JOSE M. R. DELGADO
The trailblazer
Timeframe: 1960s.
Placement in the trace model:
He delivered the proof-of-concept. By inventing the stimoceiver he was among the first to show worldwide that a brain can be steered by radio remote control (famously via the bull experiment). That forms the immovable foundation: the hardware has been physical reality for more than 60 years.
Funding: documented grants via the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
Technical evidence: alongside stimoceiver-era hardware, Delgado publicly drove the concept of a "psycho-civilized society." He was not a mere hobbyist but a thought leader who discussed abolishing free will through technical stimulation — openly before the U.S. Congress.
Agency link: Delgado appears in declassified mind-control literature as a technological forerunner, referenced in the context of CIA control frameworks.