MKOFTEN-The CIA’s Secret Experiments in Black Magic & the Occult

America's Strangest History

Step into the shadows of America’s strangest history. This episode investigates Project MKOFTEN, the CIA’s little-known program that went beyond espionage and into the world of the occult, witchcraft, and ritual magic. From Cold War paranoia to bizarre government experiments, MKOFTEN blurred the line between science and sorcery. Did the U.S. government truly study black magic, psychic warfare, and supernatural forces as tools of national security?

In this video, we’ll uncover:
• The origins of MKOFTEN within the CIA’s MKULTRA network
• Declassified documents pointing to occult experiments and ritual studies
• Connections to parapsychology, witchcraft, and psychic phenomena
• Why the government turned to the supernatural during the Cold War
• The legacy of MKOFTEN and what it reveals about secrecy and power

✅ Official & Declassified Sources
CIA Senate Report on MKULTRA (1975): https://www.intelligen...
CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room — MKULTRA/MKSEARCH Files: https://www.cia.gov/re...
CIA FOIA MKOFTEN Mentions: https://www.cia.gov/re...
Edgewood Arsenal Human Tests (U.S. Army Technical Report): https://apps.dtic.mil/...
Operation Midnight Climax (FOIA safehouse L$D documents): https://www.cia.gov/re...
U.S. Remote Viewing Programs (CIA’s Stargate Archive, released 2004): https://www.cia.gov/re... 📚

Investigative & Secondary Sources
Gordon Thomas —
Journey Into Madness: The True Story of CIA Mind Control and Medical Abuse (Bantam, 1989).
John Marks — The Search for the “Manchurian Candidate” (NY: Times Books, 1979).

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