Doc 0000190645
CIA
This document is a declassified CIA report detailing experiments on suggestibility and induction of trance states conducted on July 14, 1953, with some information redacted.
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Ask the archive about this →To: File . . Sooject: SI and H Experimentation, 14 Jw17 1953 . .... ' The evening 1 s •·mrk ;-tas started by repeati.nr, some tests • or SU[;gestibility. One test 'was follmri.ng a line and circle with a ring on a string and falling back. · .~~erent methods of induction, ~orked "'dth ~ She quickly went under an~rfo.rning some sensory tests, she was able to open her eyes, speak and walk. She Has also given a .PH. able to and forward ,J•''
This page features a graphic prominently displaying the title "THE BLACK VAULT" in a stylized font, set against a dark background with a blue glow. To the left, there's an illustration of a complex, metallic vault door, complete with intricate locking mechanisms and a circular dial. The majority of the page is filled with white text on a black background, detailing information about the document's origin from an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, and providing a website address. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redactions visible on this page. The visual elements primarily serve to brand the source of the information and present the accompanying explanatory text.
The page contains a typewritten document with handwritten annotations. A prominent handwritten annotation in the upper right corner reads "A/B, 3, 2/47", suggesting some form of classification or filing. The document itself appears to be a progress report or summary regarding "SI and H Experimentation" conducted on July 14, 1953. There are several blacked-out sections of text, indicating redactions of sensitive information. The document describes experimental procedures including tests of suggestibility, induction of trance states, and attempts to achieve somnambulistic stages, with details about subjects' responses and resistances.
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