MK-Ultra / MKUltra – various subprojects and alleged subprojects…
MK for Mind Kontrol / Mind Control: the CIA’s confirmed program of illegal human experimentation.

From Wikipedia…
Project MKUltra[a] was an illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to develop procedures and identify drugs that could be used during interrogations to weaken individuals and force confessions through brainwashing and psychological torture.[1] The term MKUltra is a CIA cryptonym: “MK” is an arbitrary prefix standing for the Office of Technical Service and “Ultra” is an arbitrary word out of a dictionary used to name this project. The program has been widely condemned as a violation of individual rights and an example of the CIA’s abuse of power, with critics highlighting its disregard for consent and its corrosive impact on democratic principles.[2]
Project MKUltra began in 1953 and was halted in 1973. MKUltra used numerous methods to manipulate its subjects’ mental states and brain functions, such as the covert administration of high doses of psychoactive drugs (especially LSD) and other chemicals without the subjects’ consent. Additionally, other methods beyond chemical compounds were used, including electroshocks,[3] hypnosis,[4][5] sensory deprivation, isolation, verbal and sexual abuse, and other forms of torture.[6][7]
Project MKUltra was preceded by Project Artichoke.[8][9] It was organized through the CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence and coordinated with the United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories.[10] The program engaged in illegal activities,[11][12][13] including the use of U.S. and Canadian citizens as unwitting test subjects.[11]: 74 [14][15][16] MKUltra’s scope was broad, with activities carried out under the guise of research at more than 80 institutions aside from the military, including colleges and universities, hospitals, prisons, and pharmaceutical companies.[17] The CIA operated using front organizations, although some top officials at these institutions were aware of the CIA’s involvement.[11]
Project MKUltra was revealed to the public in 1975 by the Church Committee (named after Senator Frank Church) of the United States Congress and Gerald Ford‘s United States President’s Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (the Rockefeller Commission). Investigative efforts were hampered by CIA Director Richard Helms‘s order that all MKUltra files be destroyed in 1973; the Church Committee and Rockefeller Commission investigations relied on the sworn testimony of direct participants and on the small number of documents that survived Helms’s order.[18] In 1977, a Freedom of Information Act request uncovered a cache of 20,000 documents relating to MKUltra, which led to Senate hearings.[11][19] Some surviving information about MKUltra was declassified in 2001.
A very concise overview of the apparent non-existence of “Project Monarch”…
- Project Monarch (Paranoid History #7) – A Paranoid’s History of the United States – May 2025
“In 1995, a woman named Cathy O’Brien published a book containing some of the most shocking allegations ever made against the American government. She claimed to be a survivor of Project Monarch, a classified CIA mind control program where she was programmed through systematic trauma to serve as a sex slave to presidents, politicians, and global elites. Her accusations included being hunted for sport by Dick Cheney and having occult symbols carved into her body by Hillary Clinton. This episode explores how Project Monarch emerged at the intersection of documented history and conspiracy theory. While the CIA’s MK-ULTRA mind control experiments were real and declassified in the 1970s, Project Monarch has never been substantiated by credible evidence. Yet this urban legend has evolved into one of the most persistent conspiracy theories of our time, now encompassing claims about celebrity programming, the Illuminati’s control of the entertainment industry, and the use of butterfly imagery as secret signals. Interviews by Tyler Rabbit GUESTS
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- David McGowan (1960-2015) was an independent researcher and author known for exploring the darker corners of American political conspiracies. His work included investigations into government mind control programs, the 1960s counterculture, and political assassinations. McGowan’s book Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon examined alleged connections between the CIA and the Laurel Canyon music scene. Though skeptical of supernatural elements in conspiracy theories, McGowan maintained that government agencies had invested significant resources in developing mind control techniques.
- Tracy Twyman (1978-2019) was an author, researcher, and occult historian whose work explored alternative history, secret societies, and conspiracy theories. Her book Mind-Controlled Sex Slaves and the CIA investigated claims of government mind control experimentation.
FURTHER INFORMATION MK-Ultra: The shocking Cold War experiments hidden by the CIA:
- Dr. Jeffrey Kaye: CIA Covert Research, MKULTRA to Gitmo – Expanding Frontiers Research – January 2025
- MK Ultra | Official Trailer – Cineverse – Aug 2022
See also…
- A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA’s Secret Cold War Experiments by H. P. “Hank” Albarelli, Jr.
- Alternative Explanations for Famous UFO Cases
- Betty and Barney Hill
- Flatwoods Monster
- Villas Boas
- Pascagoula, Mississippi
- Dean, Radin on Psychotronic UFOs
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- Whitley Strieber’s commentary on ELF mind control potential in his original book, Communion
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- Anomaly Archives site search for MKUltra
- Anomaly Archives site search for MK-Ultra
- Carol Rosin – claims of Werner Von Braun speech beamed into her ear
- Cathy O’Brien and Trance Formation of America
- Martin Cannon
- The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control: The Secret History of the Behavioral Sciences by John Marks