On January 10, 2026 (five days ago), Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary, generated widespread attention and criticism from the usual suspects after posting “Stop what you are doing and read this” on X (formerly Twitter).
The post she shared described a firsthand account attributed to a Venezuelan security guard, who claimed U.S. forces used a mysterious sonic weapon during the January 3rd operation. We first share the post Leavitt linked to and then we have some comments. QUOTE:
Security Guard: On the day of the operation, we didn’t hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn’t know how to react.
Interviewer: So what happened next? How was the main attack?
Security Guard: After those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, but there were very few. I think barely eight helicopters. From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn’t look like anything we’ve fought against before.
Interviewer: And then the battle began?
Security Guard: Yes, but it was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed... it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn’t do anything.
Interviewer: And your own weapons? Didn’t they help?
Security Guard: No help at all. Because it wasn’t just the weapons. At one point, they launched something—I don't know how to describe it... it was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.
Interviewer: And your comrades? Did they manage to resist?
Security Guard: No, not at all. Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I swear, I’ve never seen anything like it. We couldn’t even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.
Interviewer: So do you think the rest of the region should think twice before confronting the Americans?
Security Guard: Without a doubt. I’m sending a warning to anyone who thinks they can fight the United States. They have no idea what they’re capable of. After what I saw, I never want to be on the other side of that again. They’re not to be messed with.
Interviewer: And now that Trump has said Mexico is on the list, do you think the situation will change in Latin America?
Security Guard: Definitely. Everyone is already talking about this. No one wants to go through what we went through. Now everyone thinks twice. What happened here is going to change a lot of things, not just in Venezuela but throughout the region. END QUOTE
I recall reading of exactly this type of weapon under development by our military R & D many decades ago. I am guessing it was in the late 1980’s or early 1990. It was some time before Operation Desert Storm.
I did not clip or copy the article so I cannot give a source, but I am firmly convinced that it is not a new weapon. It has probably not been deployed much, or at all, that we know of, unless we count the following.
I also seem to recall some reports of when our troops first went into Iraq under General “Stormin’ Norman” Schwartzkopf in February 1991 that enormous mass casualties were visited upon the Iraqi forces, so much so that they surrendered immediately in massive numbers. The battle lasted 100 hours.
In any event, it is my opinion that these types of weapons have been available for decades. Moreover, do you think Press Secretary Leavitt would do that on her own? Never!
But through this action by Karoline Leavitt, the President of the United States has now displayed for the world (and most pointedly, for all their leaders to see; right, Khamenei?) just some of the power that could be unleashed on their armies.
Finally, in the realm of speculation again, the devices used by our Delta Forces may have emitted sound, but my guess is that it was not the sonic effect that did the damage (otherwise the Delta operators would have had to have had extraordinary sonic shielding—which could be possible), but I would suggest the frequencies used were elsewhere on the electromagnetic spectrum. It was a small scale Directed Energy Weapon (DEW), almost certainly.
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