Posted on 02/14/2026 7:51:40 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
Fox News Digital learned authorities have used a high-tech Bluetooth scanner placed on the bottom of law enforcement helicopters to detect Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker signal.
The helicopters fly low, typically in grid patterns, at a slow pace to pick up signals.
Fox News Digital spotted one of the low-flying helicopters near Guthrie's home on Feb. 4, just three days after her disappearance.
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Let’s call in Henry Silva from Bull**it or Not. I say it is Bull**it. Doubt the signal can broadcast that far and wonder about interference and identifying tue signal.
Sounds like law enforcementnl wants to act like they are doing something.
Yes
My Medtronic gives off data
I had a 9 second VT years ago and before I could alert them about it they were calling my phone to check on me
Speaking of which my battery is getting less than six months
I might outta check in
I keep forgetting
I think they beep for a few weeks first
Bluetooth on modern pacemakers, used for monitoring and data transmission to apps or home devices, generally has a short, secure range of up to 30 feet.
So what happened to the RV they put the yellow tarp over and hauled away?
The receiver in your phone has a range of 10 feet.
If you’re willing to spend a lot of money, you can get a longer range device.
Apparently it didn’t work.
I a have two Bluetooth devices that stay tethered (and useful) to my iphone at 30 feet with no walls in between.
Perhaps, I wonder how a device implanted inside of my body could put out a signal strong enough to be picked up 100 yards or more away.
I really don’t know, it could very well be possible.
Probably theater.
I HAVE BEEN POSTING ABOUT THE PACEMAKER SIGNAL FOR OVER A WEEK AND TRIED TO SEND THIS TIP IN BUT NO ONE RESPONDED.
Sadly, I think she expired shortly after her abduction.
Taking into account her injuries from the blood at the scene, the shock of the abduction and violence and not having her medications to prevent clotting, it just seems that the odds were against her.
Was thinking the same.
The helicopters would have to fly pretty low since Bluetooth only has a range of 30’to40’.
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That’s the upper limit of distance were Bluetooth can pair with another device, not the distance its detectable from.
Since we can pick up radio signals from stars 100s of light years away, why do you imagine Bluetooth cannot be?
I wouldn’t be surprised if they did. A few years ago I witnessed a drunk crash into a telephone pole. As soon as he learned the police were coming he vanished into the woods on a very cold snowy night. The scene very quickly oved from a accident scene to a rescue mission. One cop became ten and within a couple minutes a copter came in with a FLIR (infrared radar) searching for him in the woods.
They have that tech for a reason and it’s likely used frequently for older people with pacemakers who wander away from home. I’ve heard a few recently who were found alive so something is working.
Why would the cartel be looking for this attention? Or have such a bungler on the job?
It’s a matter of how big and sensitive the receiver and its antenna are.
Keep in mind that we can pick up signals from space probes billions of miles away.
It took 26 posts to get to the answer!
This story is from June...
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/meet-mojo-tucson-police-welcome-newest-k9-officer
Anyone seen Mojo at the crime scene...?
Why wasn’t he used immediately after Nancy Guthrie was reported missing.
“Yeah the rich and famous get the special sauce..”
I think that I’ll have a pacemaker installed just in case
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