What started as a running joke — the Blink-182 guitarist obsessed with aliens — turned into one of the most shocking reality shifts in modern pop culture. Because not only did Tom DeLonge leave his chart-topping band to pursue UFO research…
He somehow ended up briefing the Pentagon, leaking classified videos, and building a team of ex-spooks and aerospace insiders working on technology that may not be from Earth.
This isn’t just a passion project.
It’s a national security-adjacent mission that’s already changed how the world views UFOs — and Tom DeLonge is at the center of it.
🎸 Blink-182, Fart Jokes, and the Alien Obsession No One Took Seriously
Back in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, Blink-182 was dominating MTV and TRL with hits like All the Small Things and What’s My Age Again? But behind the pop-punk antics, Tom was quietly studying declassified documents, UFO whistleblowers, and conspiracy theory deep dives.
He referenced aliens in interviews, wrote lyrics about them, and told Rolling Stone he believed in interdimensional beings and government cover-ups.
Most fans laughed.
Industry insiders rolled their eyes.
But Tom wasn’t joking.
He was collecting evidence, building contacts, and laying the groundwork for what would become one of the most improbable transitions in music history.
👁️ The Birth of To The Stars Academy — And the Call from the Inside
In 2015, Tom DeLonge officially launched To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science (TTSA) — a company that would merge:
- Media production (books, films, and Unidentified)
- Scientific research (allegedly including recovered “exotic materials”)
- Aerospace development focused on radical propulsion tech
And then… something wild happened.
Former CIA agents, defense contractors, and Pentagon insiders started joining his team.
Most notably:
Luis Elizondo – the man who ran the Pentagon’s secret UFO program (AATIP)
Steve Justice – former director of Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works (the team behind the U-2, SR-71, and rumored black projects)
Christopher Mellon – former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Let that sink in.
A former pop-punk frontman now had a team of intel veterans and black-budget aerospace execs working under him… to study UFOs.
📺 Unidentified: Taking Disclosure to Prime Time
In 2019, Tom and his TTSA team partnered with the History Channel to launch Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation — a docu-series that would blow the lid off everything.
Through the show, the world saw:
- Military UFO encounters caught on camera
- Pilot testimonies from Navy strike groups
- Evidence of craft with “no wings, no rotors, and impossible maneuvers”
And most shockingly — confirmation from the Pentagon that the videos were real
Tom wasn’t just a theorist anymore.
He was helping shape U.S. government communication about the UFO phenomenon — in front of millions of viewers.
🛸 Was DeLonge Right All Along?
Here’s the irony:
The things Tom DeLonge was mocked for saying in 2002… are now being publicly confirmed in Congressional briefings.
He said:
UFOs were real → ✅ Pentagon now confirms
Government was hiding evidence → ✅ AATIP documents say so
Aliens might be interdimensional, not just extraterrestrial → ✅ Now openly discussed in UAP circles
The truth would come out in waves → ✅ That’s exactly what’s happening
While celebrities chased endorsements and Grammys, Tom chased the biggest mystery in human history — and it looks like he might have been right.
🧬 What Is TTSA Doing Now?
To The Stars Academy hasn’t slowed down. They claim to be:
Analyzing “meta-materials” with electromagnetic properties not found in nature
Developing aerospace systems based on UAP flight data
Preparing for “breakthroughs in consciousness” and non-human intelligence studies
It sounds like science fiction.
But again — the team includes ex-intelligence and military officials with real credentials.
And DeLonge? He continues to be the loudest voice in public disclosure, even as the mainstream slowly catches up to what he said a decade ago.
🧠 Final Thoughts: From Punk Stage to Global Stage
Tom DeLonge didn’t just leave Blink-182 to chase UFOs.
He walked away from fame, fortune, and ridicule — to hunt the biggest truth no one wanted to believe.
Now, the government is talking. The Pentagon is acknowledging. And the world is finally asking the questions Tom’s been screaming into a mic for 20 years.
Maybe the real conspiracy wasn’t about aliens.
Maybe it was how long we laughed at the one guy who was right all along.
