‘Signal Sniffer’ Technology Used to Search for Nancy Guthrie: Reports

https://www.aol.com/articles/signal-sniffer-technology-used-search-050938516.html ^ | Tue, February 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM EST | Charna Flam, Danielle Bacher

[Varsity Flight]

Use of pacemaker sniffer technology, in the Nancy Guthrie case

[Varsity Flight]

Saw the interview. Interesting use of drone and amplifier antenna to search the pacemaker location.

[Varsity Flight]

Discussed that this is new and may take awhile for full implementation, with numerous drones used for the search.

Sounds like a good idea.

[Az Joe]

I been usin my “sniffer” for nigh on 50 years now.

[ZOOKER]

So will they find her if she's wrapped in tin foil?

Locked in a car trunk?

50 miles away?

[TangoLimaSierra]

Discussed that this is new and may take awhile for full implementation

Don't know how smart it is to advertise this. Now the bad guys have time to find a Faraday bag for her. I guess the pacemaker still works if she's dead or not.
Unless it's a bluff to spook them into doing something stupider.

[Varsity Flight]

Good point.

[Polanski]

They were looking up ‘gun buys’ too.. But remember there is no registry.

[SunkenCiv]

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[maddog55]

I’m still going with (ET) alien abduction...makes more sense then anything coming out of the news, sheriff or FBI.

This sniffer technology was posted a few days after her disappearance and obviously failed.

My guess is she’s also dead.

[Vermont Lt]

We used to use RF sniffers to find “leaks” in our cable systems.

While this application is new (and cool) the idea is as old as radio waves.

[The Great RJ]

Given her age and medical conditions I doubt she will be found alive. The whole abduction is bizarre and d makes no sense.

[beef]

“My guess is she’s also dead.”

I think so, too. My guess is that this was a drug cartel trying to bring their ransom business to the US. It is too bad for her, but in the big picture a good thing they did not pay.

[Henry Hnyellar]

It’s not new. BT detectors have been around for at least a decade.

[Toespi]

I’m sticking with “La famiglia”