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FBI file: Animal Mutilation, Animal Mutilation Part 04

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This FBI file section compiles New Mexico State Police reports by Officer Gabe Valdez on 1978 cattle mutilations at Manuel Gomez's ranch near Dulce, a Los Alamos laboratory letter calling tissue findings inconclusive, and a December 1978 letter from Senator Harrison Schmitt asking the Justice Department to reopen an investigation. It also includes a Justice Department request that the FBI investigate 15 mutilations on Indian lands, and a report on an April 1979 Albuquerque conference that recommended central coordination of mutilation data.

  • p. 7 …INCIDENT TYPE Cattle Mutilation 7. INCIDENT LOCATION Dulce, New Mexico 8. INCIDENT DATE 6-14-78…
  • p. 9 …They have been marked years in advance for mutilation. Assisting in this investigation is Cattle Inspector…
  • p. 10 …Cockburn implies the investigation may have been terminated because cattle mutilation per se is not a…
  • p. 11 …There have been a total of 65 cattle mutilations, and six horse mutilations, reported in New…
  • p. 12 …Adams has additional information which may be of assistance to the FBI concerning previous cattle mutilations…
  • p. 13 …SAC, ALBUQUERQUE UNSUBS; CIR - MISCELLANEOUS FIFTEEM For the past seven or eight years mysterious cattle mutilations…
  • p. 14 …Federal assistance in seeking to solve these cattle mutilations. Bureau telephone call of 2/13/79…
  • p. 15 …If we are merely to investigate and direct our efforts toward the 15 mutilated cattle on…
  • p. 18 …THE MUTILATIONS OF 15 ANIMALS NOTE: This case involves the mutilation of 15 cattle in the…
  • p. 19 …Enclosed for the Bureau are three copies of an LHM captioned "Cattle Mutilations", dated 4/25…
  • p. 20 …It would seem appropriate that if FBI participation in investigation of cattle mutilations is desired by…
  • p. 21 If the Albuquerque FBI Office is expected to broaden its examination of the cattle mutilation, additional…
  • p. 22 …79, captioned "Santa Fe DA to Coordinate Cattle Mutilation Probe". The article states the Santa Fe…
  • p. 23 …Senator SCHMITT expressed his hope that the FBI could conduct investigation into the cattle mutilations under…
  • p. 24 ## CATTLE MUTILATIONS FORREST S. PUTMAN, Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Albuquerque Office of the FBI, explained…
  • p. 25 ## CATTLE MUTILATIONS DAVID PERKINS, Director of the Department of Research at Libre School in Farasita, Colorado…
  • p. 26 ## CATTLE MUTILATIONS TOMMY BLAND, Lewisville, Texas, told the conference he has been studying UFO activities for…
  • p. 27 ## CATTLE MUTILATIONS During the afternoon of April 20, 1979, law enforcement officers met with U.S…

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To: SAC, Albuquerque From: Director, FBI

THE MUTILATIONS OF 15 ANIMALS; CIR OO: Albuquerque

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## ReAQairtel, 2/16/79.

Enclosed for the Albuquerque Division is one copy of a memorandum from the Department of Justice (DOJ) dated March 2, 1979, and attachments.

In accordance with enclosed memorandum, the Albuquerque Division is instructed to conduct an appropriate investigation into the 15 mutilations of animals which were performed on Indian reservations within the state of New Mexico. After the Albuquerque Division conducts a preliminary investigation into these mutilations and it is believed that placing information into a computer bank will be of investigative assistance, at that time the request for same should be submitted with full justification. FBIHQ, upon receipt of additional information from DOJ, will forward same.

FBIHQ should be kept apprised on a timely basis the results of investigative efforts.

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MAR 7 1979

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