Blink 182’s Tom DeLonge put his music career on pause to explore his passion for UFOs and extra-terrestrial life.
DeLonge has done over 20 years of research and admits to having read 200 books about aliens. So, in April 2016 Tom released his own book titled Sekret Machines Book 1: Chasing Shadows and a second chapter was released in March 2017. The books were co-written by A.J. Hartley, and they each look into the U.S. Department of Defense and the mysteries that lie within the unknown.
Let’s take a look at what else Tom DeLonge has done to become such an experienced UFO researcher.
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How Blink 182’s Tom DeLonge became a UFO researcher
According to the original statement from Blink 182, DeLonge’s manager emailed the band a week before they were about to hit the studio explaining that the guitarist would rather work on non-musical endeavours. Radio X revealed that Tom quit touring with Blink 182 to focus on UFOs. Then, following a later interview with Mic, it was also reported that he said he needed to take the opportunity to help out with a “national security issue.” However, DeLonge took to Twitter to deny that he ever said this.
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DeLonge recounted in an interview with Paper Mag in 2015 that he had a bizarre experience whilst camping at a base on the flight path to Area 51. He woke up at 3 a.m. and his “whole body felt like it had static electricity…It sounded like there were about 20 people there, talking. And instantly my mind goes, OK, they’re at our campsite, they’re not here to hurt us.”
This spurred DeLonge to do more research into extraterrestrial life and in late 2015, DeLonge became the founder, President and CEO of To the Stars Academy of Arts & Science.
According to the company’s website, the mission is “to be a powerful vehicle for change by creating a consortium among science, aerospace and entertainment that will work collectively to allow gifted researchers the freedom to explore exotic science and technologies with the infrastructure and resources to rapidly transition them to products that can change the world.”
Tom DeLonge has done countless research
At the 2017 International UFO Congress Tom won the UFO Researcher of the Year Award, in his video acceptance speech he encouraged the audience to “read between the lines” as the work is “far from done.”
Later that year in December 2017, To the Stars Academy of Arts & Science released UFO evidence along with The New York Times. Each shared videos from 2004 displaying a white oval shape moving quickly through the sky. Two Navy pilots witnessed the event with one exclaiming, “Look at that thing, dude!” In 2020, the Navy published three of DeLonge’s UFO videos and he celebrated the good news with a tweet.
DeLonge feels that the real UFO conversation can finally begin
DeLonge recalls that authorities have previously kept an eye on him because of his extensive research into the topic, as per Hollywood Reporter. “You have to understand, I’ve been involved in this for a long time,” he added “I have sources from the government. I’ve had my phone tapped.”
However, this doesn’t stop Tom in his mission to discover more about other life forms, in 2019 he even took part in a UFO series. DeLonge said in a statement to Radio.com that with his show “the real conversation can finally begin,” and that people will walk away with “questions answered and a feeling of, ‘Wow, I get it now.’”
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