Juan José Benítez, born September 7, 1946, in the city of Pamplona

Pamplona

Pamplona is the historial capital city of Navarre, in Spain, and of the former kingdom of Navarre.The city is famous worldwide for the San Fermín festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls is one of the main attractions...

, Navarre

Navarre

Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...

, is a Spanish

Spain

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 author. He received a journalism degree from the University of Navarra

University of Navarra

The University of Navarra is a private pontifical university based at the southeast border of Pamplona, Spain. It was founded in 1952 by St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei as a corporate work of the apostolate of Opus Dei....

 in 1965 and started his work as a journalist in the newspaper La Verdad of Murcia

Murcia

-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...

 in January 1966. Over the next few years he became increasingly interested in the UFO phenomena, initiating his extensive investigation on such topics. After holding jobs at several other newspapers, he eventually left journalism in the late 1970s in order to fully immerse himself in the study of UFO phenomena.
He now resides in the coastal town of Barbate

Barbate

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, Andalusia

Andalusia

Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...

, with his wife and two dogs.

During his three decades as an author, he has published more than 50 books, including investigative reports, essays, novels and poetry, and sold more than nine million copies worldwide, over five million of which belong to the Caballo de Troya

Caballo de Troya

Caballo de Troya is a novel written in 1984 by Spanish journalist, writer and ufologist Juan José Benítez. It has reached considerable success in most Spanish-speaking countries as well as in Brazil...

saga.

He has also directed a TV documentary series called Planeta Encantado (Enchanted Planet), in which he travels to 17 different countries in order to render his interpretation of some of the great unsolved mysteries of past history.

List of published works

• Caballo de Troya 9 (forthcoming)
• De la mano con Frasquito (2008)
• El hombre que susurraba a los «ummitas» (2007)
• Diez preguntas eternas (2006)
• Caballo de Troya 8: Jordán (2006)
• Caballo de Troya 7: Nahum (2005)
• Cartas a un idiota (2004)
• Planeta Encantado 6. Una caja de madera y oro. Las esferas de nadie (2004)
• Planeta Encantado 5. Astronautas en la edad de piedra. Escribamos de nuevo la historia (2004)
• Planeta Encantado 4. El anillo de plata. Tassili (2004)
• Planeta Encantado 3. El secreto de Colón. Un as en la manga de Dios (2004)
• Planeta Encantado 2. Los señores del agua. El mensaje enterrado (2004)
• Planeta Encantado 1. La huella de los dioses. La isla del fin del mundo (2003)
• Mi Dios Favorito (2002)
• Mis Ovnis Favoritos (2001)
• Al Fin Libre (2000)
• 25 años de investigación: 13. Operación 23 (1999)
• 25 años de investigación: 12. Luz negra (1999)
• 25 años de investigación: 11. Apolo 11: ustedes no lo creerán (1999)
• 25 años de investigación: 10. UMMO (1999)
• 25 años de investigación: 9. El gran apagón (1999)
• 25 años de investigación: 8. El mundo nunca sabrá (1999)
• 25 años de investigación: 7. Confidencial: ¡Abatidlos! (1999)
• 25 años de investigación: 6. La era ovni (1999)
• 25 años de investigación: 5. Alto secreto (1999)
• 25 años de investigación: 4. La noche más larga (1999)
• 25 años de investigación: 3. El árbol y la serpiente (1999)
• 25 años de investigación: 2. Franco: censura ovni (1999)
• 25 años de investigación: 1. Encuentro en Sudáfrica (1999)
• Caballo de Troya 6: Hermón (1999)
• A 33.000 Pies (1997)
• Ricky B (1997)
• Caballo de Troya 5: Cesarea (1996)
• Mágica Fe (1994)
• Materia Reservada (1993)
• Mis enigmas favoritos (1993)
• El papa rojo (1992) (Novela)
• A solas con la mar (1990)
• La Quinta Columna (1990)
• La punta del iceberg (1989)
• El misterio de la Virgen de Guadalupe (1989)
• El testamento de San Juan (1989)
• Siete Narraciones Extraordinarias (1989. Co-authored)
• Caballo de Troya 4: Nazaret (1989)
• Yo, Julio Verne (1988)
• Caballo de Troya 3: Saidan (1987)
• La Otra Orilla (1986)
• Caballo de Troya 2: Masada (1986)
• La Rebelión de Lucifer (1985)
• Caballo de Troya 1: Jerusalén (1984)
• Los Tripulantes No Identificados (1983)
• Los Espías del Cosmos (1983)
• El ovni de Belén (1983)
• Sueños (1982)
• La Gran Oleada (1982)
• Terror en la Luna (1982)
• Los Visitantes (1982)
• Encuentro en Montaña Roja (1981)
• Los Astronautas de Yavé (1980)
• Incidente en Manises (1980)
• El Enviado (1979)
• Tempestad en Bonanza (1979)
• Cien mil kilómetros tras los ovnis (1978)
• Ovni: Alto secreto (1977)
• Ovni: S.O.S a la Humanidad (1975)
• Existió Otra Humanidad (1975)

External links

• Author's website