TTSA Senate briefings
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| Date | 12 July 2019 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Government programs (topic), Congress & law (topic) |
| People | Tom DeLonge, Luis Elizondo, Christopher Mellon |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 194 |
| Year | 2019 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2019 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 9 |
In July 2019 Tom DeLonge said that his company, To The Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences (TTSA), had spent many months briefing the U.S. Senate and congressional committees on UAP and helping connect the Pentagon, intelligence agencies and Congress.[1][2]
The claim
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According to the testimony, DeLonge put the period at about 18 months. A KROQ radio interview with him, published on 17 July 2019, said the company had spent "the past 24 months" briefing the Senate and multiple committees in Congress. DeLonge has also said TTSA helped draft language in defence legislation about how UAP information should be handled, and met many members of Congress.[1][2][3]
Congressional interest
The claims came amid a sharp rise in congressional attention. In 2019 the Navy revised its guidance for pilots on reporting UAP, and on 19 June 2019 Navy officials gave a classified briefing on pilots' encounters to several senators, including Sen. Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, whose office framed the issue as one of pilot safety. TTSA's Luis Elizondo and Christopher Mellon were active in reaching out to lawmakers, and the company publicised the Navy UAP videos, which the Navy confirmed in 2019 were genuine.[4][5][6]
Results
The Department of Defense set up the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force in August 2020, and Congress required a public report from the intelligence community, which was delivered on 25 June 2021. The extent of TTSA's own role in these steps rests largely on its members' statements. Elizondo left the company in late 2020.[5][6]
People and topics
- Tom DeLonge — Musician who founded To The Stars Academy.
- To The Stars Academy — The company founded by Tom DeLonge in 2017 that released the Navy UAP videos.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- U.S. Navy — The U.S. naval service, whose pilots reported the UAP encounters revealed in 2017.
- Luis Elizondo — Former Army counterintelligence officer who says he ran AATIP.
- Christopher Mellon — Former deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence who helped release the Navy UAP videos.
- UAP Task Force — The Navy-led Pentagon task force on UAP set up in 2020.
On the Timeline
- Joseph Ralston on the Wilson notes (5 July 2019) — Gen. Joseph Ralston says he met Vice Adm. Wilson daily but doesn't recall UAP discussions.
- USS Russell drone swarm logs (30 July 2019) — Logs from the USS Russell UAP incident are heavily redacted.
See every 2019 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- "Tom DeLonge interview", Kevin Bean Show, KROQ/Audacy (Jul 2019) · audacy.com · archived copy
- Tom DeLonge — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "Tom DeLonge on his mission to prove 'aliens exist'", To The Stars · tothestars.media · archived copy
- "Senators receive classified briefings on Navy pilots' encounters with UFOs", Singular Fortean (Jun 2019) · singularfortean.com · archived copy
- To the Stars (company) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Tom DeLonge on the Podesta emails — Rolling Stone · rollingstone.com · archived copy
- Tom DeLonge emailed Clinton's adviser about aliens — BuzzFeed News · buzzfeednews.com · archived copy
- twitter.com · twitter.com · archived copy
Further reading
- U.S. congressional hearings on UFOs — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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