See “Enveloped” in Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 14, No. 4, Sept. 1956, p. 469. This may be the first recorded instance of the idea. It is also mentioned in Parish and Allerton's The Close-up Magician, 1958, p. 66. Also related is Sid Lorraine's “Prediction” in The Jinx, No. 65, p. 456.