Eleven panicked and the experiment was aborted. Eleven was lowered into the tank before entering her Void while she succeeded in finding the agent, she unwittingly encountered a creature from another dimension. Brenner and his associates decided to exploit Eleven's power to gain intel on a Russian enemy. The Cold War was at its heights in the early 1980s, with the United States and Russia in conflict. A room in the lab's underground complex contained a sensory deprivation tank used to enhance Eleven's psychic powers when sensory deprived, Eleven could become immersed in an inner mental void, in which she could psychically reach out to other living creatures. Psychological tests were conducted to exploit the telekinetic abilities she was born with. Terry's daughter was renamed ' 011' and raised in the laboratory, where she was subjected to harsh treatment and secluded from the outside world. Terry tried to file a lawsuit against Brenner and his employees, but was unsuccessful due to a lack of evidence.Įxperimentation on 011 Main article: Eleven Immediately after she gave birth, her daughter was taken by Brenner, the lab covering the kidnapping up as a miscarriage along with erasing any traces of her existence.
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One test subject, college student Terry Ives, was unknowingly pregnant while undergoing the experiments, which resulted in her daughter being born with various psychokinetic abilities. Despite this, the lab managed to block any inquiries. At some point in the '70s, MKUltra was exposed and along with it the alleged abuse of the test subjects. In these experiments, participants would be given psychedelic drugs and placed in isolation tanks in hopes of “expanding the boundaries of the mind”. In 1953, MKUltra came to Hawkins Lab and began experimentation. Department of Energy, had a hand in these experiments. Martin Brenner, a high-ranking member in the U.S. Project MKUltra Main article: Project MKUltraįrom the 1950s to 1970s, a program of experiments on human subjects was designed and undertaken by the CIA, known as "MKUltra". It was located within a secluded forest with only a single road leading to it.įollowing the second World War, Hawkins Lab was established as one of several national laboratories across the United States. It was composed of one multi-story building that led down to an underground complex. The lab was very secretive and private it was surrounded by a barbed wire fence and guarded by military police. Soon after, the lab was shut down following a disclosure of the lab's involvement in Barbara Holland's death. However, the Mind Flayer and his army was stopped when Eleven closed the Gate. In 1984, an inter-dimensional entity called the Mind Flayer unleashed a pack of adolescent Demogorgons throughout the town using the lab, which resulted in the deaths of nearly all those present in the laboratory at the time.
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Despite the lab's attempts at containing the growth, the Gate was able to grow to a gargantuan size with a series of tunnels extending from it beneath Hawkins. For a year, an alien biological growth, stemming from the dimension, consumed the lower levels of the lab. During one experiment, a child test subject named Eleven made contact with the Demogorgon, accidentally opening the Gate to the Upside Down. In the mid 20th century, the lab was host to MKUltra experiments, and at some point began abducting children to experiment on as well. Sam Owens took over as Director of Operations. Martin Brenner until the events of November 1983, whereafter Dr. It controlled several subsidiaries, including Hawkins Power and Light. It was most likely controlled by the CIA or NSA, and was one of several national laboratories which grew out of the scientific endeavors of World War II. Department of Energy, was a federal complex located in Hawkins, Indiana. The Hawkins National Laboratory, connected to the U.S.