President Trump said that a "discombobulator" weapon was used in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.

In an interview published by the New York Post on Saturday, Trump said, “The discombobulator, I’m not allowed to talk about it,” adding that it “made [enemy] equipment not work” during the capture.

However, a senior U.S. official told CNN that Trump may be conflating several capabilities into a single weapon that doesn’t exist.

The U.S. military used cyber tools to disable early warning and other Venezuelan defense systems during the operation, and utilized existing acoustic systems to disorient personnel on the ground.

Also, the military has a nonlethal heat ray weapon, called the Active Denial System, which shoots an invisible beam of electromagnetic waves that can reach a little more than half a mile away, penetrating human skin and creating a heating sensation that causes people to move away from the beam. It is unclear whether that was also used.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reposted comments a few days after Maduro’s capture that were purportedly from a Venezuelan security guard who claimed the U.S. “launched something” during the operation that “was like a very intense sound wave.”

“Suddenly, I felt like my head was exploding from the inside,” the security guard also said. “We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.”

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, said that more than 150 aircraft – including bombers, fighters, intelligence and surveillance platforms – were launched from 20 bases on land and sea in the attack.

According to CNN's analysis, the military mission began with a series of strikes at targets across Venezuela, knocking out radar, communications, and air defense infrastructure, and clearing a path for helicopters.