Document · D-029

The closing report of the agreement between the Army and TTSA on the “A1” material

Ground Vehicle Systems Center Close-out Report – Agreement No. 19-15, Novel & Emerging Technology Exploitation (NETE)

U.S. Army – DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center · Oct 10, 2024 · USA · Report

What it contains

The report closes research agreement 19-15 with To The Stars Academy (now TTS), signed in 2019 to characterize a sample supplied by the company, the “A1.” The analyses by GVSC, AARO and the Oak Ridge laboratory (2019–2024) conclude that the sample's physical and elemental properties are incompatible with the electromagnetic waveguide function claimed by TTS and that it is probably a test article, a manufacturing product or byproduct, or a component for studies of magnesium alloys. The sample was found to have no military or ground-vehicle applications, and no joint intellectual property arose from the agreement.

What it shows and what it does not

It contradicts the expectations with which TTSA presented the agreement, namely materials not traceable to known applications; it is also the first physical artifact that AARO says it has characterized and resolved. It concerns a single sample and does not assess other materials that TTS claims to have studied.

How it came to light

Obtained through FOIA and published by The Black Vault on May 29, 2025.

The document

Open the document (documents2.theblackvault.com)

Sources

1. The War Zone, 2019 – the Army wants to test TTSA's materials (press)
2. The Black Vault, May 29, 2025 – what the Army now says about TTSA's artifact (analysis)

On this site

People 3

• Steve Justice
• Tom DeLonge
• Luis Elizondo

Promises 1

• Steve Justice: To The Stars Academy, Tom DeLonge's company that Elizondo belonged to, presented the materials entrusted to… Not kept

Official positions 1

• U.S. Army (Ground Vehicle Systems Center) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2025): The closeout report of the agreement with TTSA, made public through FOIA, judges…

Timeline 2

• May 29, 2025: FOIA: for the Army, TTSA's material is an alloy of commercial origin
• Oct 17, 2019: The Army signs an agreement with TTSA to study its “anomalous materials”

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