FBI Declassified Documents: Cattle Mutilations
On September 4th 1974, the FBI began reciveved a request for an FBI investigation from senator, Senator Carl T. Curtis from Nebraska. His request was one of many requests sent to the FBI since early in the 1970's from throught the nation, reguarding a new and disturbing phenomenon: Cattle Mutilations. Althought the FBI at first resisted the idea of investigating the phenomenon, reports of farmers arming themselves, and whispered rumors that these cattle mutilations may only be a forerunner to the mutilations of human beings spurred the FBI's attention. Eventually, the FBI agreed to open an investigation of the matter when 15 mutilations were discovered in New Mexico's Indian Country.
"I must say that the material sent me indicates the existance of one of the strangest phenomena in my memory."
- Griffen B. Bell, FBI Director
On June 13, 1976 at approximetly 8PM, a cattle rancher named Manuel Gomez contacted Officer Gabriel Valdez of the New Mexico State Police about a cattle mutilation on his ranch, 13 miles West of Dulco. Valdez agreed to visit Gomez's ranch at 5AM the next morning to investigate. When he arrived, he noticed that the only vehicle tracks leading to the cow's remains were those of Mr. Gomez's vehicle. The remains were those of a three year old cow, which was white faced and laying on it's right side. It's left ear, toung, utter, and rectum had been removed with almost surgical precision, and their was no blood to be found anywhere around or inside the corpse. Evidence an aircraft of some unknown type had landed twice near the corpse was found in the form of tripodal landing marks.
A yellow substance was found underneath the cow's tail, and and a sample was sent to the State Police Laboratory for analysis. That analysis was unable to determine the composition of the material. A second sample was sent to a private laboratory. The laboratory reported that the sample disappeared or disentigrated and no analysis could be done.
Perhaps more striking, was that Mr. Gomez's tracks from the previous evenings visit had been disturbed by the aircraft landing marks, indicating that the object returned after Gomez discovered the corpse. The left ear had been present when he had originally called Valdez, and apparently been removed upon the 2nd visit of the aircraft. In addition, the Cow which had died had a 3 month old calf, which had not been seen since the cow was discovered.
This incident is one of several which were chronicled in a number of FBI documents about the phenomenon, which were declassified on January 12, 1998. These documents are avilable from the FBI's Freedom of Information Act Server, at the following URL:
http://foia.fbi.gov/
This server contains documents not only on Cattle Mutilations, but on UFO's, and a number of other paranormal phenomenon. In addition to the FBI server, I have made these documents available on Limewire, or by requesting them from me on ICQ.
On September 4th 1974, the FBI began reciveved a request for an FBI investigation from senator, Senator Carl T. Curtis from Nebraska. His request was one of many requests sent to the FBI since early in the 1970's from throught the nation, reguarding a new and disturbing phenomenon: Cattle Mutilations. Althought the FBI at first resisted the idea of investigating the phenomenon, reports of farmers arming themselves, and whispered rumors that these cattle mutilations may only be a forerunner to the mutilations of human beings spurred the FBI's attention. Eventually, the FBI agreed to open an investigation of the matter when 15 mutilations were discovered in New Mexico's Indian Country.
"I must say that the material sent me indicates the existance of one of the strangest phenomena in my memory."
- Griffen B. Bell, FBI Director
On June 13, 1976 at approximetly 8PM, a cattle rancher named Manuel Gomez contacted Officer Gabriel Valdez of the New Mexico State Police about a cattle mutilation on his ranch, 13 miles West of Dulco. Valdez agreed to visit Gomez's ranch at 5AM the next morning to investigate. When he arrived, he noticed that the only vehicle tracks leading to the cow's remains were those of Mr. Gomez's vehicle. The remains were those of a three year old cow, which was white faced and laying on it's right side. It's left ear, toung, utter, and rectum had been removed with almost surgical precision, and their was no blood to be found anywhere around or inside the corpse. Evidence an aircraft of some unknown type had landed twice near the corpse was found in the form of tripodal landing marks.
A yellow substance was found underneath the cow's tail, and and a sample was sent to the State Police Laboratory for analysis. That analysis was unable to determine the composition of the material. A second sample was sent to a private laboratory. The laboratory reported that the sample disappeared or disentigrated and no analysis could be done.
Perhaps more striking, was that Mr. Gomez's tracks from the previous evenings visit had been disturbed by the aircraft landing marks, indicating that the object returned after Gomez discovered the corpse. The left ear had been present when he had originally called Valdez, and apparently been removed upon the 2nd visit of the aircraft. In addition, the Cow which had died had a 3 month old calf, which had not been seen since the cow was discovered.
This incident is one of several which were chronicled in a number of FBI documents about the phenomenon, which were declassified on January 12, 1998. These documents are avilable from the FBI's Freedom of Information Act Server, at the following URL:
http://foia.fbi.gov/
This server contains documents not only on Cattle Mutilations, but on UFO's, and a number of other paranormal phenomenon. In addition to the FBI server, I have made these documents available on Limewire, or by requesting them from me on ICQ.