U.S. Army

The Files

• Alcatraz Tunnel to the Mainland — Built the nineteenth-century fortifications, tunnels, and related underground works later absorbed into rumor.
• MKUltra — Collaborator
• The "Indian" Ghost Dance as German Plot — Deployed against communities associated with the movement
• The Cigarette Addiction — Included cigarettes in ration systems and normalized their use in military life, forming the backdrop of the theory.
• The Ghost Army (Real but mythologized) — The military organization that authorized and used the deception operations.
• The Flu Vaccine as Pacification — Institution that supported early influenza vaccine development, giving the theory its strongest state connection.
• Operation Paperclip — Primary beneficiary of recruited scientists
• The American and the Nazi Scientist Swap — Initial military institution that took custody of many German specialists.
• The Mechanical Soldier — Institution named in rumor as a possible sponsor or user of a mechanical infantry project.

Connected Figures & Organizations

• NASA · 2 shared
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2 shared
• Harry S. Truman · 2 shared
• Wernher von Braun · 2 shared
• Adolf Hitler · 1 shared
• National Park Service · 1 shared
• Allen Dulles · 1 shared
• Sidney Gottlieb · 1 shared
• Federal Bureau of Prisons · 1 shared
• Richard Helms · 1 shared
• Stanford University · 1 shared
• Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency · 1 shared

Timeline

1. 1889The "Indian" Ghost Dance as German Plot
2. 1933The Flu Vaccine as Pacification
3. 1934Alcatraz Tunnel to the Mainland
4. 1935The Mechanical Soldier
5. 1941The Cigarette Addiction
6. 1944The Ghost Army (Real but mythologized)
7. 1945Operation Paperclip
8. 1945The American and the Nazi Scientist Swap
9. 1953MKUltra