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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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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 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.