NIDS reports a calf found mutilated at the Utah ranch

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Gravel road and fields at Skinwalker Ranch in Utah
The Utah ranch studied by NIDS, where the 1997 calf account is set Paul from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

NIDS researchers said a calf the ranch manager had just tagged was found dead about 45 minutes later, its body cavity empty and no blood on the carcass or ground. The account comes from NIDS scientist Colm Kelleher and was published years later; no independent investigation has confirmed it.

Sources

  1. PressMysteries of 'UFO ranch' in spotlight (opens in a new tab)Deseret Morning News / 2006-04-22

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How the story came out

Happened 10 Mar 1997. First made public 8 years later (2005).

  1. It happened (this event)
  2. Hunt for the Skinwalker published - first made public

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