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CIA Used Secret 'Ghost Murmur' Tool to Find Airman in Iran

  • The CIA used a secret technology called Ghost Murmur to locate and rescue a downed US airman in southern Iran, marking its first operational field use by the agency.
  • Ghost Murmur combines long-range quantum magnetometry and artificial intelligence to detect a human heartbeat's electromagnetic fingerprint even from miles away.
  • The technology was developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division and was tested on military helicopters, with potential future applications on other aircraft.
  • Ghost Murmur successfully pinpointed the airman's location despite his survival beacon failing, enabling a rescue operation with no American casualties.
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Ghost Murmur uses state-of-the-art technology to detect the electromagnetic signature that generates the heartbeat of the human heart

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