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Dugway sheep incident
The Dugway sheep incident, also known as the Skull Valley sheep kill, was a 1968 sheep kill that has been connected to United States Army chemical and biological warfare programs at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near the base, and the popular explanation blamed Army testing of chemical weapons for the incident, though alternative explanations have been offered. A report, commissioned by Air Force Press Officer Jesse Stay and first made public in 1998, was called the "first documented admission" from the Army that a nerve agent killed the sheep at Skull Valley.
==Background==
Since its founding in 1941, much of the activity at Dugway Proving Ground is a closely guarded secret. Activities at Dugway included aerial nerve agent testing.〔 According to reports from ''New Scientist'', Dugway was still producing small quantities of anthrax as late as 1998, 30 years after the United States renounced biological weapons.〔Hambling, David. "(US army plans to bulk-buy anthrax )", ''Newἠ Scientist'',September 24, 2005. Retrieved November 27, 2007.〕 There were at least 1,100 other chemical tests at Dugway during the time period of the Dugway sheep incident. In total, almost of nerve agent were dispersed during open-air tests.〔 There were also tests at Dugway with other weapons of mass destruction, including 332 open-air tests of biological weapons, 74 dirty bomb tests, and eight furnace heatings of nuclear material under open air conditions to simulate the dispersal of fallout in the case of meltdown of aeronautic nuclear reactors.〔
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