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Yes. It's quite popular amongst that crowd to claim the CIA essentially proved psychic powers were real.
The CIA absolute did investigate and put to use people who claimed to be mediums/psychics/remote viewers but the research was shuttered and discredited.
Not before a couple guys had a lot of fun dropping acid though
(And a bunch of people in MK Ultra proper had a significantly less chill time)
Hollywood made a movie "men who stare at goats".
Great movie
Was MK Ultra the one where they drugged their own employees or the general population? (or was it both?)
It was both
Operation Midnight Climax makes for a good read
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Midnight_Climax
No thanks I do that operation myself a few times per week
You dose people with drugs without consent, then observe and film them having sex with prostitutes?
Everyone needs a hobby I guess