I wasnt that far, was I?
Check this site: Project ARTICHOKE
Project ARTICHOKE (also referred to as Operation ARTICHOKE) was a CIA project that researched interrogation methods and arose from Project BLUEBIRD on August 20, 1951, run by the Office of Scientific Intelligence. A memorandum by Richard Helms to CIA director Allen Welsh Dulles indicated Artichoke became Project MKULTRA on April 13, 1953. (Source: Wikipedia)
The project is VERY similar to the list contained in the Case drop from this thread
Document 14 from this thread:
And the Document carrying the same name on the Site freegovreports.com:
So in short Treayrch's inspiration for GK-NOVA6 Project is based of Project MK-ULTRA which included Project ARTICHOKE as well.
Video on CIA Experiments also interesting for illustration