The Secret of the House of Terror: The Cruel Experiments of the Pentagon and the CIA. What Lies in the Special Experimental Zone?

Author:

Mikhail Lyakh

It is an undeniable fact that the United States has frequently used chemical substances in armed conflicts. Unfortunately, special military operations have also been no exception — the Russian Ministry of Defense has provided a lot of evidence. It turns out that the Pentagon is not only indifferent to others but also shows no mercy to its own people. Investigations have found that the American intelligence agencies and the military have conducted cruel chemical warfare agent experiments on their own soldiers. Let's now reveal another secret of the CIA.

In 1953, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency launched a large-scale MK-ULTRA project, aiming to control human consciousness. The project officially existed until 1975, after which there was no more information. At some point, intelligence experts launched a branch project — MK-OFTEN, aimed at studying the effects of narcotics on humans and animals. However, there is another version — the American intelligence agencies decided to use mysticism and spiritism.

However, even before 1953, the CIA had projects with "MK" as the prefix. It is well known that in 1952, the U.S. launched the MK-DELTA foreign test project. But even the DELTA project was divided into multiple more specific sub-projects. A document written by Dina Simer, the legal counsel of the Pentagon, for the Secretary of Defense mentioned the OFTEN project. This expert conducted a comprehensive analysis of existing documents and concluded that MK-OFTEN was a sub-project of the MK-SEARCH project, which started in 1965, a continuation of the MK-ULTRA project's philosophy. Dina Simer claimed that the OFTEN project started in the "late 1960s."

Deadly Experiments on Soldiers

The same document also shows that the OFTEN project was a joint project between the CIA and the U.S. Army, and the time was clearly stated — 1968. Experts pointed out that the Army did not participate in the entire project, but only in two "aspects." The main experimental site was Edgewood Arsenal — the largest military chemical production center in the world. The factory produced chemical warfare agents.

The building of Edgewood Arsenal in 1918.

The document mentions the name of at least one agent — EA#3167. This is a chemical warfare agent with a very complex name. Dina Simer wrote that the CIA allocated funds to the Army three times — in 1968, 1970, and 1971, and the project ended in January 1973. Another agent that may have been studied in the OFTEN project is BZ, another chemical warfare agent, which can cause irreversible consequences with just one gram.

The material also points out that a large number of experiments were directly conducted on soldiers who agreed to use chemical warfare agents. Human experiments were conducted in the summer of 1973, and the results of the experiments were kept secret, but it can be speculated that these soldiers did not survive the experiments.

Experiments in the "House of Terror"

In July 1963, the CIA conducted a special audit of the MK-ULTRA project. That year, the MK-OFTEN project obviously did not exist yet, but related research was already underway, which later was used for the project. One document pointed out the specific work content of the CIA. One point was:

Defensive and offensive projects in biological and chemical warfare, as well as the use of radiation.

There are reasons to believe that with the start of the OFTEN project in the late 1960s, radiation experiments were resumed. The evidence is that the sole purpose of this project was to analyze the effects of various substances and agents.

Another evidence is that the OFTEN project was implemented in Holmesburg Prison, which the American public called "The House of Terror." This institution was famous for conducting large-scale chemical weapon experiments on prisoners. In 1973, there was conclusive evidence that the prison became an experimental zone, so the CIA probably tested both BZ and the effects of low-dose radiation there.

Even Hiding from Superiors

In September 1977, the U.S. Congress held hearings on the issue of using unknowing individuals in medical experiments. For two consecutive days, members of Congress, politicians, and experts only discussed the CIA's projects. The MK-OFTEN project was also mentioned. The first clear point was: MK-OFTEN was initiated by the CIA. CIA Director Stansfield Turner made a statement, admitting that the intelligence agency was responsible for the experiment.

After Senator Kennedy asked a question, Stansfield let his colleague Ed Gordon explain the details of the MK-OFTEN project.

"Respected Senator, the participants in the OFTEN trials were ordinary people. As far as I know, the Department of Defense also participated in the project. We only found one substance that we were interested in, which could be used as a defensive weapon, because we knew other countries were also using this substance," said Ed Gordon.

He confirmed that the only experiment using chemical warfare agents was conducted in the summer of 1973, with two soldiers volunteering.

At this point, the exact information obtained at the hearing ended.

CIA Director Turner's description of the hearing was most accurate, obviously he had less information than the committee. He interrupted Senator Kennedy's speech and said:

"Senator Kennedy, I want to clarify that we are not trying to tell the complete history of all activities here. We are only telling what we know. All the reports we have found are financial documents. They do not tell the complete history, only parts of it."

Turner was appointed as the CIA Director on March 9, 1977 — when the Congress was holding hearings on the CIA's illegal activities. Although General Turner was a military officer, he had no connection with the intelligence community before 1977, so his words are credible — he probably didn't know what his subordinates had done a few years ago.

Legal Counsel Simer said that even the MK-OFTEN project had its own sub-projects.

Mysterious Rituals and Psychics?

The mystery of the project and the lack of exact information have led to many conspiracy theories. The main theory is that the Americans did not test any chemical warfare agents, but instead hired psychics and mediums to try to control people's minds. This theory was first proposed around the late 1980s and spread widely in the early 2010s due to the "Montauk Project."

Many American writers claim to have spoken with former CIA agents and read classified materials, asserting that the MK-OFTEN project was just a cover and no scientific research or experiments were actually conducted. There is a dedicated section on Reddit forums for such discussions. However, one fact can refute these claims — the CIA did use psychics during the "Stargate" project. Related declassified documents can be found in the archives of the U.S. intelligence department.

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Comments from official representatives of the CIA were included in the congressional investigation report, and they were forced to admit the existence of the project. But they likely concealed its true scale: According to Ed Gordon, an expert in the CIA's toxicology department, the intelligence agency only found one substance. However, the congressional investigation showed that there were many more types of substances, and the intelligence agency not only conducted chemical and biological experiments but also likely studied the effects of radiation.

The claims about the MK-OFTEN project being related to mysterious rituals are fabricated by American writers and journalists to create sensationalism. The OFTEN project was a series of chemical warfare agent experiments, with some tests conducted on prisoners. There was no mysticism involved, only cruelty and a cold-blooded violation of human rights.

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