CIA behavior modification: Project Bluebird
Project Bluebird was the CIA's first behavior modification program. Initiated in 1949, it was overtaken by Project Artichoke in 1950 and morphed into the massive
Project MKULTRA in 1953. The primary goal of these CIA projects was to develop and refine control over the mind and human behavior for the purpose of espionage, counter-espionage, and the clandestine manipulation of global politics.
Many people find it hard to believe that the U.S. government would be involved with any form of mind control. Yet
thousands of pages of declassified documents from Project Bluebird and other top secret CIA projects prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that not only was the CIA involved in behavior modification, they were very successful at it.
CIA document 140401, with an estimated date of January 1, 1952, spells out the scope of Project Bluebird. Below are verbatim excerpts from this declassified document discussing a number of the stated goals of the project. Using the Freedom of Information Act, anyone can order this document free of charge from the U.S. government using
this link.
Set out below are specific problems which can only be resolved by experiment, testing and research.
- Can we obtain control of the future activities (physical and mental) of any given individual, willing or unwilling by application of SI [sleep induction] and H [hypnosis] techniques?
- Can we create by post-H control an action contrary to an individual’s basic moral principles?
- Can we in a matter of an hour, two hours, one day, etc., induce an H condition in an unwilling subject to such an extent that he will perform an act for our benefit?
- Could we seize a subject and in the space of an hour or two by post-H control have him crash an airplane, wreck a train, etc.?
- Can we by H and SI techniques force a subject (unwilling or otherwise) to travel long distances, commit specified acts and return to us or bring documents or materials?
- Can we guarantee total amnesia under any and all conditions?
- Can we “alter” a person’s personality?
- Can we devise a system for making unwilling subjects into willing agents and then transfer that control to untrained agency agents in the field by use of codes or identifying signs?
- Is it possible to find a gas that can be used to gain SI control from a gas pencil, odorless, colorless: one shot, etc.?
- How can sodium A or P or any other sleep inducing agent be best concealed in a normal or commonplace item, such as candy, cigarettes, liquer, wines, coffee, tea, beer, gum water, aspirin tablets, common medicines, coke, tooth paste?
- Can we, using SI and H extract complicated formula from scientists, engineers, etc., if unwilling?
This document reveals that sleep inducing agents were placed in candy, aspirin, soft drinks, and more. Think about the implications if just a few of the men involved in these programs decided to use such things outside of the office to manipulate others for their personal benefit. In his thoroughly researched book
Bluebird, Dr. Colin A. Ross discusses quite bluntly how behavior modification capabilities were abused by both CIA agents and top medical professionals. For a revealing, well documented 10-page summary of this powerful book,
click here.
The full text of the above document is
available here. The summaries of 12 key declassified CIA documents at
this link show that the answer to most, if not all, of the questions posed appears to be yes. Though exceedingly few people are aware of this, the CIA became quite adept at controlling and manipulating human behavior in disturbing ways over 50 years ago.
For an informative five-minute clip from a National Geographic documentary on the CIA's behavior control programs titled CIA Secret Experiments, watch below.
To watch the entire eye-opening 45-minute documentary,
click here. To see powerful excerpts of many key CIA documents on mind control filled with astonishing revelations all in one place (links for verification included),
click here. For other highly revealing articles in this series on mind control and behavior modification, visit
this link.
For an enlightening essay on this disturbing topic, including both the secretive aspects and how these methods are now being used to heal people in most transformative ways, don't miss the powerful lesson from the Insight Course
available here. The same technologies that have been used to secretly manipulate world politics can also be used to transform our lives and world.
It's time that the public be informed of these serious matters, so that we can all understand what's happening and work to stop the abuses. The box immediately below provides several ideas on what you can do to educate yourself and to help to raise awareness of this critical issue. We also invite you to comment below and let us know what you think. Is the CIA crossing ethical and moral boundaries in programs like Project Bluebird?
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- Learn about the intriguing history and development of controversial CIA behavior modification programs in this excellent two-page summary. Footnotes and links are provided for verification purposes.
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Fred Burks served as personal language interpreter to Clinton, Bush, Cheney, Gore, and other top dignitaries in secret meetings. As part of an international network of researchers and news analysts, Fred obtains and disseminates key, reliable information about powerful, yet little-known forces which shape our world. For more, see articles and links in the right column of this page.