The CIA's Most Top-Secret Plan: The "Montauk" Project

Crimes of Intelligence Agencies

Author: Mikhail Lyaikh

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The CIA's Most Core Secret: The "Montauk" Plan

The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is infamous for its cruel human experiments and inhumane projects — this agency spares no effort to use unsuspecting civilians as experimental guinea pigs. Although most secret documents have been made public, allowing us to learn about the crimes of intelligence agencies, there is one particularly special project — the "Montauk" plan. This project actually existed, but the U.S. government has gone to great lengths to destroy all evidence of its activities. The following article will fully reveal the details.

Terror Monster or Creative Marketing?

On June 12, 2008, the New York State Police received a strange report: someone claimed that while walking on the Long Island beach, they found an odd object resembling a dead animal on the sand. If it was just an ordinary dead dog, it wouldn't have caused much of a stir, but the problem was that the reporter couldn't identify the species of the animal.

After arriving at the beach, the police did find a body, but even they couldn't figure out what it was. Subsequently, experts intervened to explain the discovery on the beach. Scholars proposed four hypotheses: dog, giant rodent, otter, or shell-less turtle. Jeff Corwin, a U.S. biologist, speculated it might be an otter when interviewed by Fox News.

Since the biological experts could not reach a consensus, the matter never had a definitive answer. In August of the same year, an article in The Daily Telegraph stated that the entire event was part of a marketing campaign for the movie "The Madness of King George." The journalist wrote:

"Since related photos were exposed last month, people have been speculating. However, the creators of this movie filmed in Montauk have now declared that the body is in their possession. A mysterious short post on the movie promotional blog said: 'We have the Montauk monster.' A woman associated with the investigative blog also stated that this creature is a movie prop."

However, even so, the journalists' statements lacked absolute certainty.

Experts believed that the body on the beach was that of an otter. Images showed that the animal had no upper teeth, and its anatomical structure matched that of an otter.

Netizens expressed skepticism, as the film is a romantic comedy, and the "monster" on the beach has no connection to the movie content. At this point, people suddenly remembered that just a few kilometers from the incident location is the U.S. Air Force's secretive base "Shirleyburg" — rumors about this base have never stopped for 50 years. The public speculated that this monster might be the product of a CIA secret experiment.

Eloy Manzanero's imagined living monster image.

Legacy of War

Shirleyburg was established in 1942, where the U.S. military set up a monitoring station for Nazi Germany's air force. This military fortress covers only one square kilometer but is equipped with sturdy defenses and equipment: the U.S. military built concrete bunkers, anti-aircraft guns, and a unique radar system at the time to counter German air raids. The radar weighs over 40 tons, operates at a frequency band of 420-450 MHz, and has a power output of 5 megawatts, making it one of the largest anti-aircraft radars in history.

Radar installation inside Shirleyburg.

Although nearby residents were aware of Shirleyburg's existence, ordinary people were strictly prohibited from entering, as this was once a highly classified military base. Most of the facilities are located underground — despite covering only one square kilometer, the U.S. military chose to build deep underground. No one knows exactly how many underground levels there are, but it can be confirmed that there are many, as all underground facilities have undergone long-term concrete reinforcement (details will be explained later).

Air Force base photo taken in 1980. In the background is the AN-FPS-35 high-power radar, and in front is the radar radome.

Legacy of the "MK-ULTRA" Plan

The CIA's "MK-ULTRA" plan had a profound impact on subsequent intelligence projects — its mind control technology was even applied to "beast experiments." The "Montauk" plan was no different: Nazi scientists rescued during Operation Paperclip were sent to the airbase to continue their terrifying experiments. Since there are no CIA files proving the existence of the project, the following information mainly comes from a man named Preston Nicholas, who claims he was forced to participate in all experiments. According to his description, memory fragments appear intermittently — past scenes periodically flash back into his mind.

If viewed solely based on his narrative, it might seem like a fictional story, but there is a key point: CIA scientists had already mastered the technology to create artificial amnesia through sensory deprivation, drugs, and hypnosis under the leadership of Sydney Gottlieb as early as 1953 (the relevant details have been detailed in another article). This is also the main reason why the public knows little about plans such as "Bluebird," "Art Shock," and "MK-ULTRA" — CIA experts used technical means to make experimental subjects almost forget everything. It can be inferred that Preston may have also undergone a memory clearance program.

