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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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EVENT 5. INCIDENT TYPE: Cattle Mutilation 7. INCIDENT LOCATION: Tierra Azarilla, New Mexico, San Salazar's Punch GEO 17 8. INCIDENT DATE: C6-18-78 1:00:1 9. STRANGER TO STRANGER: YES | (NO) | UNK 10. WEAPON TYPE: Circle 11. COMPLAINANTS: New Salazar 12. ADDRESS: P.O. Box 15 Tierra Azarilla, New Mexico VICTIM 14. VICTIM'S NAME: New Salazar 19. ADDRESS: Box 15 Tierra Azarilla, New Mexico SUBJECT 22. NAME NO.1 (Circle One) PARENT SUSPECT WITNESS WANTED 27. ADDRESS 22. NAME NO.2 (Circle One) PARENT SUSPECT WITNESS WANTED 27. ADDRESS VEHICLE 34. VALUE 35. COLOR 36. YEAR 37. VEHICLE MAKE 38. MODEL 39. STYLE 40. VIN NARRATIVE 45. This two year group Tamara and Black Anaconda found dead by Mr. Salazar immediately 500 yards from his residence in Tierra Azarilla, New Mexico. The car was lying on its left side. The front left leg was broken. The position was secured in a marine suit but for some reason the mutilation was not completed. Mr. Salazar's much in approximately 2 miles from Tierra Azarilla, New Mexico. The only influence to Mr. Salazar's would be through his criminal activity in his house. This car had been dead approximately 15 days. This animal was decommissioned to contact any state. This investigation was conducted by 252 officers from the Mexican Cattle Inspector Jin Feud and writer. Investigation continued. U.C.R. 46. CRIMINAL DAMAGE AMOUNT $ 400.00 47. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE Sale/Mfg Poss. 48. TYPE 49. WEIGHT 51. CURRENCY JEWELRY CLOTHING VEHICLES 52. RECOVERED PROPERTY Stolen $ $ $ Stolen Locally-Recovered Recovered $ $ $ Stolen Locally-Recovered OFFICE EQUIPMENT TV, RADIO, Etc. FIREARMS HOUSEHOLD Stolen $ $ $ Stolen Recovered $ $ $ Stolen CONSUMABLES LIVESTOCK OTHER TOTAL Stolen $ $ $ Stolen Recovered $ $ $ Stolen DMINISTRATIVE 55. CASE STATUS Active Cleared by Arrest Unfounded, Explain Exceptionally Cleared, Explain 56. REPORTING OFFICER (Signature & Number) 57. APPROVING OFFICER (Signature & Number)
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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.