From UFOs to Mind Control: Craziest Real Declassified Secrets From the Military and CIA

There’s one thing we can takeaway from studying history. And it’s that the government has always and will always do some shady stuff. But honestly? Most of the stuff we hear about seems pretty inconsequential to our daily lives.

Sometimes, though. Sometimes those declassified government secrets that wind up seeing release to the public are pretty juicy.

So check out some of the wildest declassified secrets and learn what your government’s been up to…

Project Grudge

From February 1949 to late 1951, the US Air Force dedicated a decent amount of time and energy into the investigation of UFOs — specifically, into the premise that UFOs were the result of extraterrestrials.

Project Grudge was approached with a tremendous amount of skepticism, however, which led to little or no actual investigation into UFO sightings.

Operation LAC

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In 1957 and 1958, the US Army Chemical Corps. was working to determine the geographic range of chemical agents. Their best means of doing so? By dispersing zinc cadmium sulfide into the atmosphere over a huge portion of the country.

1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash

Just outside of Goldsboro, North Carolina on January 24th, the pilots of a B-52 Stratofortress lost control of the aircraft and were forced to abandon it.

As the B-52 broke up, however, it lost the two 3-4 megaton thermonuclear bombs on board, which landed — and nearly detonated — on a farm in Faro.

Operation Neptune Spear

The events that unfolded between May 1st and 2nd 2011 had been in motion for a decade. The “kill-or-capture” mission was meant to apprehend Osama bin Laden, pretty much by any means.

And while the “capture” portion of the mission may have been on the table, US officials were pretty clear about “kill” being the preferred outcome.