Doc 0000190707
CIA
This document is a typed report detailing experiments involving sleep induction and attempts to awaken subjects, noting one subject's unusual lack of emotional response.
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Ask the archive about this →a/13 ·l; ~. ·.,_\,. • I 3 A- Ll '; I 01 1 " ·! To: File .. Subj:_ SI and 11 experimentation, J Harch 19)4. . ,., '.; • I • • ~ . t ·.")' On 3 A; 0 1 o~' .. ···: }~ ' •· ..: ,I. -·. '~-; I I .. ~ nou~ine tests and inductions and ::;traight Pll ,;ere tried . throughout tl10 e~~~~rk. One special slo·rl induction •,ras .. • H g iv c e o n n t t r o o l a . ssist }~ho • apparenl:,ly is slofl in accepting .I , . ' .' .·-,~:.,. A .v. . ,t ..i J The only unusual acti vit.Y i ~ evening was concerned was that Hi ,, ~ '. i!Ist:.ructerl ~o rernaj_n in u very deep shmp s .ntc td while in a ::;leep stat.e"Hith,J1er ey~ instruct., o t.ry to m·Taken the tHo sleepers. Ii1;~ried l.Jy shaldnc ·and. callinr,: the nDntes of uotlt girls londl:r Hit:.hout .results a•1d · then apparently in m~asperation n);.d.t;l_;cd l·iis~t of the chair and let her fall to !~he fJ.oor i.n tut e~o~akcn her, This eff un::mcceGsful. This seemed unusual in vieH of tlte· fact s very Wtemotional and Hl1ile a good sui\iect h8.s in any of her >Iork. For matter of record, pulling 1c~;ia of the act,:LvHy nnd cl8arl:v remcnl:ercd ... ,·,·1, so for !'!aLter oC l'OCord, ~··r. .Lt should he no tat. on s sleepi n;; the flo01· \vas partially fallen of lihtJ Chair bub Iii en she u<~s d.l·a·wed ottt aboep durin;; lihe ent,ire ~.: ......... act.ivity. The session closed at B:JO, \':·~\: . ~ .. ~ \ • • I . ,I •. ,, ' 1
The image displays a graphic with text and an illustration of a vault door. The title "THE BLACK VAULT" is prominently displayed in a stylized font. Below the title, text explains that the document originates from The Black Vault, an online repository of declassified government records, specifically the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, housing over 20,000 pages declassified by the CIA. A URL for the collection is provided. The illustration shows a detailed, metallic vault door with various mechanical components, locks, and levers, suggesting a theme of security and hidden information. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures.
This document is a typed report, likely from the early 1950s based on the paper and ink quality. The page features several large, black redactions obscuring specific names and potentially sensitive details within the text. There is a handwritten annotation in the upper right corner: "A/B, 3, 2/13". A single, circular black mark is visible on the left side of the page, near the margin. The text describes experimental procedures involving subjects, hinting at sleep induction and attempts to awaken them, with one subject described as "slow in accepting II control." The document appears to be a record of research activities.
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