@oddsontechnology: Follow us @oddsontechnology_ for more tech archives and tech videos. The U.S. military once tried to build a missile controlled by pigeons. During World War II, psychologist B. F. Skinner convinced the U.S. military to fund Project Pigeon, later revived as Project Orcon (Organic Control). The idea was as bizarre as it sounds: place trained pigeons inside the nose of a missile, project the target onto a screen, and let the birds guide the weapon by pecking at the image. Their pecks were translated into control signals that kept the missile locked onto its target. As unbelievable as it sounds, the system actually worked during testing. The project wasn’t canceled because the pigeons failed—it was canceled because electronic guidance systems, radar, and early computerized missile technology advanced quickly enough to make a bird-powered guidance system obsolete. It’s one of the strangest examples of military innovation, proving that some of history’s wildest ideas were real. #ProjectOrcon #Military #Army #Defense #Tech

Mr. Jibbles :

Ain’t no way my great grandpa got 360 no scoped by a pigeon

NolanBreacher2 :

So pigeons work for the government 😐

Jonathan :

Were they gonna launch the pigeons IN the missile??

moonandstars488 :

3 pigeons per missle in fact in case a pigeon was dumb

user6459096461787 :

“Guys. All we need is a camera and a computer that can recognize a ship” …”that’s LUDICROUS! Bring me a pidgeon!!”

Camaro4life18 :

What do you mean tried? They did and it worked.

Vincent Bradbury :

Wait until you find out what the united states had planned for bats lol

elloboblanco2181 :

Would this technically qualify as biological warfare now?

Someguy :

they used it and it worked

Félix Nrad :

First aimbot

Wolf :

They did animal abuse, yes.

Ehyan.gwaPO :

kamikaze pigeon version

jean caisse $€£¥ :

Even animals can’t leave in peace because of their wars

Blaine Wilkey :

The pigeons eventually became tired of all the bloodshed and made a vow to only deliver messages from now on.

miorifictours :

state of the art technology

tofu :

I fear they would've returned to the motherland of pigeons instead of the target

Puma :

It worked btw

AI :

this is basically where AI is at..things will change rapidly by 2036

Pat :

They developed this then subsequently figured out radar targeting shortly after and this was scrapped. We’ve used tons of animals in military applications

Yaboy :

Yeah the pigeons were INSIDE the missiles. Every missile had 3 birds in them

🛸Solar-Warden👽 :

They stopped because the pigeons didn't know the difference between allies and enemy ships.

BulRoY :

Cravings.org :

It worked?

u :

Wardlife crime

𝔇𝔬𝔪🇩🇪🦅🐀🦝🩶🤍 :

But how does the pigeon get out and in safety before explosion 🥺