Person

Tom DeLonge

Musician (Blink-182); founder and president of To The Stars Academy

2015– · To The Stars Academy · Entrepreneur

Co-founder of Blink-182, in March 2017 he founded the To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science (TTSA) with Jim Semivan and Hal Puthoff, of which he was president and CEO and to which companies of his lent money and granted licenses. Elizondo joined it a few days after leaving the Pentagon, and the company produced the series “Unidentified” for History Channel. In 2015-2016 emails to John Podesta, published by WikiLeaks, he proposed introducing him to people he described as former heads of sensitive Defense divisions.

Key claims

• In 2015-2016 emails he described two people he wanted Podesta to meet as top figures of divisions linked to classified science and Defense.

Controversies

• TTSA's SEC filings show loans from companies he controlled and a license agreement with minimum royalties of $100,000 a year; in 2018 the company reported an accumulated deficit of $37.4 million, a report that DeLonge called false.
• TTSA's “anomalous” material, tested by the Army under a 2019 agreement, turned out to be a commercial-type alloy with no military applications.

Today

According to an aggregator, in September 2026 the ODNI also thanked To The Stars for its advice to the intelligence UAP committee.

Documented authority

It measures how documented and verifiable what the person claims is, not their honesty. Each criterion is scored from 0 to 2.

Credentials 2/2

The roles at TTSA are attested by the documents filed with the SEC.

Direct access not applicable

In the sources consulted, he does not publicly claim direct knowledge.

Evidence provided 0/2

The material presented by TTSA as anomalous proved to be terrestrial in the Army and ORNL tests.

Claims track record 0/2

TTSA's claims about the materials, including a fragment attributed to Roswell, were refuted by the analyses.

Conflicts of interest 0/2

TTSA provided for minimum royalties and loans in favor of companies he controlled.

Sources

1. TTSA, Offering Circular (Form 1-A) filed with the SEC, August 15, 2017 (primary source)
2. TTSA, semiannual report (Form 1-SA) to the SEC, December 26, 2017 (primary source)
3. Global News, March 13, 2019: DeLonge and the series “Unidentified” (press)
4. The New Republic, August 10, 2020 (press)
5. Vice, October 11, 2016: DeLonge's emails to John Podesta (press)
6. The Black Vault, May 29, 2025: what the military says about TTSA's material (analysis)

On this site

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…

Documents 2

• The Pentagon's press release of April 27, 2020 on the official release of the three Navy videos Original available
• The closing report of the agreement between the Army and TTSA on the “A1” material Original available

Timeline 5

• Oct 2016: WikiLeaks publishes Tom DeLonge's emails to John Podesta about UFOs
• Oct 2017: Tom DeLonge's To The Stars Academy is publicly launched, with Elizondo and Mellon
• Oct 15, 2018: TTSA's accounts: accumulated deficit of $37.4 million and going-concern doubts
• Oct 17, 2019: The Army signs an agreement with TTSA to study its “anomalous materials”
• May 29, 2025: FOIA: for the Army, TTSA's material is an alloy of commercial origin

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