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CIA located a downed airman from 40 miles away by detecting his heartbeat

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 08, 2026
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A weapons systems officer from a downed F-15E Strike Eagle spent nearly 48 hours hiding in a mountain crevice in southern Iran. He was found 40 miles away by his heartbeat.

The CIA deployed a classified technology called Ghost Murmur, developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works division. According to unnamed sources cited by Newsweek

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