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Tom DeLonge says he quit Blink 182 to investigate UFOs: "A national security issue"

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Exis

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I have had this on my kindle for a bit, I want to read this guys batshit Aliens book as I still listen to Podcasts and such about it.

I'm Cheshire cat era Blink tho, although I thought the self titled was good.
 
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TaterTots

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Legit question, are you guys saying he is nuts because of his love of the hobby or that he said, "national security issue?"
 
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I was actually sad he decided to act like a dick and get kicked out, buuuuuuuuuut Matt Skiba is already playing and singing better than he did these past few years live so I'm more than fine.
 
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Razorback PT said:
Thats a good point. His beliefs are a lot more plausible than what the majority of people believe.
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He seems to have an unhealthy obsession with it. He's now devoting his entire life to chasing down evidence of a conspiracy to hide alien contact from the general public based on nothing but rumors. The idea of extra terrestrial life existing and possibly being more intelligent than humans isn't that far fetched, but he's focusing on alien contact with Earth and humans salvaging alien hardware to advance technology and exposing conspiracy cover ups. It's pretty far out there.
 
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I've heard him at least twice on Coast To Coast, and every time he seems to be going deeper down the rabbit hole of wilder and wilder claims. At first I think he was just talking about UFOs, now it seems to be more on the David Icke end of the spectrum, about human soul enslavement and lizard people.

Why would some secret elite cabal of military officials and national security experts bring him in to their inner circle on a whim and confess their darkest secrets to him, this former pop-punk singer who will then put them out there and sell them in his line of books?
 
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Red Liquorice said:
I've heard him at least twice on Coast To Coast, and every time he seems to be going deeper down the rabbit hole of wilder and wilder claims. At first I think he was just talking about UFOs, now it seems to be more on the David Icke end of the spectrum, about human soul enslavement and lizard people.

Why would some secret elite cabal of military officials and national security experts bring him in to their inner circle on a whim and confess their darkest secrets to him, this former pop-punk singer who will then put them out there and sell them in his line of books?
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Well, there's that, but IT GOES DEEPER.
 
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He seems to have an unhealthy obsession with it. He's now devoting his entire life to chasing down evidence of a conspiracy to hide alien contact from the general public based on nothing but rumors. The idea of extra terrestrial life existing and possibly being more intelligent than humans isn't that far fetched, but he's focusing on alien contact with Earth and humans salvaging alien hardware to advance technology and exposing conspiracy cover ups. It's pretty far out there.
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Sure, it's nuts. But not even close to whatever the bible or the koran are talking about.
 
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Recent interviews Tom has done with George Knapp about UFOs...

Tom DeLonge - UFOs - TV Interview Part 1. (YouTube) | Tom DeLonge - UFOs - TV Interview Part 2. (YouTube)

Tom DeLonge - Government UFO Revelations - Radio Interview (YouTube)
Co-founder of the rock bands Blink 182 and Angels and Airwaves, Tom DeLonge, joined George Knapp for the entire program to share riveting government secrets he's learned about alien interactions on Earth. DeLonge abruptly changed his career focus last year when he announced the launch of Sekret Machines, the umbrella title for a series of books, films, and documentaries which will focus on UFOs, government secrecy, alien intelligence, and related paranormal subjects. He has recruited a team of authors and filmmakers to work on various parts of his 'transmedia' endeavor, and has used his rock star status to secure introductions to several highly placed officials and executives within the military/industrial complex, who are now informing his research.

Detailing his labyrinthine journey of meeting with various NASA and government officials in a host of different cities and locations, he explained that they were interested in his pitch to disseminate information about the UFO and alien question to a younger audience, and portray the government in a more positive light than in the past. Speaking under conditions of anonymity, officials told him that concealment of information stemmed from the Cold War era, when nuclear war was a constant concern. They referred to the aliens as the 'Others,' and said they could best be conceptualized as gods.

"The entire UFO phenomenon is about multiple gods that fight among themselves, and by design factionalize mankind into different religions, to step back and let us fight each other, so it has other things that it wants to accomplish, and we don't notice them because we're too involved fighting each other," DeLonge recounted.

The various UFO crashes might have been done on purpose for the aliens to translate their technology to humanity in order to give us greater weapons of war to use on each other, he continued. According to his sources, the US has "cracked gravity" and is building machinery that incorporates antigravity. The 'Others' are said to be behind the cattle mutilation phenomenon. DeLonge's co-author A.J. Hartley joined the conversation for a segment to discuss the writing process in their new thriller Chasing Shadows that weaves in historical material about real UFO cases, like the Barney & Betty Hill abduction.
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...if anyone is interested to dive in the rabbit hole. ;)

TatorTots said:
I'm into UFO theories and such as well. I guess I'm a nutter to all of you lol.
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Only if you choose to believe everything you hear (that seems to be Tom's problem tbh). Otherwise it is a fun hobby to think about different possibilities and stuff like paranormal radio shows can be very entertaining.
 
Joel Was Right

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Super Nothing said:
He seems to have an unhealthy obsession with it. He's now devoting his entire life to chasing down evidence of a conspiracy to hide alien contact from the general public based on nothing but rumors. The idea of extra terrestrial life existing and possibly being more intelligent than humans isn't that far fetched, but he's focusing on alien contact with Earth and humans salvaging alien hardware to advance technology and exposing conspiracy cover ups. It's pretty far out there.
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I think the problem here is that this individual has sought to spend time investigating a subject that has been largely defined by the constraints of pop-culture and myth which invariably leads to comments like that of yours which belittle the subject.

Regardless of whether you think UFOs are fiction or not, the idea that it is merely something based on rumour and conjecture is disingenuous if not wilfully ignorant. Anyone who has a few hours to spare can be readily satisfied that it is a subject matter provokes legitimate questions, some of which can be provocative.
 
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I'm watching "I Know What I Saw" and I love stuff like this. Hard for professional pilots and so on to make up shit to ruin their careers so something is up. I wish I could tell you what it is.

This guy can do what he likes. I can see how much easy it would be to get sucked into the Alien rabbit hole though.
 
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I investigated UFOs as a hobby for a few years in my mid 20s. I'd rather be a rock star. Even of a band like Blink 182.

(I met Whitley Strieber once. Christopher Walken doesn't do him justice)
 
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Man Called Aerodynamics said:
At some point in the '80s he came to believe he was chosen by godlike aliens to deliver a message of enlightenment to earthlings....
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I had the exact same delusion late last year. It was one hell of a ride until I wound up in a mental institution. It's especially rough when you "know" it's being run by aliens who are working with the CIA to keep you imprisoned there because you "know" too much.
 
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