It also provided a description of a van, which had been the vehicle that took Jeter away from that intersection. It had never been to the intersection. However, it did contain that information. This has happened in the same way, or related ways hundreds of times over the years, in other cases from crime to archaeology, to seismology and paleontology, and even in a small experiment in earthquake prediction done for a scientist. The solid object contains all of this information, and probably much more, if we had the key to unlocking all that the object could provide in the way of information.
Psychometry means 'mind-measure'.
It is the process of retrieving this information. This Psi-touch occurs when an object is held in the human hand, generally the left hand. Theoretically, the left hand connects with the right side of the human brain, which is the imaging center of the brain. This is only a partial explanation of what happens, and the method of transmission from hand to brain is not yet known. Advanced students no longer need to touch the object, but merely to look at it.