Author Archive for Antonio Huneeus

Open Minds Investigative Reporter J. Antonio Huneeus has covered the UFO field from an international perspective for over 30 years. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Japan. He was also the co-author of the Laurance Rockefeller-funded “UFO Briefing Document – The Best Available Evidence” and edited the book “A Study Guide to UFOs, Psychic & Paranormal Phenomena in the USSR.” Huneeus studied French at the Sorbonne University in Paris and Journalism at the University of Chile in Santiago in the 1970s. He has lectured at dozens of UFO Conferences all over the world and been interviewed by many media outlets including The Washington Post, the Sy-Fy and History Channels, Nippon-TV, etc. He received the “Ufologist of the Year” award at the National UFO Conference in Miami Beach in 1990 and the “Courage in Journalism” award at the X-Conference in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in 2007.

Vietnam UFO landing at U.S. base discovered by National Archives

Vietnam UFO landing at U.S. base discovered by National Archives

This one is particularly interesting because it involves an apparent landing of an egg-shaped object on January 6, 1969 at a major American military base in Indochina…

Argentinean Air Force UFO Commission states mission

Argentinean Air Force UFO Commission states mission

“To document, analyze and study unidentified phenomena in an orderly, systematic and truthful manner by means of conventional control systems on the airspace under the National Jurisdiction.”

Argentinean Air Force launches new UFO commission

Argentinean Air Force launches new UFO commission

True to their word, the AAF launched officially their Commission for the Investigation of Aerospace Phenomena (Spanish acronym CIFA) at a ceremony last Thursday May 26…

Russian military spooked by UFO

Russian military spooked by UFO

The case occurred in the village of Lesopilniy in the Khabarovsk region in Russia’s Far East and it involved dozens of witnesses, including soldiers at a military base nearby who fired artillery shells at the UFO without harming it.

Rare footage of famous 1978 UN UFO Hearing found

Rare footage of famous 1978 UN UFO Hearing found

The official UFO Hearing held at the United Nations Special Political Committee on November 28, 1978 was undoubtedly one of the great milestones in the history of ufology

Royals & UFOs – Lord Dowding, the spiritualist general (Pt.2)

Royals & UFOs – Lord Dowding, the spiritualist general (Pt.2)

“I am convinced that these objects do exist and that they are not manufactured by any nation on earth.”

The Royals and UFOs – Some tantalizing facts behind the hype (Pt. I)

The Royals and UFOs – Some tantalizing facts behind the hype (Pt. I)

Lord Mountbatten’s [Prince Phillip's uncle] interest in UFOs is well documented and beyond dispute…

The Real Story of the FBI UFO “X-Files”

The Real Story of the FBI UFO “X-Files”

The first batch of declassified FBI files–over 500 pages of documents–was obtained under the FOIA in 1977 by Dr. Bruce Maccabee. According to him, 40% are duplication of poor cases from air force files with many hoaxes, but “roughly 40% are teletype reports and transcripts concerning reasonably to very good UFO reports,” wrote Maccabee.

New British documents show UK attempted to derail UN UFO initiative

New British documents show UK attempted to derail UN UFO initiative

“We remain firmly opposed to a Grenada resolution on UFOs…therefore, make no attempt to conceal the UK’s intention…”

Open Minds posts extensive APRO Bulletin collection

Open Minds posts extensive APRO Bulletin collection

One of the many interesting items in the Wendelle Stevens UFO collection acquired by Open Minds was a nearly complete set of The APRO Bulletin, the official publication of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization.

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