BLUEBIRD is the cryptonym for a CIA mind control program, lasting from 1951 to 1953. During this time the CIA authorized experiments to be conducted by licensed psychiatrists. The experiments had various purposes, including but not limited to: creating new identities, inducing amnesia, inserting hypnotic access codes in subjects' minds, creating multiple personalities, and creating false memories. The research also included placing brain electrodes in people and controlling their behavior from remote transmitters, administering daily dosages of LSD to children for extended periods of time, and using electroconvulsive therapy to erase memories.

References:

• BLUEBIRD: Deliberate Creation of Multiple Personalities by Psychiatrists, Colin M. Ross, M.D., Richardson, Texas: Manitou Communications, 2000

See Also:

• MKULTRA
• MKNAOMI
• Project Blue Book
• Operation Paperclip