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category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
summary: Ostrander and Schroeder's work, which included accounts from figures like
  Eduard Naumov, contributed to the growing awareness and concern within the U.S.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
- Stargate
- Soviet
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[Sheila Ostrander](/people/sheila-ostrander/) is an American author who, along with [Lynn Schroeder](/people/lynn-schroeder/), co-authored the 1970 book *Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain*. This book played a significant role in popularizing Soviet and Eastern European [psi](/concepts/parapsychology/) research in the West. The book portrayed a "veritable frenzy of psychic research" going on in the [USSR](/places/soviet-union/), with investigators uncovering powerful natural clairvoyants, psychokinetic prodigies, and dowsers whose talents could potentially be employed against the West.[^1]

Ostrander and Schroeder's work, which included accounts from figures like [Eduard Naumov](/people/eduard-naumov/), contributed to the growing awareness and concern within the U.S. intelligence community about a potential "psi gap" with the Soviet Union, ultimately influencing the decision to fund and initiate programs like the [Stargate Project](/programs/stargate-project/).[^1]

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[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.