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This FBI file on animal mutilations brings together newspaper clippings, correspondence and New Mexico livestock and State Police reports from the 1970s. The clippings report cattle mutilations near Dulce, Cuba and Taos, including an orange light seen near Taos that left a powder with potassium and magnesium, the same elements found on marked cattle hides. Senator Harrison Schmitt's letter to rancher Manuel Gomez forwards State Police Chief Martin Vigil's 1978 reports and notes that Officer Gabe Valdez had found no positive leads.
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## ( ) OWNER: Herman Riley ANIMAL DESCRIPTION: Black cow DATE DIED: November 11, 1975 POSITION FOUND IN: Right side ORGANS TAKEN: Tongue, eye (exposed) TRACK EVIDENCE: None INSPECTOR: Mel Sedillo, Jr. DATE: November 11, 1975 OWNER: Forrest Atchley ANIMAL DESCRIPTION: 6 to 7 mo. old steer calf, black-mottle faced, still on mother. DATE DIED: November 8 or 9, 1975 POSITION FOUND IN: ORGANS TAKEN: Rectum TRACK EVIDENCE: None noticed INSPECTOR: Dwayne Massey DATE: November 13, 1975 OWNER: M & M Feed Lot ANIMAL DESCRIPTION: Yearling heifer DATE DIED: November 12, 1975 POSITION FOUND IN: Right side ORGANS TAKEN: Udder and sexual organs TRACK EVIDENCE: None INSPECTOR: Bud Mc Adams DATE: November 16, 1975 OWNER: Bert Cox - Quemado, New Mexico ANIMAL DESCRIPTION: Cow DATE DIED: October 24, 1975 POSITION FOUND IN: Laying on back ORGANS TAKEN: None TRACK EVIDENCE: None reported INSPECTOR: Tom Wagner
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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. 26 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.