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The image displays a dark background with a graphic of a vault door on the left and text on the right. The vault door is metallic, with intricate mechanical details, and illuminated by a blue light. The text prominently features the title "THE BLACK VAULT" in a stylized font. Below the title, there is explanatory text stating that the document was obtained from The Black Vault, an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The text concludes with a URL for the collection. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures or facilities. The primary visual elements are the vault graphic, which serves as a thematic representation, and the informative text. STUDIES IN TilE MI LITJ\HY i\PPLICAT ION OF IIYPNOT ISM: I. The Hypnotic Messenger Introduction Hypnotism is now a recognized branch of the science of psychology operating und-er lmown laws producing known phenomena. The proposals we are about to make can be verified by means of the scientific method. In deep hypnotism or somnambulism, the subject has complete amnesia; he remembers nothing of what has happened. One out of every five persons can reach this depth in the hypnotic trance. With this subject, we can, remove from him all knowledge of ever having been hypnotized and make it I . impossible for anyone else to hypnotise him except a person who has been I I designated by the hypnotist. I It is our contention that a long and involved message given to a subject could be recovered from the unconscious mind only by one specific operator, who alone would be able to hypnotize the subject and recover the ""secret': message. In the wa\{ing state, the subject would have no knowledge of this".message. He would deny his ever having been hypnotized, and the second hypnotist would be the on1y person able to re-hypnotize him. lie would go to this second operator as a result of the post-hypnotic sugge-s/ tion of nn ordinnry mill tary transfer. He would not "talk" .. bccaus.h .he has nothing'to talk about. Furthermore, it is our contention that alcohol, drugs, nnd/or phyRicnl duress would not be successful in recoverinr, this message. ,-:·.'0- ... MET!IOI >OLOGY . Subjects: I i . '· Twenty somnnmbulits who might. hr obtained in a military establishment •i ' will be used. College students cannot be used in this experiment for quite obvious reasons. The criteria for somnambulism arc definitive and clear-cut. The so-called disguised technique will be used so that the personnel will be in ignorance of the reason for being contacted. Equipment: We will need facilities for doing hypnotic work under conditions which give maximal security. The -actual apparatus involved will be: (1) dictaphonc, (2) an apparatus to test hypnotic anesthesia by means of the application of a graduated electric current, or the usc of an electroencephalograph. Procedure: The twenty subjects selected for their ability to enter the somnambulistic state will be crirefully trnincd for the specific task in mind. As mentioned. previously, we will remove from each subject all knowledge of ever having been hypnotized and make it impossible for The page contains typed text that appears to be a section of a document discussing hypnotism in a military context. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, or tables visible. There are also no discernible redactions or visual evidence of experimental procedures, equipment, or facilities. The page is primarily text-based, with the content focused on the psychological aspects of hypnosis and its potential applications. or the usc of an electroencephalograph. Procedure: The twenty subjects selected for their ability to enter the somnambulistic state will be crirefully trnincd for the specific task in mind. As mentioned. previously, we will remove from each subject all knowledge of ever having been hypnotized and make it impossible for anyone except the person designated by the hypnotist to re-hypnotize him. He would then be i11structed ns to the nature of his a . ssignm.e nt, namely, that he would be given material which is "secret" and which could not be divulged to anyone, either in the waking state or any type of unconscious state. The exception to this would be a second hypno..ti'st , (speci!ice.lly named) who would be able to re-hypnotize him and recover the "secret" information. The "secret" mnterial would then be presented to the subject.· This would be given by tnpc recording for the snkc of controlling human voice 1--·-. ve.rinbloe nnd -would be repeated five times in five separate hypnotic sessions. ;. • ' • ·~-· -. :!. - --..,;::L :::~=~·-==•= -..,.......,==,......,~----·---------------·-·---c:r ... ·.:' ~- . ..,_ .. _ the subject out of the trance and send him to his desitna- tion (in this case, the address of the second hypnotist) by means of a post-hypnotic suggestion, In the waking state, owledge of the second hypnotist. At this point, over·a which under normal circumstances would give him ample time . 1art world, we would apply different methods to elicit of~he 1ation, by use of his wife, girl friend, alcohol, amytal or 'en physical duress. 1e principal investigator at $50 a day. days a month for three months. $ 3,000. ssociate at $40 per day s; 2,400. .~ . : nses for these two men s;12 per day $ 1,400. ·.::: .. .:-..· penses indeterminate part-time secretary. $ 500. psychiatrist should also be available .. This man could be --. ... ~ ;tablishment. l I__ · ". : project, approximately $10,000, t- ~-- -~·· - ·: ... ~·- I 1at a thorough investigation of this proposal would require ....... r.~ ng the summer when the principle investigator and his associate .. ··- _, .,.:~­ m academic duties. · ¥:.~ f -~--- L. - t·. -·i>'. --~- ;;_ --· ... This page is a typewritten document with a header indicating "METHODOLOGY." It describes the subjects, equipment, and procedure for an experiment. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redactions visible on this page. The text itself describes the use of a dictaphone, an apparatus for testing hypnotic anesthesia, and an electroencephalograph, along with the procedure involving hypnotizing subjects and presenting them with "secret" material via tape recording. investigator and his associate .. ··- _, .,.:~­ m academic duties. · ¥:.~ f -~--- L. - t·. -·i>'. --~- ;;_ --· ... The document appears to be a typed report, with some handwritten annotations that are difficult to discern. The majority of the page is text, detailing financial information and research proposals. Notably, there is a large, irregular black redaction in the lower right quadrant of the page that obscures content. The presence of this redaction suggests sensitive information is being withheld, possibly related to the experimental nature of the document given its MKUltra context. 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