CIA Deploys 'Ghost Murmur' Quantum Magnetometry Tool for First Time to Locate Downed US Airman in Iran

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:44:00 +0200

According to a New York Post report, the CIA successfully used a previously classified tool named 'Ghost Murmur' during a rescue operation for a US airman whose F-15E jet was shot down in southern Iran. This marked the technology's first known operational deployment in the field. The system relies on advanced long-range quantum magnetometry, leveraging sensors based on microscopic defects in synthetic diamonds, to detect the faint electromagnetic signature produced by a human heartbeat. Artificial intelligence then processes the data to isolate the specific heartbeat from environmental noise and background interference. Sources described the barren desert landscape as an ideal testing ground, noting that the tool can theoretically locate any living person in suitable low-clutter conditions by sensing their heartbeat from significant distances—far beyond traditional hospital-based measurements that require sensors nearly touching the chest. President Trump and CIA Director John Ratcliff