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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.
“New Mexico State Police”10 pages
EVENT 5. INCIDENT TYPE Cattle Mutilation 7. INCIDENT LOCATION Dulce, New Mexico 8. INCIDENT DATE 6-14-78 2:00 PM 9. STRANGER TO STRANGER YES | X NO | UNX 10. WEAPON TYPE (Circle One) GEO 17 11. COMPLAINANTS Manuel Gomez 12. ADDRESS P. O. Box 372, Dulce, N. M. VICTIM 14. VICTIM'S NAME Manuel Gomez 19. ADDRESS P. O. Box 372, Dulce, N. M. 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 VENUE 34. VALUE 35. COLOR 36. YEAR 37. VEHICLE MAKE 38. MODEL 39. STYLE NARRATIVE 40. VIN 41. LICENSE NO. 42. LIS 43. LIY 44. VEHICLE STATUS U.C.R. 46. CRIMINAL DAMAGE AMOUNT $ 400.00 47. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE Sale/Mfg Post. 51. CURRENCY JEWELRY CLOTHING VEHICLES Stolen $ $ $ $ Recovered $ $ $ $ OFFICE EQUIPMENT TV, RADIO, Etc. FIREARMS HOUSEHOLD Stolen $ $ $ $ Recovered $ $ $ $ CONSUMABLES LIVESTOCK OTHER TOTAL Stolen $ $ $ $ Recovered $ $ $ $ ADMINISTRATIVE 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 under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 27 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.