the 'CIA dosed a whole French town with LSD' story — I really wanted it to be true and I don't think it is

Pont-Saint-Esprit, August 1951. one day the town goes insane. people convinced they're animals, a guy thinks he's a plane and jumps out a window, animals hallucinating, ~250 affected, several dead. the viral version: secret CIA acid field test, 'Project SPAN,' MKNAOMI, comes from Albarelli's book A ……