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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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DATE: August 24, 1976 ORIGER: Charles Linder, Hernandez, New Mexico ANIMAL DESCRIPTION: 3 1/2 month old Charlqais bull calf DATE DIED: August 21, 1976. POSITION FOUND IN: Left side ORGANS-TAKEN: Penis and testicles. TPACK EVIDENCE: None INSPECTOR: Jim Byrd DATE: September 8, 1976 -OWNER: Pacific Western Land Company ANIMAL DESCRIPTION: Black cross bred steer calf, 4 mo. old DATE DIED: September 5 or 6, 1976 POSITION FOUND IN: Left side ORGANS TAKEN: Rectum and tail removed TRACK EVIDENCE: None INSPECTOR: Gene Donohoe DATE - Summer 1977 DATE - Summer 1977 Owner Tom McCoulay + Son Cliff, N. Maf. Animal Description White face Herford Bull Date Died - Summer Position Found - on Left Side Organs Taken - Eyes, Tongue, Rectum, Paris, Testicles Track Evidence - None Pictures in Possession of Owners. Location - Rock Knots Coyote Wesit. Investigator - Unknown, probably Sheriff's office, Silien Into, supplied by Sgt. Joe Ortago, N.H.S.P.
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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.