Project MKUltra
secret CIA program including enforced drug experiments on unwitting humans, mainly U.S. citizens, in hospitals and psychiatric institutions
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Summary
Project MKUltra is a research program[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of research program entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65,936 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: human subject research project[4], human rights abuse[5], state terrorism[6], crime against humanity[7], covert operation[8], torture[9], political abuse of psychiatry[10], black operation[11]
- Operator: Central Intelligence Agency[12]
- Follows: Project ARTICHOKE[13]
- Commons category: Project MKUltra[14]
- Inception: April 13, 1953[15]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: July 10, 1972[16]
- Participant: Donald Ewen Cameron[17], Louis Jolyon West[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Project MKUltra[19]
- Director / manager: Sidney Gottlieb[20]
- Facet of: CIA activities in the United States[21]
- Different from: Edgewood Arsenal experiments[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[23]
- Stylized name: Project MKULTRA[24]
Why It Matters
Project MKUltra has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]