A news story about some of the secret behind-the-scenes work (signals intelligence and radio navigation) done by the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (the Wrens) during WWII.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/d-day-code-breakers-women-1.5159789
http://www.npr.org/2011/09/27/140816037/how-psychology-solved-a-wwii-shipwreck-mystery?
Great story. Make sure to view all 7 tabs in the middle of the story.
I’m currently reading the book Psycho Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. One of the things the book tells you to do is to say to yourself, “no matter what happens, I will respond in a calm, intelligent, rational manner.”
It sounds like the psychologists who were able to locate the wrecks did exactly that. Conversely, those who came before them seem to have been guided by their emotion-based preconceptions. (Which is why they failed to find the boat.)
Interesting story! Nice work sharing it with us, thanks!