Overview
- An anonymous Venezuelan guard’s viral testimony describes drones jamming radars, about eight helicopters inserting roughly 20 elite U.S. troops, and an intense sound that left defenders with nosebleeds and unable to move.
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared the clip on social media, but there is no Pentagon confirmation or independent footage verifying the alleged weapon.
- Defense analysts say long-range acoustic devices can cause painful, disorienting effects within a narrow sound beam, yet symptoms like vomiting blood are not typical of such systems.
- Experts note decades of U.S. research into nonlethal acoustic and electromagnetic technologies, and a former intelligence source said some directed-energy effects are plausible, though there is no evidence they were used in Caracas.
- Recent reports also highlight drone swarms and electronic disruption during the Jan. 3 operation, as Venezuela and Cuba cite heavy security-force deaths and U.S. officials report seven American service members injured.