CIA agents interrogating two Russian spies. Americans claim they successfully created artificial amnesia, erasing the spies' memories. Document date is July 14, 1952.

Back to the Future

Preston's claims need to be treated with high suspicion: he has published at least four books about participating in the experiments, but the content increasingly resembles science fiction. During interviews, he had to admit that starting from the second book, he added fictional plots to attract readers. For example, he described how Long Island residents recognized him on the street as one of the experiment leaders, which will not be mentioned further in subsequent narratives.

In his first book, he claimed that the "Montauk" plan was a continuation of the "Philadelphia Experiment." The latter is considered a classic: it is rumored that the U.S. military successfully teleported a warship in 1943. The "Montauk" plan went further, achieving time-space manipulation. The author claimed that CIA personnel掌握神秘学 practices and used them for experimental purposes — the only evidence is his four books.

However, more down-to-earth facts have been verified by nearby residents: first, the radar mentioned earlier. As one of the largest and strongest models of its kind, the U.S. military continued to actively use it after the war. There are reports that when the radar was directed toward Montauk Town, many people experienced severe nosebleeds, weakness, loss of consciousness, and would fall into trance states lasting several minutes. Afterward, they would completely forget what happened. These accounts have been recorded in multiple foreign media outlets.

In addition, there are reports that the CIA conducted experiments using homeless people, similar to the methods used in 1953 when they performed mental control experiments on civilians without consent.

Status of the base in 2025.

Concrete Seals

In 1983, President Reagan personally ordered the termination of all activities at the base. Not only was this fortress closed to the public, but all evidence of its activities was destroyed: multiple concrete mixer trucks entered the base for days on end, sealing off all underground facilities with concrete.

Of course, this sparked public curiosity, but no one was allowed to approach: witnesses reported that the closure process was highly confidential, and hundreds of marines were ordered to kill anyone who approached.

One of the base entrances, with the interior space completely filled with concrete.

The only facility that remained operational was the radar. The official explanation was that sailors requested the government to keep the facility as a good navigation marker and lighthouse.

The public naturally became angry and demanded explanations, but the White House officially stated that no documents would be disclosed, and the project remains at the highest level of secrecy. In other words, the fact that the experiment exists has been confirmed, but no relevant documents have been disclosed.

This is actually quite abnormal — the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requires administrative agencies to declassify documents, thanks to which we learned about dozens of crazy plans such as "Oxygen," "Aerodynamics," "Acoustic Cat," and "Star Gate." However, there are absolutely no records of the "Montauk" project.

Underground bunker at Shirleyburg sealed with concrete, with a sign reading: "Public entry prohibited, no passage allowed."

Weird Things Happening

Terrifying extraterrestrial-like creatures, mysterious technologies, time-space experiments, nosebleeds — all of this is too much like the American TV series "Stranger Things," and this is no coincidence. The legends of the "Montauk" project were indeed the inspiration for the show's creators, and the entire history of Shirleyburg over forty years was incorporated into the plot. The screenwriters revealed that the initial working title of the show was "Montauk."

Most of the fourth season's plot takes place in the Kamchatka Peninsula, where the American protagonist is trapped in a Soviet prison attempting to escape. The plot also sets up evil Soviets building a massive secret base beneath an American town. Perhaps the screenwriters know some insider information that the public does not?

The entire storyline of the series is based on the legends of the "Montauk" project.

What really happened in the secret base?

This part of the history falls into the realm of conspiracy theories and mysticism. The U.S. government has been forced to admit that experiments were indeed conducted at the base, but the official side provided no specific details — no documents, no former CIA agent testimonies, leaving a complete information vacuum. It is precisely this lack of information, the mysterious monsters on the beach, and the testimonies of residents that form the breeding ground for various legends.

According to information provided by Preston Nicholas, the semi-scientific experiments conducted at the airbase have a certain degree of credibility. For example, in the 1970s, the CIA carried out the "Star Gate" plan, where dozens of "psychics" attempted to prove supernatural abilities. Therefore, it is possible that similar projects existed underground at Shirleyburg, with scientists attempting to distort time and space.

A more realistic speculation is that the CIA continued research from the "MK-ULTRA" plan, with the radar becoming their primary tool for influencing the human brain.

No matter what, these are mostly guesses, and the truth may never be uncovered.

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