Sheila Ostrander, Lynn Schroeder - Psychic Disc... May 2026

Sheila looked at the mountain of papers. It was a monumental task. They would have to synthesize quantum physics, biology, psychology, and the raw, unrefined data of psychic testing into a narrative that the public could understand and that scientists couldn't easily dismiss.

The atmosphere in the room shifted, growing heavier. They both knew they were playing a dangerous game. During their travels, they had been followed by grim men in gray trench coats. Their hotel rooms had been searched, and several of their local contacts had suddenly become unavailable or outright terrified to speak to them. They had carried their notes across borders hidden in the linings of their suitcases and encoded in innocuous-looking travel journals. Sheila Ostrander, Lynn Schroeder - Psychic Disc...

Within the sterile, windowless offices of the Pentagon and the CIA, Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain was not dismissed. It was read with intense, paranoid scrutiny. Intelligence analysts realized that if the Soviets were indeed mastering the mechanics of the human mind, the United States was facing a massive "psychic gap." Sheila looked at the mountain of papers

Spurred directly by the revelations in Sheila and Lynn's book, the US government quietly initiated its own top-secret research programs. This frantic catch-up effort would eventually evolve into the famous Stargate Project, where the military spent decades researching remote viewing and psychic espionage. The atmosphere in the room shifted, growing heavier

But the most profound impact happened behind closed doors in Washington D.C.