Faceless people, fire and ghosts: US Army releases weirdest recruitment ad for psychological operations [Video]

The man behind the U.S. Army’s 4th Psychological Operations Group “unsettling” new recruitment video wanted to create something where the right people to join PSYOPs became “obsessed” with the message on screen, he tells Fox News Digital.

The video, “Ghosts in the Machine 2,” dropped earlier this May, and has garnered varied reactions, from one user commenting, “This is seriously f’d up” to another writing, “This was the weirdest recruitment ad I’ve ever seen. I’m in.” Loaded with eerie music, historical speeches and cryptic visuals, it was designed to lure recruits into psychological operations. 

An Army Major, who is part of the 8th Psychological Operations Group, was the mastermind behind the recruiting tactic. 

“The Army is going through this massive recruiting crisis … The thing that I noticed with all of our PSYOP recruiting …