The document below titled “Controlled Offensive Behavior – USSR” from January 1972, released under the Freedom of Information Act, is a detailed account of Soviet research into human vulnerability, particularly in terms of incapacitating individuals or small groups. The report focuses on various methods used for influencing or altering human behavior, which includes extensive research by the Soviet scientific community in fields such as biophysics, psychology, physiology, and neuropsychiatry. This research has led to the exploration of techniques like biochemicals, sound, light, color, odors, sensory deprivation, sleep, electronic and magnetic fields, hypnosis, autosuggestion, and paranormal phenomena​​​​.

One of the alarming revelations from the report is the practice of “mental reorientation” of political dissenters in the USSR. This reorientation is executed through means such as confinements, isolation, and psychopharmaceutical administration, causing concern among the international psychiatric community. The report alleges that this treatment of individuals, deemed as insane, is actually a guise for physical and medical treatment under psychiatric care rehabilitation​​.

The report also delves into sensory deprivation techniques, which have been put to use on humans. These techniques, which include sensory isolation and increased confusion and disorientation, aim to lower morale, create anxiety, and induce states of suggestibility, leading to potential false confessions​​.

Additionally, the report provides detailed case histories of political detainees, shedding light on the procedures used in the Soviet Union from arrest to confession. These procedures typically involve the collaboration of the KGB, medical experts providing false diagnoses, and courts confirming these findings, leading to the detainees being sent to prison asylums until they are “cured,” which usually means a confession of mental aberration​​.

Furthermore, the report includes descriptions of conditions in Soviet psychiatric institutions, highlighting the use of powerful drugs as a form of punishment or manipulation. These drugs are reported to cause severe adverse reactions and, in some cases, lead to the reduction of individuals to a vegetative state​​.

While the Soviet government denied these charges, claiming that only those who committed socially dangerous acts or became ill during investigations were sent to psychiatric institutions, the report presents a different narrative. It argues that despite ideological resistance, Soviet behavior scientists possess the ability to combine various principles under a common group of laws, indicating a sophisticated level of research in the field​​.

In conclusion, the document reveals a complex and often disturbing picture of Soviet research and practices in human behavior manipulation, covering a broad spectrum of methods and applications, from psychiatric treatments to advanced studies in parapsychology and biocybernetics​​.

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Stargate Collection: Controlled Offensive Behavior – USSR – 31 January 1972 [178 Pages, 8.67MB]

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In this undated document (circa late ’70s / ’80s?) from the CIA’s Stargate program collection, Dr. Hal Puthoff presents a rebuttal to James Randi’s book, “The Magic of Uri Geller.” It offers a “fact sheet” to correct the misconceptions and errors put forth by Randi in his book, while shedding light on the world of the Stargate program.

James Randi, also known as “The Amazing Randi,” was a renowned magician, escape artist, and skeptic. Throughout his career, he took a strong stance against pseudoscience, paranormal claims, and frauds. One of his most famous works is “The Magic of Uri Geller,” in which Randi criticized the alleged psychic abilities of Geller, an Israeli-British performer known for his spoon-bending demonstrations.

On the other hand, Dr. Hal Puthoff is an American physicist and parapsychologist who has been involved in various classified research programs, including the CIA’s Stargate program. He has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University and has made significant contributions to the field of remote viewing.

The Stargate program was a top-secret CIA project that aimed to investigate and harness psychic phenomena for intelligence-gathering purposes. Launched in the 1970s, the program explored the potential of remote viewing, a purported psychic ability to perceive information from distant locations without the use of the five traditional senses. Although the program was officially terminated in 1995, its legacy remains a topic of interest and intrigue.

In the document available below, Dr. Puthoff meticulously addresses each of Randi’s arguments against Geller’s psychic abilities, providing counter-evidence and insights. The fact sheet aims to set the record straight and reveal the truth behind the claims and counterclaims that surround Uri Geller’s abilities.

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Stargate Collection: Hal Puthoff Responds to James Randi’s Book “The Magic of Uri Geller” [8 Pages, 0.7MB]

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The Central Intelligence Agency has investigated the controversial phenomenon called parapsychology as it relates to intelligence collection. The author was involved with many aspects of the last such investigations. This paper summarizes selected highlights of the experiences of the author and others. The intent is not historical completeness. Files are available for those interested in details. Instead the intent is to record some certainly interesting and possibly useful data and opinions. This record is likely to be of future benefit to those who will be required to evaluate intelligence related aspects of parapsychology.

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Parapsychology in Intelligence: A Personal Review and Conclusions, by Dr. Kenneth A. Kress, Studies in Intelligence, Winter 1977 [16 Pages, 1.1MB]

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The Stargate Project was the umbrella code name of one of several sub-projects established by the U.S. Federal Government to investigate claims of psychic phenomena with potential military and domestic applications, particularly “remote viewing”: the purported ability to psychically “see” events, sites, or information from a great distance.

These projects were active from the 1970s through 1995 and were primarily handled by the DIA and CIA. They followed up early psychic research done at The Stanford Research Institute (SRI), Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), The American Society for Psychical Research, and other psychical research labs.

After many years of fighting, the CIA compiled most of the research material gathered during this program, and compiled it into a multi-disc release stretching 89,901 pages of material.

Although many private companies have aimed to profit off of this publicly available material and charge for access, The Black Vault added the entire collection back in the early 2000s, available free to download below.

Please note: The CIA originally chose the WORST way to catalogue and archive this information – and they did so in thousands of multi-page .tif files.

In December of 2020, The Black Vault converted the original .tif scans into searchable .pdf documents. Both options are available below.

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The CIA’s Stargate Collection – Full DVD Contents – 89,901 Pages

.pdf Collection

.zip File Containing 89,901 Pages within 12,301 Files [6.61GB] – Note: This is a large file. It is recommended you right click, and press “save as…” to your hard drive.

.pdf Collection – Browse Directory Tree – Note: This is a browsable directory for the same content of the .zip above. This was added for the ability to browse file by file rather than downloaded a large .zip file.

Original .tif Collection

The following is a list of links to the folders directly from the DVD.  Originally, it was released on a collection of 15 CD-ROMs, but later converted to one DVD by the CIA.  The files are multi-page .tif files, along with (generally unusable) .txt files of the “converted text.”  The process used to convert the documents to text was very poor, and is largely useless.  However, they are included for reference.

To view these documents, you will need a viewer that supports the multi-page .tif files (Meaning, one single .tif files can have 400 pages in it to read. If you use the wrong viewer, you’ll only see one page, if anything at all.)

To view them properly, I highly recommend a 100% free program called IRFAN View. Just follow the link, and click DOWNLOAD to install.  Then, you can download any .tif file to your computer, and open it with this program.

The documents are catalogued as follows… simply click on the disc, and you’ll be taken to the index of records (It will open in a new window. To return to this page — simply close the pop up window):

Stargate #1

Stargate #2

Stargate #3

Stargate #4

Stargate #5

Stargate #6

Stargate #7

Stargate #8

Stargate #9

Stargate #10

Stargate #11

Stargate #12

Stargate #13

Stargate #14

Stargate #15

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