MKUltra Documents
Original declassified records from MKUltra, the CIA's Cold War behavioral-research program run through the Technical Services Division. These pages document individual subprojects — their funding, cover arrangements through cleared universities, and research aims — reproduced in full and sealed with a SHA-256 fingerprint.
Documents in this collection
CIA MKUltra Subproject 100: Soil Microorganism Research
CIA MKUltra Subproject 100 (1959–61): soil-microorganism research for chemical/biological-warfare detection, funded ~$49,201 through a cleared university.
CIA MKUltra Subproject 123: Emerging Nations Study
CIA MKUltra Subproject 123 (1960): a $20,000 field study of 'emerging national images' — ~100 village interviews across three newly-independent countries.
Allen Dulles Signs Extension of Project MKUltra, 1953
A 1953 memo personally signed by CIA Director Allen Dulles authorizing more MKUltra research funding, including a new Subproject 18 — rare Dulles-signed MKUltr…
MKUltra Subproject 33 Financial Records, 1953-1954
CIA MKUltra Subproject 33 financial paperwork, 1953-54, signed by TSS Chemical Division chief Sidney Gottlieb — a rare look at the program's invoice-level book…
MKUltra Subproject 68 Budget Ledger, 1957-1960
A rare MKUltra Subproject 68 equipment and salary ledger (1957-60) itemizing lab gear like a plethysmograph and modified sound camera used in CIA-funded behavi…
CIA Memo on DOJ Review of Senate MKUltra Drug-Testing Files, 1978
1978 CIA memo granting a DOJ attorney access to Senate Subcommittee files on Project MKUltra drug testing, in the wake of the 1977 Senate hearings. SHA-256 ver…
CIA General Counsel Memo on Senator Kennedy's MKUltra 'Victims' Inquiry, 1978
1978 CIA General Counsel memo on notifying MKUltra drug-test 'victims,' drafted in response to a Senator Edward Kennedy inquiry after the 1977 Senate hearings.…
CIA Hypnosis Interrogation Session Log, 1953
A 1953 CIA hypnosis interrogation session log describing post-hypnotic suggestion experiments — primary-source record from the MKUltra era. SHA-256 verified or…
CIA Memo on Interrogation Techniques and Psychiatric Interest in Confessions
A partially-faded CIA memo on interrogation techniques and psychiatric interest in confession psychology, part of the Agency's mid-century interrogation-resear…
CIA Proposal to Create 'Security Validation Teams' Using Polygraph and Hypnosis, 1949
A 1949 CIA proposal for traveling 'security validation teams' using polygraph, drug and hypnotic interrogation — a key precursor document to Project MKUltra. S…