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On 25 September，[13] inspired by the CIA’s top secret Stargate Project， Brown conducted a nationwide experiment in remote viewing – the ability to see and describe an object that is hidden from view. The curator of the Science Museum was asked to paint a simple picture on a canvas， which she then covered over and placed on display in the Science Museum for one week， where visitors could draw what they thought was on the canvas. Brown repeated this with an audience in the museum and viewers at home. The four main things both the visitors and audience drew were: trains， Stonehenge， horses and concentric circles. Near the end of the show， it emerged that between 30% to 35% of people drew some form of concentric circles， this was then revealed as the design painted on the canvas. In an additional twist， the next most common drawing was of Stonehenge (around 10%)， and it was revealed that the painter， who had been at a secret location for the duration of the show， was actually at Stonehenge. Additionally， the painter cited Stonehenge as an image that she was imagining to convey the abstract drawing of concentric circles. Additionally throughout the show you were shown the painter’s eyes which possibly hinted the concentric circles.

At the end of the show， Brown revealed that the show was recorded three weeks previously， and that he had arranged for adverts influencing people to draw concentric circles to be placed in major newspapers on the day of transmission. Details of where to find these adverts were then given. There was also a subtle technique used during the programme to encourage people to draw concentric circles. No explanation was given as to why many thought that the painting would be of horses or trains.