National UFO Reporting Center – Board Member & Investigator
I am proud to announce that I am now a Board Member and Investigator for the National UFO Reporting Center. This is the culmination of many years of being…
Researcher, Author, and Lecturer
James Clarkson UFO Detective
James Clarkson is an Investigator who has stood in two worlds for many years – a career professional investigator in the criminal justice field and as a lifelong researcher of the UFO Mystery. He currently serves as a Board Member and Investigator for the National UFO Reporting Center (opens in a new tab).
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- 20 years City police officer: patrol supervisor, detective sergeant, training officer
- 30 years In MUFON, the last 10 as Washington State Director
- About 2,000 UFO reports investigated, by his own best estimate
The investigator
Read how it started- 1976
Military police investigator, Fort Lewis
A National UFO Reporting Center card sat under the glass on the MP desk. His sergeant told him:
That’s where we report UFOs.
- 1979 to 1999
Aberdeen police officer
Patrol supervisor, detective sergeant, fatal accident team manager and training officer.
- 1987
Joins MUFON
After a 747 crew reported a UFO over Alaska, he called the reporting center to ask how he could help. Its founder, Robert Gribble, pointed him to MUFON.
- 2007 to 2017
MUFON Washington State Director
His last 10 of 30 years in MUFON.
- 2026
National UFO Reporting Center
Board Member and Investigator, 50 years after he first saw its card.
All interviews are confidential.
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Books by James Clarkson
Buy the books
Tell My Story
This is the June Crain Story, told in her own words, placed into the context of the history of the UFO Phenomena since World War II.
$20.00+ $5.00 U.S. shipping, softcover
The Westport UFO Crash Retrieval Event
What was the fiery object that fell from the night skies of Grays Harbor County on November 25, 1979?
$10.00+ $3.59 U.S. shipping
Lectures, festivals and conferences
He has lectured at many local and national UFO events across the country and internationally as well, with guest appearances on radio and TV.
- McMinnville UFO Festival
- City of Roswell UFO Conference
- International UFO Congress
- UFO Summit, Ocean Shores
- Les Repas Ufologiques, Paris
- UFO Crash Retrieval Conference, Las Vegas
- Ozark UFO Conference
- Oregon Ghost Conference
- Port Gamble Ghost Conference
Recent appearances
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Port Gamble Ghost Conference
Port Gamble, WA
Sharing a booth with his wife, Joanne Mokosh Clarkson, psychic medium · JoannethePsychic.com
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26th Annual McMinnville UFO Festival
McMinnville, Oregon
Master of Ceremonies
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Oregon Ghost Conference
Seaside, OR
Presenter and instructor
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The Art of Investigation Symposium
Online
Presentation on the Method of Investigation (Of the Paranormal)
Why I do this work
To seek the Reality at the heart of the UFO Mystery.
To keep a death bed promise I made to a friend named June Crain, who honored me by telling her story of what was disclosed about UFOs in Top Secret Air Force laboratories.