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According to the government's version of events, as part of the MK-Ultra experiments Olson was dosed with LSD, without his knowledge, and suffered a nervous breakdown. The CIA sent him to New York to see one of their psychiatrists, who recommended that Olson be put into a mental institution for recovery. On his last night in Manhattan, Olson threw himself out his hotel room window. He fell to the pavement thirteen stories below and died.

His family had no idea of the details of the accident until the Rockefeller Commission started uncovering some of the CIA's MKULTRA hijinks. In 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i, the government admitted that Olson had been unwittingly dosed with LSD. White HouseThis page is about the official residence of the President of the USA. For other White Houses see White House (disambiguation). See also 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (musical . The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President staffers Donald RumsfeldDonald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is the current Secretary of Defense of the United States, since 2001, under President George W. His current term of office is as the 21st Secretary of Defense, and he is the oldest person to have held that positio and Dick CheneyRichard Bruce Cheney (born January 30, 1941), widely known as Dick Cheney, is an American politician and businessman affiliated with the U. Republican Party. He is currently serving as the 46th Vice President of the United States under George W. Early lif arranged for President Gerald FordGerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. born July 14, 1913) (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. renamed after adoption) was the fortieth ( 1973 1974) Vice President and the thirty-eighth ( 1974 1977) President of the United States. He remains the only individual to serve as Pr to meet with the Olson family and personally apologize on behalf of the United States government. The government offered them an out of court settlement, which they accepted.

Frank Olson's son Eric does not accept the government's explanation, and has devoted his life to researching the circumstances of his father's death. Eric Olson believes that his father was murderMurder is the crime of causing the death of another human being, without lawful excuse, and with intent to kill them, or with intent to cause them grievous bodily harm. When an illegal death is not caused intentionally, but is caused by recklessness or need by United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in government agents after he began developing reservations about his work and attempted to resign. Retired Army intelligence agent Norman G. Cournoyer, one of Olson's closest friends at Fort Detrick, also denies that Olson committed suicide, relating that Olson openly expressed grave reservations about whether the United States should be developing biological weapons. Another retired colleague from the Fort Detrick biological warfare division, William P. Walter, concurs, and relates that at the time of his death, Olson's colleagues were divided on the question of whether he committed suicide or was killed.

In 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an, Eric Olson had his father's body exhumed. The forensic scientist in charge of the examination, Professor James E. Starrs of The George Washington University, determined that Olson had suffered some form of blunt force trauma prior to falling out of the window, and called the evidence "rankly and starkly suggestive of homicide". Based on his findings, the Manhattan district attorney opened a homicide investigation into Olson's death in 1996, but was unable to find enough evidence to bring charges.