BENITEZ, J. J.

The works of J. J. Benítez encompass literature and journalism, as well as UFO investigations.Primarily renowned as an investigator of the paranormal, Benítez garnered attention and criticism when he released Jerusalén, the first volume of a series named Caballo de Troya, related to the life and death of Jesus Christ. He begun his journalist career in January 1966 in the newspaper La Verdad, after receiving a journalism degree from the University of Navarra in 1965. He published his first books in 1975, Ovni: S.O.S a la Humanidad and Existió Otra Humanidad.

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. As of May 2007, 7 million copies has been sold from the first 8 books of the Caballo de Troya series. He has also directed a TV documentary series called Planeta Encantado, in which he travels to 17 different countries in order to render his interpretation of some of the great unsolved mysteries of past history.