Tag: Gerald Ford

Govt. & Scientific UFO Studies Posted on

THE CONDON COMMITTEE

This committee was formed in 1966 in the USA to study the UFO phenomenon for a period of two years and then publish its results. Then-Senator Gerald Ford gave government approval for this research. The leader of the team was Dr. Edward Uhler Condon. The research was conducted by a team of scientists at Colorado University. The report published at the end of the two-year project stated that UFO’s were not worth further study and of little significance. Some members of the study did not agree with the published findings and it has been suggested that the government insisted on this version of the report. An Air Force panel reviewed the report and stated that “little if anything had come from the study of […] Read More

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1951: Project Artichoke

Apart from being the name of a vegetable, Artichoke or the Artichoke Project also is the name of a former CIA Mind Control Program. The name was only used for two years. Till 1951, it was called Project Bluebird. In 1953 it was succeeded by Project MkUltra Project ARTICHOKE (also referred to as Operation ARTICHOKE) was a CIA project that researched interrogation methods and arose from Project BLUEBIRD on August 20, 1951, run by the CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence. [1] A memorandum by Richard Helms to CIA director Allen Welsh Dulles indicated Artichoke became Project MKULTRA on April 13, 1953. [2][not in citation given] The project studied hypnosis, forced morphine addiction (and subsequent forced withdrawal), and the use of other chemicals, among other […] Read More