Tom DeLonge
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| Type | Person |
|---|---|
| Also known as | DeLonge |
| On the Timeline | 10 events, 2015–2021 |
Thomas Matthew DeLonge (born 13 December 1975) is an American musician, co-founder of the band Blink-182, and the founder of To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science, the company that publicised the Navy UAP videos in 2017 and helped bring UFOs into mainstream news.[1][2]
Music career
DeLonge was born in Poway, California. He formed Blink-182 in 1992, which became one of the most successful pop-punk bands of the late 1990s and 2000s. He left the band in 2005, forming Angels & Airwaves, returned, left again in 2015, and officially rejoined in October 2022.[1]
Interest in UFOs
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DeLonge has said he has been fascinated by aliens, UFOs and conspiracy theories since childhood; bandmate Travis Barker recalled him watching for UFOs from the tour bus. In 2011 he launched Strange Times, a website about extraterrestrial life and the paranormal.[1] He began writing a series of books, Sekret Machines, mixing fiction with non-fiction volumes co-written with author Peter Levenda; the first novel appeared in 2016. Emails from the account of political adviser John Podesta, published by WikiLeaks in 2016, showed DeLonge arranging contacts about UFOs with senior figures and describing generals and aerospace executives as advisers.[1][3]
To The Stars Academy
DeLonge founded To The Stars, Inc. in 2015, and in 2017 it became To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science, co-founded with physicist Hal Puthoff and former CIA officer Jim Semivan, with divisions for entertainment, aerospace and science. Its team included Luis Elizondo and Christopher Mellon.[1][4] In October 2017 the company presented itself publicly, and in December 2017 it published the Navy's FLIR1 and Gimbal videos as The New York Times revealed the Pentagon's AATIP program. In April 2020 the Pentagon formally released the three Navy videos.[1][5]
The company produced the History Channel series Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation (2019–2020), featuring DeLonge and Elizondo. It raised money from small investors through stock offerings; a 2018 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission reported an accumulated deficit of more than $37 million and raised doubts about its ability to continue as a going concern. Elizondo and Mellon left in 2020.[1][6]
Assessment
Supporters credit DeLonge with recruiting former officials and forcing a public conversation that led to the UAP Task Force and AARO. Critics have pointed to the company's finances and to claims, such as alleged exotic metal samples, that were not substantiated.[1][6]
On the UAP Timeline
- Bob Fish email on DSP data (6 March 2015) — A former contractor tells John Podesta an Air Force satellite system collects hard UAP data.
- Podesta–McCasland emails (24 January 2016) — Two Air Force generals and a Skunk Works executive appear in emails with Podesta's team.
- DeLonge on pooled crash material (27 March 2016) — Tom DeLonge says his advisers told him crash material was pooled among government and industry.
- DeLonge on hidden crashes (April 2016) — DeLonge says advisers told him of multiple crashes hidden by counterintelligence.
- Sekret Machines (5 April 2016) — DeLonge publishes the novel Sekret Machines, which he says advisers helped shape.
- DeLonge's research groups (2016) (31 August 2016) — Tom DeLonge says he became involved with groups studying crashed craft and biology.
- DeLonge's advisers on Joe Rogan (26 October 2017) — DeLonge suggests on a podcast that senior officials and executives advise him.
- TTSA Senate briefings (12 July 2019) — DeLonge says To The Stars spent 18 months briefing the Senate and committees.
- TTSA technical collaborations (2019) (8 August 2019) — To The Stars announces technical collaborations with aerospace companies.
- Alaska pyramid claim (28 September 2021) — DeLonge says he was told of a large pyramid beneath Alaska.
References
- Tom DeLonge — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program", The New York Times (16 Dec 2017) · nytimes.com · archived copy
- Bryan Bender, "How Harry Reid, a Terrorist Interrogator and the Singer From Blink-182 Took UFOs Mainstream", Politico (28 May 2021) · politico.com · archived copy
- To the Stars (company) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "Statement by the Department of Defense on the Release of Historical Navy Videos" (27 Apr 2020) · war.gov · archived copy
- Keith Kloor, "UFOs Won't Go Away", Issues in Science and Technology (2019) · issues.org · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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