A

Ask the Record

asktherecord.com

Doc 0000190584

CIA

This document is a typescript report detailing a session on October 21, 1952, concerning hypnotic control experiments with subjects, noting the effectiveness of inducing sleep and discussing future plans.

This is one record. The archive holds the rest — ask it anything across the MKUltra files and every answer is cited to the page.

Ask the archive about this →
' - ~ !f~·- <~ -:. ; r ••'. ·, ~ , - 21 Octobor 1952 (Tuesday) . In accordance with plans, SI \ pre-arran~ed -~on_~~J, Room 20, Hessrs. ._.;,.:.a~·by Since this was the first session since 8 and 9 April,l952, most of the evening·•as devoted to a discussion of future plans, a review of motion pictures made previously, and some general discussions of the applications of the girls' work to operations. d~c~~ed Mes:rif~nd~at n~one. It was· by sipce of the subjects present had enga~~ytH experiments since Aprtil, sn excellent test of control would be to see quickly and easily ho~ a deep H sleep could be induced buildup or slow ~ithou induction. nstructed the Acc~~men three suhjects ~a sleep and without ex- ception all subjects, in less than f seconds,_ entered a deep H In the opinion of the writer, this clearly sl~ep. de~onstrates the effectiveness of long-range hypnotic control and is of consideraole in furture sign~ficance experimenta~ion. No extensive tests were made except normal movement and sam~ ':awakening tests. Session was concluded at approximately 9:00 PM. \" ·. ,, . ~ The provided image is a webpage displaying text and a graphic. The graphic on the left depicts a stylized vault door, implying security and access to information. The text on the right begins with the title "THE BLACK VAULT" in a stylized font, followed by descriptive text explaining that the document was obtained from an online database of declassified government documents. It further elaborates that the specific record is from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, housing over 20,000 declassified CIA pages, and provides a URL for access. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures visible on this page. The page is a typescript document on lined paper, indicating it's an internal report. A handwritten annotation at the top right reads "A/B, 3, 2/79". Several large, dark redactions obscure text portions throughout the report, particularly in the first and second paragraphs, affecting names and specific details of the experimentation. Smaller, less distinct redactions also appear. The document recounts experimental procedures involving hypnotic control and subjects entering a "deep H sleep" and mentions "motion pictures made previously" and "awakening tests." There are no photographs, diagrams, stamps, or forms visible.

Original source: view the released document

More from the MKUltra files