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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.
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1. AGENCY ORINM 07 New Mexico State Police 5. ORIGINAL REPORT 6. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT 7. PAGE 2 OF 2 8. NARRATIVE On 4-24-78 at 7:30 A.M. this writer was contacted by Mr. Manual Guzer, Dolce had apparently been mutilated. Investigation showed that this eleven month old bull dropped by some type of aircraft north of Mr. Gonax's ranch house. (approximately 600 The rectum and sex organs had been removed with a sharp and precise instrument. The bone had also been removed. The bull sustained visible bruises around the brisket and seeming to indicate that a strap was used to lift and lower the animal to and from the aircraft. The bull appeared to have been dead for about 5 hr. Prints were found 10 north of the slain animal. These 4" diameter round footprints led to the animal and 100 ft. where they apparently returned to a hovering aircraft. The imprints appeared be quite heavy since the ground was dry and hard and automobile tire tracks from the police car were barely visible. FROM LOS ALAHOS LABORATORY There is little: No microscopic changes of pathological significance were Bone Pragnant: No microscopic changes of significance were found. Skeletal Muscle: Not simpul bacteria infiltrating connective tissue but muscle fibers were seen. Muscle fibers also contained 10. CURRENCY JEWELRY CLOTHING VEHICLES OFFICE EQUIPMENT T.V.RADIO Stolen $ $ $ $ $ $ Recovered $ $ $ $ $ $ FIREARMS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMABLES LIVESTOCK OTHER TOTAL Stolen $ $ $ $ $ $ Recovered $ $ $ $ $ $ 13. REPORTING OFFICER (Signature & Number) 14. 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. 27 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.