Project MKULTRA/MKDELTA “We were trying to learn about subliminal perception and all the silly things people were believing in at that time.” (Gittinger). John Gittinger said this when asked what MKULTRA’s goals were. The project started when World War II ended, and was officially sanctioned in 1953. Some believe it ended in the late 20th century, but others believe it is still going on. The main point of this project was to manipulate the brains of americans into mind control. This was partly done in hopes to stop the spread of communism. The CIA project dubbed “MKULTRA” also known as MKDELTA shook America's trust in their government by successful kidnapping of citizens, methodical torture and drugging, and controversial conspiracy theories.
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During a supposed chemical warfare test in the US Army, the CIA conducted experiments on a group of soldiers using LSD and other hallucinogens. They used these as truth serums, seeing if they could be used to make potential threats to the US. These certain types of drugs were also used for mind control aspects (Budiansky). As another method of torture, they electrically shocked test subjects using metal rods attached to car batteries. They also ran behavior modification tests for twenty years (Doyle). They did this in such strong effort to crack the human psyche into certain manipulation. The Air Force was also to be believed as in on these such experiments. In 1957, Air Force officer Lloyd Gamble volunteered to take part in the previously mentioned Army Chemical Warfare test (Budiansky). The CIA told him that he would be testing gas masks and other protective chemical gear. But in 1975, he learned that he and 1,000 other soldiers were given LSD (Budiansky). “If they had told me the risks, I never would have done it. It was outrageous.” Said gamble (Budiansky). Ken Kesey, author of the famous book “One flew over the cuckoo’s nest” and a heavy source for inspiration, was first exposed to such drugs like LSD and other pyschedelic compounds when he was only a student at Stanford Graduate School. He was training for the 1960 olympics when he was victimized by Project MKULTRA. He was training for wrestling, as he had earned a place on the US olympic Wrestling
During a supposed chemical warfare test in the US Army, the CIA conducted experiments on a group of soldiers using LSD and other hallucinogens. They used these as truth serums, seeing if they could be used to make potential threats to the US. These certain types of drugs were also used for mind control aspects (Budiansky). As another method of torture, they electrically shocked test subjects using metal rods attached to car batteries. They also ran behavior modification tests for twenty years (Doyle). They did this in such strong effort to crack the human psyche into certain manipulation. The Air Force was also to be believed as in on these such experiments. In 1957, Air Force officer Lloyd Gamble volunteered to take part in the previously mentioned Army Chemical Warfare test (Budiansky). The CIA told him that he would be testing gas masks and other protective chemical gear. But in 1975, he learned that he and 1,000 other soldiers were given LSD (Budiansky). “If they had told me the risks, I never would have done it. It was outrageous.” Said gamble (Budiansky). Ken Kesey, author of the famous book “One flew over the cuckoo’s nest” and a heavy source for inspiration, was first exposed to such drugs like LSD and other pyschedelic compounds when he was only a student at Stanford Graduate School. He was training for the 1960 olympics when he was victimized by Project MKULTRA. He was training for wrestling, as he had earned a place on the US olympic Wrestling