Mind controlling dogs, creating a demon bin laden doll and more. Here's a list of the CIA's wildest missions

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States has been involved in a large number of secret operations throughout its existence but the recent publication of previously classified files on the assassination of John F Kennedy has rekindled interest in the agency’s operations.

Over the years, a large number of files of the agency have been declassified by the US government, which have shown various interesting reports ranging from detailed descriptions of alleged Russian alien encounters to the mind control experiments undertaken by the agency in its MK Ultra programme. 

According to a report by New York Post, declassified files have revealed the bizarrest plans of the agency including the creation of fake sex tapes, designing a “demon Osama bin Laden doll”, and its attempts to control dogs.

Osama Bin Laden demon dolls

In 2005, the creator of the iconic G.I. Joe action figure was reportedly commissioned to design three prototype dolls with a bizarre twist: if left in sunlight, their appearances would transform to reveal red skin, glowing green eyes, and sinister black markings—giving them a “demon-like” appearance, which coincidentally bore a stark resemblance to the star wars character, “Darth Maul”. While the exact purpose remains unclear, the plan never moved beyond the prototype phase.

A Fake Sex Tape of an Indonesian Leader

In a bizarre psychological warfare campaign from the 1960s, the CIA reportedly attempted to discredit Indonesian President Achmed Sukarno with a fake pornographic film. Titled “Happy Days,” the black-and-white film featured an American actor in a Sukarno-style mask, staged to resemble a Soviet surveillance recording. The goal was to distribute the footage as though it had been secretly captured by the KGB, thereby tarnishing Sukarno’s image both at home and abroad.

Unfortunately for the CIA, the plan backfired as Sukarno allegedly requested for the tape to be distributed in Indonesia after being  impressed with how he was depicted in the film because it showed “him leaving his Russian partner aglow with fulfilment”

Mind controlling dogs

Declassified documents from 1965 reveal a CIA mind-control experiment involving dogs that could be remotely guided via brain implants. The project, detailed in files released by the government transparency website The Black Vault, involved surgical implants that stimulated parts of the dogs’ brains. Handlers were able to direct the animals to run, turn, and stop with electrical impulses. The documents described the effort as an attempt to test the “feasibility of controlling the behavior of a dog... by means of remotely stimulated electrical stimulation of the brain.”