Chilean-American
journalist Jose Antonio Huneeus was born in New York in
1950, the son of a Chilean diplomat and United Nations
official. He studied French at
the Sorbonne University in Paris in 1970,
and journalism at the University of Chile in Santiago
in the early 1970s. Huneeus has
written extensively on Ufology and Fortean subjects for
a number of magazines,
newspapers and bulletins in Chile, Spain, Brazil,
U.S.A., Japan, and elsewhere; covering as well space,
ecological, and scientific issues as a science journalist
since 1973. His weekly science column appeared in the
New York City Tribune
(1983-1990) and Noticias del
Mundo (1986-1994). His "UFO
CHRONICLE" column has appeared regularly
in FATE magazine since
1993, and he has published in many ufological plublications
such as UFO Universe,
MUFON UFO Journal,
UFO Report, and many
others overseas. He is currently U.S. correspondent for
the large circulation magazine Ano
Cero in Spain, and regular UFO columnist for
the new magazine Borderland
in Japan.
Huneeus
has contributed more extensive papers for several MUFON
Symposia (1987-1990-1992-1996-1997),
the PSI Science Institute of
Japan (1991), and the Fourth
European Congress in Lyon,
France (1990).
He edited the anthology A Study
Guide to UFOs, Psychic
and Paranormal Phenomena in the USSR (New York,
Abelard Publications, 1991); and was one of three authors
with Don
Berliner and Marie
Galbraith, of the Laurance Rockefeller-funded
UFO Briefing Document - The Best
Available Evidence, published in 1996 by the
UFO Research Coalition (CUFOS,
FUFOR,
MUFON).
Huneeus was also consultant and producer for a Laser Active
disc (LD-ROM) in Japan, UFO &
ET, produced for Pioneer Electronics by the
Tokyo company Studio Garage.
J.
Antonio Huneeus has covered the UFO field from an international
perspective for over 30 years and he has been interviewed
by many media outlets, including The
Washington Post.
Huneeus
serves as International Coordinator for the Mutual
UFO Network, and is a member of several
UFO and Fortean organizations. His "UFO
Chronicle" lecture and slide presentation
has been given at dozens of conferences in the Americas,
Europe, and Japan. He received the "Ufologist
of the Year" award at the National
UFO Conference in Miami Beach in 1990; the
1991 annual award of the New
York Fortean Society, and the "Courage
in Journalism" award at the X-Conference
in Gaithersburg,
Maryland,
in 2007. He has appeared on many national and
international radio and TV programs, including Nippon-TV,
Fox Encounters, the
McLaughin Report on
CNBC, Sabado Gigante
(seen by millions of Hispanic viewers across the Americas),
Globo TV network in Brazil, Sci-Fi channel in U.S.A.,
the Russian documentary film UFO:
Top Secret, etc.
Sources:
http://www.openminds.tv/antonio-huneeus/
MUFON 1997 International UFO Symposium
Proceedings