over CIA activities ⓘ
reforms in U.S. intelligence oversight ⓘ
stricter rules on human subject research ⓘ
hasPart ARTICHOKE-related subprojects ⓘ
MKNAOMI NERFINISHED ⓘ
MKSEARCH NERFINISHED ⓘ
Subproject 68 NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfGovernment Dwight D. Eisenhower NERFINISHED ⓘ
John F. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard Nixon NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1953 ⓘ
inspiredBy Korean War brainwashing fears ⓘ
Nazi human experimentation reports ⓘ
legalCase lawsuits by former subjects ⓘ
location Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mainSubject behavioral modification ⓘ
chemical interrogation ⓘ
interrogation techniques ⓘ
mind control ⓘ
psychological torture ⓘ
notableParticipant Allen Dulles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Donald Ewen Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sidney Gottlieb NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePlace Allan Memorial Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ
McGill University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator Central Intelligence Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf CIA Technical Services Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
publiclyKnownSince mid-1970s ⓘ
startTime 1953 ⓘ
subjectOf Church Committee hearings NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rockefeller Commission report NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Senate investigations in the 1970s ⓘ
usedCoverOrganization front foundations ⓘ
research institutes ⓘ
useOf LSD NERFINISHED ⓘ
biological agents ⓘ
chemical agents ⓘ
electroconvulsive therapy ⓘ
hypnosis ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
psychoactive drugs ⓘ
psychological abuse ⓘ
radiation ⓘ
sensory deprivation ⓘ
sleep deprivation ⓘ

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Dr. Martin Brenner in Stranger Things → responsibleFor → Project MKUltra ⓘ
subject surface form: Dr. Martin Brenner
this entity surface form: MKUltra-style experiments at Hawkins Lab
Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control → subject → Project MKUltra ⓘ