List of Major U.S. Government Mind Control Programs

BLUEBIRD (1950) – Early CIA program exploring interrogation methods, hypnosis, and drugs to control or extract information from subjects.
ARTICHOKE (1951–1953) – Successor to BLUEBIRD; expanded into using drugs, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, and psychological torture to break prisoners.
MK-ULTRA (1953–1973) – The most famous CIA mind control program; tested LSD, sensory deprivation, brainwashing, hypnosis, and other techniques on unwitting subjects.
MK-DELTA – MK-ULTRA’s “operational arm,” applying techniques to foreign field operations.
MK-SEARCH (1964–1972) – Combined earlier MK-ULTRA subprojects to develop practical field applications for mind control and incapacitation.
MK-OFTEN – Explored behavioral effects of drugs and chemicals, including toxicology and “occult” research.
MK-NAOMI – Joint CIA–Army project to develop biological agents for clandestine use, often linked to incapacitation.
MK-CHICKWIT – Collected new drugs and exotic substances from around the world for testing.
Operation MIDNIGHT CLIMAX – MK-ULTRA subproject where prostitutes lured subjects to CIA safe houses for drugging and observation. Operation CHATTER (Navy) – Explored use of drugs for interrogation and recruitment of spies.

Project MK-MONARCH (disputed) – Alleged continuation or offshoot of MK-ULTRA focused on trauma-based mind control; documentation is scarce and highly controversial.
Project DORK – Joint military–CIA operation testing electromagnetic mind effects (largely classified).
Edgewood Arsenal Experiments (1955–1975) – U.S. Army tested chemical and biological agents, including psychoactive substances, on soldiers.
Operation DERBY HAT – Army/CIA collaboration using sensory deprivation and stress positions for behavior modification.
Project PANDORA (1960s) – Army/CIA research into the effects of microwave radiation on human behavior and cognition.

Silent Sound Spread Spectrum (SSSS) – Alleged use of subliminal sound modulation to implant thoughts; unconfirmed in official records but tied to DARPA research.
Behavioral Modification Program – DARPA-funded research into neuroplasticity manipulation and targeted learning.
NLP & Cognitive Warfare Initiatives – Ongoing projects to influence thought patterns using psychological operations (PSYOPs).

KUBARK Interrogation Manual – CIA handbook incorporating psychological torture methods from mind control research.
STARGATE Project (1978–1995) – Psychic and remote viewing experiments by CIA/Defense Intelligence Agency (not exactly “mind control” but in the cognitive warfare category).
Soviet “Psychotronics” Programs – USSR research into electromagnetic and psychic influence.
Project SLEEPER CELL (alleged) – Reported U.S. deep-cover behavioral conditioning program.
Operation PAPERCLIP – Post-WWII recruitment of Nazi scientists, some of whom were experts in hypnosis, neurochemistry, and behavior modification.
Japanese Unit 731 Research (captured) – U.S. obtained and integrated behavioral/chemical warfare data from Imperial Japan after WWII.

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