---
aliases:
- Oliver J. Caldwell
category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
summary: Caldwell expressed significant concern about the Soviet advancements in parapsychology
  and psychic warfare.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
- Soviet
---

Oliver J. Caldwell was a former [OSS](/organizations/office-of-strategic-services/) officer who was known to run operations for the [Central Intelligence Agency](/organizations/central-intelligence-agency/). He is cited in [John L. LaMothe](/people/john-l-lamothe/)'s 1972 report, *Controlled Offensive Behavior - USSR*, regarding the perceived [Soviet](/places/soviet-union/) psychoenergetic threat[^1].

Caldwell expressed significant concern about the Soviet advancements in [parapsychology](/concepts/parapsychology/) and psychic warfare. He told LaMothe, "I am really disturbed... because if the [United States](/places/united-states/) does not make a serious effort to move forward on this new frontier, in another ten years it may be too late"[^1]. His statement underscored the urgency felt by some within the U.S. intelligence community to counter perceived Soviet capabilities in [ESP](/concepts/extrasensory-perception/) and [PK](/concepts/psychokinesis/)[^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.