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Rommel report attributes New Mexico cattle mutilations to predators

Name: Rommel report attributes New Mexico cattle mutilations to predators
Start: 1980
Location: Santa Fe, NM

When: 1980
Where: Santa Fe, NM
Sources: 3 public sources

Retired FBI agent Kenneth Rommel, funded by a federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration grant through the New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney, investigated mutilation reports and concluded the damage matched normal predator and scavenger activity, finding no support for UFO theories.

Sources

OfficialAnimal Mutilation (FBI file, five parts) (opens in a new tab)Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Vault
PressCattle Mutilations Across Wyoming And The West In 1970s Still A Mystery (opens in a new tab)Cowboy State Daily / 2024-10-26
OtherCattle Mutilations (Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology) (opens in a new tab)Encyclopedia.com (Gale)

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