It seems like a conspiracy theory, but unfortunately it isn’t. What if I told you that the CIA
was testing on humans to gain the ability of mind control or that they were trying to create
cat spies. Hard to believe isn’t it, but at the end you will believe it. I am going to dive deeper
into project MK-ULTRA with you.
It’s the late 9040s and there is a lot of tension between America and the two countries
Russia and Korea. As the years go by America and Korea went to war in 1950. Russia and
Korea have similar believes, which is a huge threat to America. American soldiers who were
captured in Korea returned back while talking positively about Korea, they must have been
brainwashed don’t you think. Well, this is exactly what the CIA thought. This gave them
the feeling that America was lacking behind in the field of mind control, so
they began to conduct research on this field. The main point of the
CIA was to develop brainwashed soldiers who would forget their mission when
captured, get the enemy to confess information and get people to turn on
their country. When a scientist in Switzerland discovered LSD, the
CIA thought this was their answer to mind control. LSD causes people to witness things melt,
lose track of time and many other peculiar side effects. You can’t overdose on the drug, but
it can cause severe mental health issues. Most of the times the symptoms last 8 to
10 hours. The CIA purchased the entire stock of LSD to ensure no other country could lay
their hands on it.
Sidney Gottlieb is the person who arranged all these drugs for the CIA. Sidney was a man
who was intensely passionate about America. When WWII came around, he made sure to be
in line fort he army, but because of a birth effect on his foot, he was denied. After
being denied he started to study chemistry, and he ended up getting his PHD. He got a job as
a poison expert fort he CIA and this let him feel he was doing something good for his
country. Sidney was put in control of project MK-ULTRA. Within a few miles of the CIA
headquarters is a school called George Town University. Sidney saw this as the ideal place
to conduct some experiments. The students were offered LSD and told it was to help you get
back to studying faster after drinking. Many participated without knowing what
the underlying reason behind the testing was. This testing was a fail and only caused LSD to
be a hit in colleges.
In 1953 the CIA reached out to a guy named Frank Olsen. They asked him to help with a
mind control project for the CIA and he accepts this offer. He would try developing
something to get control over someone and have them forget about it later on. As time went
on Frank noticed that the CIA was abusing their power and treating test subjects
inhuman. He spoke up about this and after this he gets an invite for
a mans retreat. Here he was offered a drink, which later was told by the CIA was
spiked. This drink was spiked by no other than Sidney Gottlieb. After some time Frank talks
to a co-worker and tells him that he is displeased with his work situation. Due
to the LSD Frank kept feeling worse and worse and a hospital visit
was advised. The hospital was quite far from the headquarters, so Frank was first brought to
a hotel by his co-worker and his doctor. But Frank never made it to the hospital. Frank
allegedly committed suicide by jumping out the window. The odd thing is a call was made to
the CIA about this loss, before Frank was even found. When Franks son asked for a
second autopsy, damage of chesting and being hit on the head was found. I don’t know
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