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This document details experiments involving hypnosis and automatic writing, where subjects wrote cryptic messages that were later translated under hypnosis and found to be of a personal nature.

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..... To: The Files ' Subject: SI and 11 .I::xpcrimentat.:i.on, 23 Harcil l9~1J. . ··. I ,. I ' The :;.ension Has opened by slow induct:il.ons to set the st.aGC for a .'. o ''I tation to be carried 011 ~.at:.er. Thcrca.. f. l.er, I~ ,.;. a sl.r<d.rht, slov1 induction. - •• • I did not. obtain great depth o • . ~ ~ ..' .. "1 The concludinG experiment of tl~e evenit llovTin~ subject participated: ' t~e u::mal procedure '.; Hr nt:;, e 1 su ject ~vas instructed upon the pladnG of a pencil in '· f their hMd to ln:'ite and in each. instance tl:e J~;:u-ticipatine, 1vrote a cryptic messa;:;e. All measageG exccp..__,s vrcre sub- . sequently translated under deep hypnosis by the &tbjects themselves ruid Hithout exception, these proved to be of an interesting and personal nature. ... e ·'• .. • I The techntqncs for the above Here as follo1-1s: subject Has placed . ' in deep H stal'e, her hand. via a dissociat,cd and instructed HI! en pencil \·Ias \~ . placed in !J.:~rld, h0nrl ·roi.lld Hritc o In f!::tch instance, !:.he hand did ~ .. write a crypt.:Lc mcssar:e. The subjects ••ere then placed in a de8p H state aud told to open !:.heir eyca and \-lrite unde tic messaee a ~~ thin mensCT~c. All ro aule to do so. ~Hritinr.; postion i-lvS extreme e and her JrJcssa:;e apparentl~r ;.ras so confused that the Hritinr;s could not ue tranGl;:tted, althouGh no ~rcat effort Has m::1de to urinr: this 1nessar::e to tire surface. After each sub,jcct ha.d translated their ,. /·: "lnessage, the mess.1.ges Here taken fi·om them a11d only shotm to the subjecb 2.f!:.c1: !:.he:r had asl;:ed to see them. .I::ach suiJ;iect 1·1qs <1!:1azed .. and startled at uhat she had vJritten. Jn the opin.i.r1n ~ ' . and the m·il.~er, the activity vras entirely uuccesc.ful and uas 111 no sense a·"fal~ed" opcr.s.tion,by the subjects themselves • •• .r .... .~ r In vie~-1 of Lhe personal nature of the messa~:,es, they vri.ll not be.included in this log. or ' The matter of automatic 1-1ritin;~ \..Jiticll ntay may not have an intelligence inLerest will be taken up .tho folloHi.nr~ Tuesday, si nee .. the writer Hill he ollt of t 2h lhrch lS':;h.1 L ~. :3cssion 1-Jj.ll Lc conduc Led by obt~bly HittJ~- as an.obscrvero . ' This .jpg image displays what appears to be a title or disclaimer page for declassified documents. On the left, a stylized, metallic vault door is depicted, with a large circular dial and various locking mechanisms. Text on the right side of the image indicates that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection which contains over 20,000 pages declassified by the CIA. The text also provides a URL for accessing the full collection online. No photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects are visible, nor are there any handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redactions present in the image. The visual representation of the vault door serves as a metaphor for accessing secret or protected information. 1-1ritin;~ \..Jiticll ntay may not have an intelligence inLerest will be taken up .tho folloHi.nr~ Tuesday, si nee .. the writer Hill he ollt of t 2h lhrch lS':;h.1 L ~. :3cssion 1-Jj.ll Lc conduc Led by obt~bly HittJ~- as an.obscrvero . ' The document is a typed report with handwritten annotations. The handwritten text at the top right reads "A/B, 3, 2/9". There is a circular stamp with a number "6" and a bullet point to the left of the main text. Significant portions of the text are obscured by black redactions, particularly in the body of the report detailing a session and its participants. The document appears to be a log or report, indicated by the "To: The Files" and "Subject:" lines. The content discusses an "Experimentation" session involving "automatic writing" and "hypnosis." Visual evidence of experimental procedures is hinted at through descriptions of subjects being placed in a "deep H state" and having their hands dissociated.

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