▁involved ▁view ing ▁in ▁group ▁settings , ▁reported ▁some ▁limited ▁success . ▁ ▁They ▁included ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁face - to - face ▁groups , ▁and ▁rem ot ely ▁linked ▁groups ▁using ▁computer ▁confer encing . ▁ ▁One ▁well - document ed ▁attempt ▁at ▁rep lication ▁of ▁the ▁remote ▁view ing ▁experiments ▁was ▁conducted ▁by ▁Ray ▁H yman ▁and ▁James ▁McC len on ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁H yman ▁and ▁McC len on ▁were ▁not ▁only ▁interested ▁in ▁remote ▁view ing ▁as ▁a ▁phenomen on ▁in ▁itself , ▁but ▁also ▁in ▁how ▁the ▁methods ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁research ers ▁could ▁affect ▁the ▁out comes ▁of ▁the ▁tri als . ▁This ▁study ▁found ▁no ▁evidence ▁for ▁the ▁effic acy ▁of ▁remote ▁view ing . ▁It ▁did , ▁however , ▁highlight ▁methods ▁and ▁practices , ▁both ▁incident al ▁and ▁by ▁design , ▁that ▁had ▁the ▁potential ▁to ▁produce ▁false ▁posit ives . ▁ ▁The ▁various ▁deb ates ▁in ▁the ▁main stream ▁scientific ▁literature ▁prompt ed ▁the ▁edit ors ▁of ▁Pro ceed ings ▁of ▁the ▁IE EE ▁to ▁inv ite ▁Robert ▁Jah n , ▁then ▁Dean ▁of ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Engineering ▁at ▁Pr inc eton ▁University , ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁compreh ensive ▁review ▁of ▁psych ic ▁phen omena ▁from ▁an ▁engineering ▁perspective . ▁His ▁paper , ▁published ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁includes ▁numerous ▁references ▁to ▁remote ▁view ing ▁rep lication ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁Sub sequently , ▁fla ws ▁and ▁mistakes ▁in ▁Jah n ' s ▁reasoning ▁were