DeLonge on pooled crash material
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| Date | 27 March 2016 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Crashes & retrievals (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic) |
| People | Tom DeLonge, Neil McCasland, John Podesta, David Grusch |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 183 |
| Year | 2016 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2016 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 7 |
On 27 March 2016, Tom DeLonge spent a full edition of Coast to Coast AM with guest host George Knapp, promoting his Sekret Machines project and describing what anonymous officials and industry figures had told him about UFOs.[1]
The broadcast
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DeLonge said he had met NASA and government officials in several cities who supported his plan to bring UFO information to younger audiences and to present the government more favourably. He said they blamed the secrecy on Cold War fears of nuclear war and referred to the visitors as "the Others". He claimed, citing his sources, that the United States had "cracked gravity" and was building antigravity machinery, and suggested some crashes may have been deliberate ways of handing over technology. Co-author A.J. Hartley joined for part of the show.[1]
Government and industry
In a later interview with Knapp, DeLonge said that when craft were first found, the government brought in private industry, the military and intelligence agencies, and that contractors became deeply involved because that is where the talent was. He said these companies work under the Defense Department while keeping their own proprietary protections.[2]
Assessment
DeLonge's sources have not confirmed these statements publicly. The idea of contractor-held material later became a central theme of David Grusch's 2023 congressional testimony, which also lacked public documentary support.[1][2][3]
People and topics
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- Tom DeLonge — Musician who founded To The Stars Academy.
- Coast to Coast AM — The late-night radio show known for paranormal topics.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- U.S. Air Force — The U.S. military service that ran the official UFO projects from 1947 to 1969.
- Neil McCasland — Retired Air Force major general named in the Podesta emails.
- John Podesta — Clinton campaign chairman with a long interest in UFO disclosure.
- David Grusch — Former intelligence officer who testified in 2023 that the U.S. has recovered non-human craft.
- To The Stars Academy — The company founded by Tom DeLonge in 2017 that released the Navy UAP videos.
- U.S. Navy — The U.S. naval service, whose pilots reported the UAP encounters revealed in 2017.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
On the Timeline
- Area 6 (5 March 2016) — The nuclear security agency publicly describes Area 6 activities in Nevada for the first time.
- DeLonge on hidden crashes (April 2016) — DeLonge says advisers told him of multiple crashes hidden by counterintelligence.
See every 2016 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Coast to Coast AM, show of 27 March 2016 · coasttocoastam.com · archived copy
- "These people claim UFO artifacts are held by the government and/or contractors", Silva Record (Nov 2019) · silvarecord.com · archived copy
- David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Tom DeLonge — 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
Further reading
- Majestic 12 — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Majestic 12 file — FBI Vault · vault.fbi.gov · archived copy
- UFO documents — CIA Reading Room · cia.gov · 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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