About

Jason McClellan is a Phoenix-based podcaster, author, TV personality, and journalist who has invested more than 15 years to researching, writing about, and reporting on UFOs and other strange topics.

Jason had the unique experience of working professionally for more than six years as a full-time UFO researcher and journalist, and as a co-organizer and technical producer of the largest annual UFO conference in the world (recognized by the 2015 Guinness World Records). As a founding member of the UFO news organization Open Minds, he wrote for and edited the now defunct Open Minds magazine--an internationally distributed print magazine all about UFOs and extraterrestrial life. He also worked for Tom DeLonge’s transmedia company To The Stars.

In 2016, his book Only Weirdos See UFOs: An Introduction to the Public’s Misperception of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and Extraterrestrial Life was released.

Jason recently co-starred on the TRVL/Discovery+ mini-series Roswell: The Final Verdict. He also co-starred on History’s Hangar 1: The UFO Files, and he’s appeared on a variety of other networks including Syfy, NatGeo, Amazon Prime, and Netflix. Media outlets around the world have featured and highlighted Jason’s work, including the Huffington Post, Geek magazine, and Tech Times. He’s also delivered lectures/presentations at pop culture conventions and other conferences around the United States.

In his continuing exploration of the strange, Jason hosts the UFO podcast UFO? UAP? WTF? (formerly UNKNOWN), in addition to a variety of other shows at RoguePlanet.tv.

Television

  • History’s Greatest Mysteries (2023) - History

  • Mysteries Decoded (2022) - CW

  • Roswell: The Final Verdict (2021) - Discovery+

  • Hangar 1: The UFO Files (2014) - History

  • Joe Rogan Questions Everything (2013) - Syfy

  • Chasing UFOs (2012) - NatGeo

Web

  • Do UFOs Exist? (2013) - Geek & Sundry

  • Searching for ET (2013) - HuffPost Live

Lectures/Panels

  • “UFOs Exposed!: A Stripped-Down, Hype-Free Peek at the Sexy World of UFOs”
    Anomacon - Virtual (2023)

  • “10 Notable UFO Events From the Past 20 Years”
    AlienCon LA - Los Angeles, CA (2019)

  • “The Power of Witness Testimony” [live, on-stage podcast recording]
    AlienCon LA - Los Angeles, CA (2019)

  • “The UFO Ridicule Factor” [live, on-stage podcast recording]
    AlienCon LA - Los Angeles, CA (2019)

  • “Envisioning a Post-Disclosure World”
    AlienCon LA - Los Angeles, CA (2019)

  • “Real Life X-Files”
    Emerald City Comic Con - Seattle, WA (2019)

  • “Who Sees UFOs?”
    Sedona MUFON - Sedona, AZ (2018)

  • “UFOs in Pop Culture”
    AlienCon Baltimore - Baltimore, MD (2018)

  • UFO Sightings and Experiences [live, on-stage podcast recording]
    AlienCon Baltimore - Baltimore, MD (2018)

  • “Envisioning a Post-Disclosure World”
    AlienCon Baltimore - Baltimore, MD (2018)

  • "UFOs in Pop Culture"
    Denver Comic Con - Denver, CO (2018)

  • "Government Paranormal Investigations"
    Denver Comic Con - Denver, CO (2018)

  • "Real Life X-Files"
    Denver Comic Con - Denver, CO (2017)

  • "UFOs and Aliens in Pop Culture"
    Roswell UFO Festival - Roswell, NM (2014)

  • "UFOs: Exploring the possibility of alien visitation and a government cover-up"
    The National Atomic Testing Museum - Las Vegas, NV (2014)

  • "UFOs in the News"
    International UFO Congress - Phoenix, AZ (2013)

INTERVIEWS

These are some of my friends. Check out the awesome things they do.

Aaron Sagers - Professional nerd, journalist, TV personality, and geek host.

Amy Shira Teitel - Spaceflight historian.

Ben Hansen - TV producer, host, and paranormal investigator.

Bonnie Burton - Author, journalist, and super geek.

Erin Ryder - TV producer and personality, and adventurer.

Garrett Wang - Actor, Harry Kim from Star Trek: Voyager.

Geoff Notkin - TV host, meteorite hunter, and adventurer.

Jeremy Corbell - Artist, filmmaker.

Lee Speigel - UFO journalist.

Maureen Elsberry - TV personality, UFO journalist, and adventurer.

Mike Damante - Author and proprietor of PunkRockandUFOs.com.

Ryan Sprague - TV writer, author, and playwright. 

The Clerk Chronicles - Web comic and music by Caleb Hanks.

The Gralien Report - Podcast hosted by Micah Hanks.

To The Stars - Books, comics, merch and more from Tom DeLonge