An Examination of the History of Black Projects and their Influences in Contemporary Works

An Examination of the History of Black Projects and their Influences in Contemporary Works

This is an analytical research paper that briefly explores the history of declassified special access programs from the 1940s to 1980s, policies, and legislative history.

This paper examines how parapsychology, biofield ideology, conspiracy theories and related subjects have influenced contemporary works in literature and film.

Subjects covered include:

• Special Access Program Legislative History.
  • History of Executive orders, secrecy levels, classification levels, declassification requests, etc.
• Historical Special Access Programs and Critical Emergency Incidents.
  • Roswell Incident, Men in Black, Maury Island Hoax, Edgewood Arsenal folklore, Silver Bridge Collapse.
  • Project Mogul, Project Bluebird, Project Artichoke, Project MKUltra, Project Greek Island, Project Mercury, Project Gemini, Project Apollo, Project Sun Streak, Project Star Gate.
• Issues with Special Access Projects
  • Accidental exposure, whistleblowers, narrative highjacking, folklorization, stolen valor.
• Biofield Studies
  • Coherence, dissonance, holistic healing, biofield tuning.
  • Human augmentation, Biodigital convergence, Neurotechnology.
• Contemporary works in literature and film (mostly film)
  • Many films in the genres of horror, supernatural, and mystery are examined to compare their elements to the literature surrounding biofields and special projects.