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category: "UFO & Anomalous Phenomena"
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- Person
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- UFO
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summary: "DeLonge has had a lifelong interest in UAP and has used his celebrity to bring attention to the issue."
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born: 1975-12-13
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location: "Poway, California"
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[[Tom DeLonge]] is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, record producer, actor, and filmmaker. He is the co-founder, co-lead vocalist, and guitarist of the rock band Blink-182. He is also the founder of [[To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science]] (TTSA), an organization dedicated to the investigation of [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP) and other fringe scientific topics.[^1]
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### Interest in UAP and Founding of TTSA
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DeLonge has had a lifelong interest in UAP and has used his celebrity to bring attention to the issue. In 2017, he founded [[To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science]] with the goal of creating a platform for serious scientific research into UAP and educating the public about the phenomenon. He assembled a team of former high-ranking government officials and scientists, including [[Luis Elizondo]], [[Christopher Mellon]], [[Jim Semivan]], and [[Hal Puthoff]], to lead the organization.[^1]
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TTSA published three unclassified Navy videos, "FLIR" ([[Tic Tac]]), "[[GIMBAL]]," and "[[GoFast]]," which the [[Department of Defense]] stated on April 27, 2020 it had authorized for release after "unauthorized releases in 2007 and 2017,"[^2] and produced the television show "Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation" on the History Channel. While the organization was not a long-term financial success, it played a crucial role in raising the public profile of the UAP issue and helping to break the long-standing stigma surrounding the topic.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Elizondo, Luis. *Imminent*. William Morrow, 2024.
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[^2]: U.S. Department of Defense. "Statement by the Department of Defense on the Release of Historical Navy Videos," April 27, 2020. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ (read through the Internet Archive capture, https://web.archive.org/web/2020id_/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/). Greenewald, John, Jr. "Navy Officially Releases UFO/UAP Videos, Calls Them 'Historical.'" The Black Vault, April 27, 2020 (reproduces the statement and gives the GOFAST date). https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/navy-officially-releases-ufo-uap-videos-calls-them-historical/
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