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EPISODE · Apr 9, 2026 · 2 MIN

CIA Director Ratcliffe's Secret Iran Rescue: Advanced Spy Tech Locates Downed F-15 Pilot

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe led a critical intelligence operation in the rescue of two downed F-fifteen airmen deep inside Iran during Operation Epic Fury. According to a White House briefing on April sixth, two thousand twenty-six, Ratcliffe explained that the Central Intelligence Agency deployed human assets and exquisite technologies that no other intelligence service possesses to locate a colonel hiding in a mountain crevice. The Daily Sasha Talks video from April eighth details how this classified tool tracked a single point of movement from forty miles away in thick terrain, watching for forty-five minutes until confirming the target stood up.Ratcliffe described the challenge as hunting for a single grain of sand in a desert, while running a deception campaign that fed false information to Iranian forces. ABC News reports the agency spread word through enemy networks that the airman was already found, sending thousands of soldiers to wrong locations. This kept the colonel invisible to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, who had offered cash rewards to locals.The rescue followed an F-fifteen shot down on Friday, with the pilot saved that day and the second airman extracted before dawn Sunday. Ratcliffe stated United States intelligence shows the Iranians were embarrassed and humiliated by the mission's success. President Donald Trump praised Ratcliffe for a phenomenal job at the briefing.The New York Post, cited in The Independent, claims the technology was Ghost Murmur, using long-range quantum magnetometry to detect a human heartbeat via electromagnetic signals, paired with artificial intelligence. Developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, it was tested on Black Hawk helicopters. However, Deccan Herald notes experts question its feasibility, as heart signals weaken beyond meters, not kilometers.Ratcliffe also quietly elevated the agency’s cyber espionage division to strengthen operations supporting presidential priorities, per The Record media. This underscores his focus on results without politics, as he told the briefing.Listeners, thank you for tuning in. Please subscribe for more updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe led a critical intelligence operation in the rescue of two downed F-fifteen airmen deep inside Iran during Operation Epic Fury. According to a White House briefing on April sixth, two thousand twenty-six, Ratcliffe explained that the Central Intelligence Agency deployed human assets and exquisite technologies that no other intelligence service possesses to locate a colonel hiding in a mountain crevice. The Daily Sasha Talks video from April eighth details how this classified tool tracked a single point of movement from forty miles away in thick terrain, watching for forty-five minutes until confirming the target stood up.Ratcliffe described the challenge as hunting for a single grain of sand in a desert, while running a deception campaign that fed false information to Iranian forces. ABC News reports the agency spread word through enemy networks that the airman was already found, sending thousands of soldiers to wrong locations. This kept the colonel invisible to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, who had offered cash rewards to locals.The rescue followed an F-fifteen shot down on Friday, with the pilot saved that day and the second airman extracted before dawn Sunday. Ratcliffe stated United States intelligence shows the Iranians were embarrassed and humiliated by the mission's success. President Donald Trump praised Ratcliffe for a phenomenal job at the briefing.The New York Post, cited in The Independent, claims the technology was Ghost Murmur, using long-range quantum magnetometry to detect a human heartbeat via electromagnetic signals, paired with artificial intelligence. Developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, it was tested on Black Hawk helicopters. However, Deccan Herald notes experts question its feasibility, as heart signals weaken beyond meters, not kilometers.Ratcliffe also quietly elevated the agency’s cyber espionage division to strengthen operations supporting presidential priorities, per The Record media. This underscores his focus on results without politics, as he told the briefing.Listeners, thank you for tuning in. Please subscribe for more updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

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