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This document, part of the CIA's MKUltra collection, describes an experimental operation involving subjects tested on hand levitation and induction/awakening methods, noting general lack of success due to environmental factors and procedural issues.

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., '· To: File Subject: SI and H Experimentation, 6 Hay 1953 ;. ,. 'I A Since this was in a sense still an explorato~ operation all .subj~ts •rere tested on hand levitation. As a rule this was not too successful. ~ • Thereafter, all subjects were run by various operators on a slow, straight induction and awakening. ·' :1').;. 1. · , •·. . . . After a period of discussion, the· ~ec~•t es ag ain run on a :'i'f·: slow induction method with the exception o ho was not nandled in view of the fact that time was running s or • ~ir ·.:., , ~ ., In general, this session was not too successful in the op~~on of the writer and therewere many people working in too small an !··a ~oo area which produced unusual curiosity and a cert.:Un amount of ~;,_ .;, , confusion in c~rying out instructions. In additlon, the inductioro as .·' .. a rule were run too slowly with a great deal of wasted talk and motion 'I ' ' and far too much explanation to be productive of good results. :\. .t· ·.,· .·.· ' '·. ,..,. , .. ·.I ,~ ~!'. .• ," II . The image displays a stylized graphic featuring a depiction of a bank vault door on the left. The vault door is metallic with visible locking mechanisms, circular dials, and bolted panels, rendered with a blue, glowing effect. To the right of the vault, large white text reads "THE BLACK VAULT" in a stylized, graffiti-like font, set against a dark blue, hazy background. Below this title, white text describes the document's origin from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the "MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection" compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). A yellow hyperlink, "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com," is provided at the bottom. No personal photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures are present. The document is a typed, single-page report with handwritten annotations. In the top right corner, there is handwritten text "A/B, 3, 2/59". On the left side, a large handwritten "A" is present. There are several instances of heavily redacted text appearing as blacked-out bars, primarily in the upper and middle sections of the page, obscuring specific details of the experiment. The content describes psychoanalysis experiments conducted on May 6, 1953, and mentions "hand levitation" and "inductions." The general condition of the paper appears to be that of a standard office document, with no visible images of people, locations, or equipment.

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