Restricted Programmes & Archives
Investigations into concealed institutional activity and specific files deliberately kept out of public view. We dig through the surviving documentation to uncover what was actually hidden. By understanding how the information was contained, we can usually determine exactly what that secrecy was designed to protect.
Behind the 1970 Psychedelic Ban – How the CIA Kept Testing in Secret
Public health officials banned psychedelics in 1970 citing a void in medical knowledge. Meanwhile, the CIA kept its extensive pharmacological databases classified and continued testing compounds in secret military trials.
The 1979 Vela Incident – Declassified Evidence of a Secret Nuclear Test
The official narrative maintains the 1979 Vela incident was a likely meteoroid strike. Internal White House memos and a suppressed Navy hydroacoustic report show the state knew an atmospheric nuclear test had occurred.
The Silent Twins – Incarceration and Death of Jennifer Gibbons
After an eleven-year incarceration at Broadmoor, Jennifer Gibbons died during transfer in 1993. The official inquest recorded natural causes, while the underlying records reveal sealed prescription logs and contradictory pathology.