Brief
Project MKUltra (MKUltra)
The claims the writer was given for Project MKUltra (MKUltra), in the order they were given.
1
John Zubek's sensory deprivation research paralleled the CIA's Project MKUltra, which sought to manipulate human behaviour for interrogation purposes.
“His work paralleled the CIA's MKUltra program, which sought to manipulate human behavior for interrogation purposes.”
I LEFT MY BODY - The Gateway Experience (Part 3) 2024-08-24 00:17:19.2-00:17:24.7 administrative
2
Louis Jolyon West was one of the architects of Project MKUltra.
“Jolly West, do you know who that is? He was one of the architects of, uh, MKUltra”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:11:37.5-00:11:41.1 administrative first hand
3
Jesse Michels considers that psychology research of the Project MKUltra era, much of it probably state funded, was extremely interested in the creation of cults because cults are inherently subversive organisations.
“A lot of the psychology that was probably state funded at the time was, it was extremely interested in the, uh, creation of cults, because as you're saying, those are kind of inherently subversive organizations.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:12:00.0-00:12:11.1 opinion first hand
4
In 1973 Richard Helms ordered Sidney Gottlieb to destroy all the Project MKUltra documents.
“Remember, Richard Helms in 1973 ordered Sidley Gottlieb to destroy all the MKUltra documents.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:08:58.0-00:09:03.2 testimony first hand
5
There was a shell game within the Central Intelligence Agency to prevent its inspector general, its general counsel and United States Congress from learning about Project MKUltra.
“There was a shell game within the CIA to prevent the inspector general, general counsel, Congress from learning about the program.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:09:03.8-00:09:11.1 testimony first hand
6
What is known about Project MKUltra comes from financial records that were found and stored separately, amounting to about 30 per cent of what was going on.
“we only know what we know about MKUltra through the financial records that were found and stored separately. So that's why we know 30% of what was going on.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:09:11.8-00:09:20.5 testimony first hand
7
David Grusch is worried that unless Donald Trump has issued a historical document preservation hold, much of the information on the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena recovery programme is being destroyed at present, similar to the destruction of Project MKUltra records in the 1970s.
“I do worry if President Trump hasn't provided a either classified or otherwise, you know, historical document preservation notice hold, that a lot of the information on the UAP recovery program is being destroyed as we speak, akin to MKUltra in the 70s.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:09:25.3-00:09:42.4 opinion first hand
8
The Central Intelligence Agency's MK series of programmes included Operation CHAOS, which was a domestic influence operation.
“there was a whole mk series to include operation chaos which was domestic influence operations”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:10:51.5-00:10:57.2 testimony first hand
9
Project MKUltra started in the 1950s as a mind control experimentation programme using drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
“MKUltra started in the 50s and i'm certainly not the expert but essentially it was a mind control uh experimentation program also using different types of drugs such as LSD”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:10:58.2-00:11:08.9 testimony first hand
10
Under Project MKUltra, innocent civilians were dosed with drugs in clinics.
“they were dosing innocent civilians in clinics”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:11:09.7-00:11:12.2 testimony first hand
11
The Central Intelligence Agency pursued mind control experimentation under Project MKUltra because it learned that Russia was also experimenting with such techniques.
“they were experimenting with uh you know pretty intense mind control capabilities because the CIA got wind that the russia was also experimenting with this kind of thing.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:11:13.3-00:11:22.9 testimony first hand
12
The Central Intelligence Agency wanted to create Manchurian Candidate assassins through Project MKUltra.
“And they wanted to create Manchurian Candidate Assassins and other things.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:11:23.2-00:11:26.9 testimony first hand
13
Anna Paulina Luna chaired a recent congressional hearing about Project MKUltra.
“And Chairwoman Lunar had a hearing about it recently.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:11:27.3-00:11:31.0 administrative first hand
14
An author whose name David Grusch could not recall has reported in a book that Charles Manson may possibly have been involved in Project MKUltra.
“it's been reported by a particular author whose name escapes me that even Charles Manson would have possibly been in the MKUltra program. And there's a whole book on that.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:12:08.1-00:12:19.0 hearsay second hand
15
Phil McGraw considers there is no question that drugs were used in Project MKUltra with the aim of enhanced interrogation, and no question that human rights were violated.
“I don't think there's any question that drugs were being used and the idea was enhanced interrogation and I don't think there's any question that there were violations of human rights”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:12:38.2-00:12:50.0 opinion first hand
16
Phil McGraw considers there is a definite desire to keep the details of Project MKUltra from coming out publicly because they are unflattering to the United States government.
“there's a definite desire to keep all that from coming out publicly because it's not very flattering to our government when those sort of things come out”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:12:52.5-00:13:06.1 opinion first hand
17
Chris Ramsay places the start of Project MKUltra shortly after the 1950 Wilbert Smith memorandum on flying saucers, and says a lot of the MKUltra studies were carried out at McGill University.
“And then right after that is where we start getting into MKUltra. We start getting into, and it happened right here at, at, you know, McGill. ... And at McGill is where they did a lot of those studies.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 02:49:21.9-02:49:32.6 opinion first hand
18
Julia Mossbridge characterises Students on Active Research (SOAR) as Project MKUltra for children.
“All in MKUltra for kids, which is like SOAR-gate.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 02:49:29.0-02:49:30.8 opinion first hand
19
The Project MKUltra work at McGill University included studies using lysergic acid diethylamide.
“The scary acid studies.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 02:49:34.5-02:49:36.0 testimony first hand