10 of history's wildest conspiracy theories that turned out to be true:
1. MKUltra: In the 1950s, the CIA’s Project MKUltra was originally intended to make sure the United States government kept up with presumed Soviet advances in mind-control technology. CIA documents suggest that they investigated "chemical, biological, and radiological" methods of mind control as part of MKUltra.
Subjects were given these substances without their knowledge, which led to serious psychological harm. For a long time, MKUltra was just a rumor, but in the 1970s, investigations by Congress uncovered the truth. The program was shut down, and many details were made public, revealing the extent of the unethical practices. It showed how far the government was willing to go in the name of national security, even if it meant violating human rights.
Much of Project MKUltra’s research was destroyed by the CIA when the truth came out, so the extent of how far their experiments went will never fully be known.
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