1. Look up whois.net

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#2 Wikipedia Article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra

Summary: Project MKUltra was a CIA covert operation that sought to understand LSD by giving it to unknown victims. Allegedly this included a San Francisco brothel and an unsuspecting village in southern France.

I picked this even because it is surrounded in conspiracy theories and I wanted to see if any of the sources were credible. What I found was that the sources are from a mixture personal statements, fringe news/blog sites, and credible declassified documents. I would say that you could use some of these sources because they are genuine government cables, but there are definitely some opinion pieces in there.

As far Jane Browning goes, sure her topic is a litter crazy, but it is a history thesis, not physics. She is seeking to see if a myth is actually true. Is this any crazier than those that seek Arthur at Camulodunum? It would be one thing if she was a physics major and was trying to prove time travel with historical sources. She goes to the library and finds sources that at least point her in the right direction. She is doing original research and that is pretty rare for an undergrad. She searches books, archives, and police reports. I would say that they are all credible. After all, it isn’t that crazy of a topic since pirates are still very real in other parts of the world.