National Institute of Standards and Technology | Pigeon Pilots - NISTory @NIST | Uploaded August 2017 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
In this episode of NISTory Minute, learn about a time during World War II when pigeons almost became the next war hero... until scientists at NIST grounded them thanks to some other winged friends.

Footage courtesy of the B. F. Skinner Foundation - bfskinner.org