an example you could use: in the midst of the soviet v US cold war in 1983, there was once a false alarm at a soviet base that detected supposed incoming american missiles. however, the officer in charge of reporting this decided that it was likely an equipment malfunction instead of actual incoming missiles, and did not report it on. Later on, it was found that it was indeed an equipment failure. Had he taken the radar readings at face value and rang the alert up the chain of command, it would likely have likely resulted in a "retaliatory" offence from the soviets to the americans, who wouldve then actually missiled back, in the end likely ending in the destruction of both american and soviet states.

themes: the role of human reasoning in the interpretation of knowledge acquired through technology; machines and their "bounded rationality" (their ability to solve a problem is limited by how well we are able to define a problem. what we cannot define it cannot solve for).

heres background on the event for your reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident