Conspiracy

Declassified files detail CIA's little known behavioral control program

By T.K. Randall
February 24, 2026 ·  0 comments

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) Known as Project Artichoke, the endeavor sought to find ways to influence people's minds by hiding behavior modifying chemicals in everything from food and water to cigarettes and even vaccines.

It also looked at ways of modifying behavior through hypnosis, sensory deprivation, gas exposure and various other methods.

Some of the ideas aimed to achieve immediate effect, while others would have taken much longer.

The project pre-dates MK Ultra - another secretive and controversial program from the era which experimented with mind control techniques - often involving unwilling or unknowing human participants.

Both were a product of the Cold War - a time when paranoia was rife and clandestine ways to manipulate unsuspecting targets were considered highly sought-after.The US government had believed that the Soviets had already achieved such methods, meaning that finding ways to do the same was deemed high priority (and highly secretive).

While the files detailing Project Artichoke have been in the public domain for many years, it wasn't until recently that users began circulating them on social media.

Today, the idea of putting a secretive mind-altering substance in vaccinations or in food products seems unconscionable.

The only difference now is that we are perhaps more suspicious and open to such possibilities.

Back in the 1950s and 1960s, however, most people would have never expected anything at all.

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