Summarized from: https://nypost.com/2026/04/07/us-news/ghost-murmur-a-never-used-secret-tool-deployed-to-find-lost-airman-in-iran-in-daring-mission/

  1. The CIA used a new, secretive technology called “Ghost Murmur” to locate and rescue a downed American airman in southern Iran.
  2. Ghost Murmur employs long-range quantum magnetometry and AI to detect and isolate the electromagnetic signal of a human heartbeat from background noise.
  3. This was the first operational field use of Ghost Murmur, developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, and its existence was hinted at by President Trump and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
  4. The technology works best in remote, low-clutter environments like the barren Iranian landscape where the airman was hiding, allowing for a clear signal of his heartbeat.
  5. Advances in quantum magnetometry, specifically sensors using synthetic diamonds, enabled the detection of these weak heartbeat signals at dramatically greater distances than previously possible.
  6. The rescue mission, involving hundreds of US troops, was successful in locating the airman, who had been missing for two days after his F-15 jet was shot down.