, ▁the ▁" per cip ient ", ▁attempting ▁to ▁draw ▁or ▁describe ▁a ▁scene , ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" target ", ▁observed ▁by ▁a ▁" sender " ▁from ▁a ▁remote ▁location ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁labor atory . ▁ ▁Pro tocol ▁st ip ulated ▁that ▁an ▁independent ▁panel ▁of ▁jud ges ▁was ▁to ▁determine ▁how ▁close ▁each ▁per cip ient ' s ▁description ▁or ▁drawing ▁was ▁to ▁the ▁actual ▁target . ▁▁ ▁Re ports ▁that ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁had ▁successfully ▁used ▁techn ological ▁devices ▁to ▁augment ▁such ▁psych ic ▁communication ▁moved ▁the ▁Central ▁Int elligence ▁Agency ▁in ▁the ▁USA ▁to ▁attempt ▁to ▁keep ▁pace ▁with ▁their ▁Cold ▁War ▁riv als . ▁Put hoff ▁and ▁T arg ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁explore ▁the ▁effect ▁devices ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Far ad ay ▁c age ▁and ▁magnet ometer ▁would ▁have ▁on ▁the ▁accuracy ▁of ▁the ▁images ▁received ▁by ▁their ▁per cip ients . ▁ ▁Psych ok ines is ▁ ▁Support ▁for ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁psych ok ines is ▁came ▁from ▁NASA ▁on ▁a ▁contract ▁admin ister ed ▁by ▁J PL ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁Pro tocol ▁called ▁for ▁an ▁autom ated ▁system ▁that ▁would ▁display ▁images ▁of ▁random ▁objects ▁to ▁an ▁individual . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁image ▁being ▁displayed , ▁the ▁subject ▁would ▁predict ▁what ▁object ▁would ▁appear ▁and ▁then ▁attempt ▁to ▁bias ▁the ▁outcome ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁chosen ▁object . ▁ ▁However , ▁these ▁protocol s ▁were ▁not ▁consist ently ▁observed ▁and ▁support ▁was ▁dis cont in ued . ▁