Antonio Huneeus

Early Career

Antonio Huneeus is a Chilean-American science journalist and UFO researcher with over 30 years of experience covering extraterrestrial phenomena from an international perspective. Educated at the Sorbonne University in Paris (French studies) and the University of Chile in Santiago (journalism, 1970s), Huneeus developed a uniquely multilingual and globally-oriented approach to UFO research at a time when English-language sources dominated the field.

The Rockefeller Initiative

Huneeus' most significant professional contribution came in 1995 when billionaire philanthropist Laurance S. Rockefeller engaged him to help edit the groundbreaking "UFO Briefing Document – The Best Available Evidence." Working alongside co-authors Don Berliner and Marie Galbraith, Huneeus was instrumental in expanding the document's international scope, writing detailed case histories for incidents in Russia, Spain, and Canada, and substantially rewriting sections on Brazil, Belgium, and France. This briefing was presented by CUFONS, FUFOR, and MUFON in December 1995 and distributed to high-ranking officials and scientists; Rockefeller personally sent a copy to White House Science and Technology Advisor Dr. John Gibbons on February 29, 1996.

Publications and Authority

Huneeus has authored and edited numerous UFO-related works, including contributions to Zecharia Sitchin's Of Heaven and Earth, editing of A Study Guide to UFOs, Psychic & Paranormal Phenomena in the USSR, and the introduction to UMMO And The Extraterrestrial Papers (co-authored with Antonio Ribera, Timothy Beckley, and Gordon Creighton). He also consulted on the 1995 Pioneer Electronic LaserActive disc UFO & ET, produced in Tokyo by Studio Garage. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications across the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Japan, bringing non-Western perspectives into international UFO discourse.

Recognition and Impact

In 1990, Huneeus received the "Ufologist of the Year" award at the National UFO Conference in Miami Beach. In 2007, he was honored with the "Courage in Journalism" award at the X-Conference in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He has lectured at UFO conferences worldwide and been interviewed by major media outlets including The Washington Post, Syfy Channel, History Channel, Nippon Television, and Coast to Coast AM. His work is notable for bridging the Anglo-American UFO research establishment with international case documentation and perspectives often overlooked in mainstream English-language ufology.