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Woman who was enrolled in 'gifted' classes as a kid now believes it was a 'CIA training program'

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Published 12:18 16 Jan 2025 GMT

Woman who was enrolled in 'gifted' classes as a kid now believes it was a 'CIA training program'

Some TikTokers report being part of the GATE program but having 'zero memories' from the time

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

A TikToker has revealed evidence to support their theory a 90s 'Gifted and Talented program' may've been a lot more than it seemed.

First things first, if you managed to get into a 'Gifted and Talented' program, hats off to you. However, people who did manage to bag themselves a spot in the program are now questioning whether it was really what it said it was on the tin.

Milli took to TikTok earlier this month to explain she was part of the 'Gifted and Talented program in the 90s' and recently stumbled across her binder.

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She teases: "The things I found. [...] For starters they had us doing worksheets in morse code."

Indeed, the TikToker holds up one of the worksheets explaining it says at the top what the morse code is and the students were required to 'fill out the rest of the worksheets to make codes and messages and stuff in morse code'.

She says: "A lot of our worksheets were about different codes, literally called 'Codes to Crack'.

"So you can see there, they gave us like eight letters and each of the columns is a different code.

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One of the sheets taught students morse code (TikTok/ @annamillsxo23)
One of the sheets taught students morse code (TikTok/ @annamillsxo23)

"For this one there was eight letters and they gave us the corresponding letters and then we had to figure out the rest of the alphabet and fill in the rest of the column."

It doesn't end there either, Milli saying there's 'so much more' to the program which leads her to question what it was 'training' them 'for'.

"Like why was I 10 years old speaking Russian?" she adds. "It's cool but I on't actually remember anything except that's my name."

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Another TikToker called Rachelthedreamer questioned whether the program was really a 'CIA Gateway program'.

And it hasn't taken long for people to weigh in - some with their own experiences or stories of the program too.


One TikToker said: "I had so much fun figuring out the codes that I never thought anything of it?? one of my friends said a Russian individual came to her gate program to talk about Russian culture in southern USA??"

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"And why do most of us only “faintly” remember any of it," another commented.

A third wrote: "I remember the code worksheets!!! Loved those. completely blocked that out for decades until just now."

"GATE Seminar program. Four years with same teacher and same six classmates in the same room. Why don’t I remember a single thing except the building and entryway? Zero memories," a fourth added.

And a fifth resolved: "Strange because what your showing looks oddly familiar, like I've seen it before but at the same time I can't recall. Hard to explain, but I guess if you know... You know."

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UNILAD has contacted the CIA for comment.

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/ @annamillsxo23

Topics: Social Media, TikTok, US News, Education

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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