Nose cone of NIST glide bomb showing the three-pigeon guidance system. During World War II, “Project Pigeon”, leaded by American behaviorist B.F. Skinner's, was an attempt to develop a pigeon-guided missile. After several tests, they decided 3 different pigeons, trained to peck a target, would guide the missile. The project was cancelled in 1944 and resumed by the americam navy in 1948 as “Project Orcon” (Organic Control”, to be abandoned in 1953 with the arrival of new electronic guidance.

Nose cone of NIST glide bomb showing the three-pigeon guidance system.
During World War II, “Project Pigeon”, leaded by American behaviorist B.F. Skinner’s, was an attempt to develop a pigeon-guided missile. After several tests, they decided 3 different pigeons, trained to peck a target, would guide the missile. The project was cancelled in 1944 and resumed by the americam navy in 1948 as “Project Orcon” (Organic Control”, to be abandoned in 1953 with the arrival of new electronic guidance systems.