Overview
MK-ULTRA was a CIA program that began in the 1950s to find means for influencing human cognition, emotion, and behavior. The program included wireless directed electromagnetic energy research under "Information Warfare" and "Non Lethal Weapons" headings.
Program History
Origins and Scope
The CIA initiated MK-ULTRA research in the 1950s seeking better means of controlling human behavior through psychological understanding of humans as social animals. Methods included isolation, drugs, hypnosis, and electromagnetic manipulation.
Notable Allegations
Dr. Eldon Byrd: Medical engineer who developed non-lethal weapons using magnetic fields at biologically active wave frequencies to affect brain function. Could put animals to sleep at a distance and influence their movements. His research went "black" when success became evident, with allegations that electromagnetic resonance weapons were subsequently used for psychological control of civilians.
Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber): Allegedly among many MK-ULTRA test victims according to Carol Smith's testimony.
Exposure and Legacy
Human radiation experiments in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s became public knowledge. Countries around the world passed laws and signed treaties in response to danger of weapons affecting human behavior or manipulating cognition. Russia banned all EMF weapons in 2001.
Human Rights Violations
The program represents a fundamental violation of cognitive liberty—the natural right to perceive the world independently. Test subjects included unwitting participants who may still be unidentified today, with no mechanism for remediation due to lack of congressional oversight on black projects.
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This page documents findings from Project Censored's 2009 research on MK-ULTRA and electromagnetic weapons.