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This FBI file release, date unknown, reproduces press coverage of cattle mutilations: a magazine report by Ed Sanders and a Newsweek article dated September 30, 1974. The material describes about 1,500 mutilated cattle across 22 states, helicopter sightings, and theories ranging from predators to satanic cults to UFOs. It details a 1975 federal investigation into informants A. Kenneth Bankston and Dan Dugan, whose claims about a satanic cult the investigators came to doubt. It records that the inquiry was then dropped without resolution.
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# FBI Joins Investigation of Animal Mutilations Linked to UFOs mature, defiled investigators say the strange pattern of the mutations includes three spelling facts. - No tire marks, footprints or other signs of human activity are found among the mutilated carcasses. - Only the blood and certain parts of the animals — usually the reproductive organs — are removed. - Trace elements found on and in some carcasses are the same as those collected after a UPO sighting in New Mexico. - Buzzards and boyotes refuse to eat the mutilated horses and cattle. Ben, Schmidt, WM received a Ph.D. in geology from Harvard University and was a member of the Apollo 17 moon-landing crew, said state and local law enforcement officials have been unable to come up with leads on their own and FBI help is needed: To date, the mutilations have been as mysterious as they've been grisly." he said. The Justice Department authorized the FBI office in Albuquerque to become involved in the investigation of those crimes on the basis that several of the mutilation killings occurred on Indian lands. Many attacks have occurred on animals at the Jicarilla Apache Reservation in Dulce, N. Mex. BAPPLING incidents have a state treasurer who has investigated more than 20 attacks. If predators are involved, he said, "we have some predators with super powers. We find these carcasses are being lifted up (off the ground) and later they leave clamp marks on the legs. It is also very hard for me to believe that a predator can take the heart out of an animal through a small wound in the neck." Dr. Henry Montelith, an engineering physicist at Sandia Laboratories which handles secret government projects, revealed that Indians are so terrified by the mutilations, they bury the carcasses immediately and are reluctant to discuss what happened. Even their dogs refuse to go near the carcasses. Dr. Montelith, who has been investigating the attacks since There have been thousands of these audilations nobody knows about. The Indians are usually frightened to death," he said. "They don't say anything about it because they know it's being dogged by star people." they EXPERT: New Mexico state tracer Sabe Valdez takes tissue samples from a mutilated cow found at Dulce, N. Max. Assisting him is retired scientist Howard Burgess, who's investigated several similar incidents with Valdez. know why they're doing it, so therefore we should leave it alone. These are their exact words ... The 'star people' know what they're doing and should be trusted. Dr. Montpellit said he has no doubt that alienes from outer space are responsible for the attacks and are using the animals bodies as part of their study of life on earth. Many other investigators police, scientists and UPO researchers agree that UPOs are the only possible explanation. Said Richard Sigismund. a Boulder, Cola. psychologist and UFO researcher: What few cities we have concerning these responsible for the mutilations suggest that we are dealing with well-equipped, highly capable airborne entities. We are forged, I feel, in the hypothesis that unidentified aircraft are the means - UFOs. To aid insolving the mystery, District Attorney Eley Martinez of Espanola, N. Max., is seeking a $40,000 grant from the U.S. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. Admitting UFOs are a possibility, he said: "I might be the first district attorney in the country to prosecute an alien from outer space."
FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 25 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.