---
aliases:
- Elmo Zumwalt
- Admiral Elmo Zumwalt
born: 1920-11-29
category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
died: 2000-01-02
summary: Elmo Zumwalt (1920–2000) was an American naval officer who served as the
  Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1970 to 1974.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
- Soviet
---

Elmo Zumwalt (1920–2000) was an American naval officer who served as the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1970 to 1974. He was a key figure in modernizing the [U.S. Navy](/organizations/us-navy/) during the [Cold War](/concepts/cold-war/)[^1].

[Stephan Schwartz](/people/stephan-schwartz/) served as a special assistant for research and analysis to Admiral Zumwalt. In this capacity, starting in 1971, Schwartz was briefed on the Navy's [telepathy](/concepts/telepathy/) studies and [Soviet](/places/soviet-union/) efforts in [ESP](/concepts/extrasensory-perception/) research[^1].

[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.