Project Bluebird was a mind control program that was run by the CIA from 1950-1953. On April 20 1950 the director of the CIA, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, approved Project Bluebird and on April 20 1951 it was renamed Project Artichoke. The project was funded by the CIA, Navy, Air Force and the Army. During Bluebird the CIA conducted experiments on individuals which included creating hypnotic access codes, manchurian candidates,new memories, new identities and amnesia in the experimental subjects.
The CIA claimed that mind control projects were in response to mind control tactics that were being used by North Korea, China & The Soviet Union however, unclassified documents show that the CIA had already been experimenting with mind control programs prior to the Korean war in 1950.
The main goal of Artichoke was to determine if an individual could be made to perform an act of attempted assassination. The project focused on hypnotic couriers, amnesia and manchurian candidates. The CIA used hypnosis, forced morphine addiction, LSD and other chemical substances to induce amnesia and other vulnerable states in individuals. There is alot of secrecy around the degree to which manchurian candidates were used and most documents remain classified however, Artichoke documents reveal that there were successful simulations completed with hypnotic couriers in the early 1950’s.
Many documents obtained via the information act are very censored and some remain classified however, the text that is available indicates that Artichoke experiments involving physicians were carried out in the United States until the mid 1950’s. On April 20 1953 Project Artichoke would be renamed Project MK Ultra.
Below are some documents from Project Artichoke. While reviewing these documents I came across a very disturbing document that talks about administering drugs that would create “a depressing effect” to unsuspecting individuals using everyday means. “This study should include chemicals or drugs that can effectively be concealed in common items such as food, water, coca cola, beer, liquor, cigarettes etc. This type of drug should also be capable of use in standard medical treatments such as vaccinations, shots etc.”
Many believe that these experiments are still being covertly carried out today. If so, that makes the information below far more disturbing.