TO THE FILES RE ON WEDNESDAY, 31 MARCH 1954, SI AND H EXPERIMENTATION AND RESEARCH WAS CARRIED ON IN ROOM 20, BUILDLING 13

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00428303
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 23, 2025
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2000
• Publication Date: March 31, 1954

TO THE FILES '
. *On I4ednesday, 31 March 1954, SI and H EXperimentation and
Research was carried on in Room 20 Building 13 .with the following
sub'ects resent:
A general sic inducti., as five to P11 hands present and
for the record ppeared to obtain a deeper
state of hypno ere � ore.
Following this experiment, anothdr experiment was run on the
testing of emotions produced under hypnosis. All present were used-
in this test and the reactions of each person were noticed and
studied. The first emotion or state of mind sugge was t t of
anger. All individuals responded to this but only.a..,..7.re-
sponded intensely; her breat in became as ame
flushed and distorted.
sreacted to a very sligh
reacted.quite,yisibly,
. �
� The second emotion or
..of joy or tri �
certain extent
presnet, howev �
� a given to all Present was that
reacted noticeably, and to a.
reac e in a positive way. The others -
o react excessively. At-the.completion Of,
stat
these tests all hands were asked if they felt the emption'and the
cause of it. All stated they definitely felt a reaction and most of
the individuals present were able to� state exactly what had caused
their reactions either pleasant or unpleasnat.
Following this, tests were run by the writer using a hand-rising
signal describing various scenes to individuals present and was able
apparently good visual hallucinations. However, only
was able to hear the r in of bells
1 er is unable to explainwhy
are exceptionally good subjects co s ringing
test although extensive efforts to produce this phenomena.were not
attempted. All hands were given a final brief induction to remove
previously given PH suggestions.
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