archived as http://www.stealthskater.com/Documents/TTSA_01.doc (also …TTSA_01.pdf) => doc pdf URL-doc URL-pdf more related documents are on the /UFO.htm page at doc pdf URL note: because important websites are frequently "here today but gone tomorrow", the following was initially archived from http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1233175/pg1 on December 9, 2019. This is NOT an attempt to divert readers from any website. Indeed, the reader should only read this back-up copy if it cannot be found at the original author's site. Beyond Bigelow & BAASS, After AATIP, and on To-the-Stars Academy { only selected Reader Comments from 298 original pages appear below ... } 1. mirageman posted on Feb, 28 2019 @ 06:12 AM This is something of a continuation of the original thread Bigelow, UFOs, MUFON and ‘DeLonge’ Road to AATIP. If you are unfamiliar with the details, then it’s probably wise to read at least the opening posts on that thread to help you catch up. We are now into a second year after Tom DeLonge stood up on a stage in front of a crowded empty venue and spoke with incredible verbosity in corporate double speak about the launch of what ultimately appears to be an entertainment company called “To the Stars Academy”. On board with him were a bunch of former members of various arms of the United States Military Industrial Complex. They told us a lot about how important entertainment was. We saw a Mylar party balloon and a lighthouse on the screen behind them. They appeared to be promising much... 1 But one year later despite some people having seemed to have lost bladder control at what they think is a company dedicated to UFO disclosure, there are still more questions than answers. 1. TTSA and their supporting cast have created a general, but unverifiable, impression that the Pentagon has confirmed that alien spacecraft are violating US airspace and this has been reported in the mainstream media. The truth is that no one currently employed by the Pentagon has confirmed much more than AATIP existed and was closed down. Closed because it generated lots of paperwork but not much in the way of results. 2. 'To the Stars Academy' has been promoted as an organization committed to UFO disclosure by Tom DeLonge and his Director of Global Security (Luis Elizondo). The truth is TTSA is filed as an entertainment company “Services Allied to Motion Pictures”. Despite all their talk about UFOs and showing alleged videos of such they are hiding things in plain sight. 3. TTSA is supposedly a group of disgruntled ex-Government employees who are going to reveal Top-Secret Government videos and files and disclose what the Government knows about UFOs (or UAPs) The board consists of former Government or Military Intelligence employees. The ' advisory team' of "To the Stars Academy" has no ufologists or even business consultants. They are almost all involved in biological and (especially) brain sciences. Which surely brings up questions about the real nature of their operations. Nothing classified can ever be revealed by these people. Not without booking a long stay in Russia. They have presented 3 videos of questionable provenance and value. The Government hasn't even confirmed any details concerning the origin or status of these videos. Nor has any 'chain of custody' been produced. Meanwhile, TTSA’s filed papers appears to show a company providing financial fluidity to Tom DeLonge so he can sell 'entertainment' products. But first let’s have a short recap of how they made it To the Stars ... Bigelow & BAASS Bob Bigelow may not appear to be publicly involved with the TTSA project. However, he has a history going back to the late 1980s linked to studying UFOs, consciousness, crop circles, and other paranormal subjects. He also has links to UFO researchers, politicians, media and business people, and of course ties to the Military Industrial Complex. Isaac Koi made a list of people and projects funded by Bigelow here . His company, BAASS ‘won’ a Government contract to study future weapons capabilities. This was instigated by his good friend Senator Harry Reid in 2008. Without the touted $22m to handle the AATIP (Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program), then this journey “To the Stars” may never have seen the light of day or the dark of space (or whatever it was supposed to really see). 2 One interesting fact that surfaced in Feb of 2018 is that Dr. Hal Puthoff helped Bigelow (BAASS) land the contract with the Government to study UFOs by writing the proposal for it! One of the scientists who helped figure it out is a physicist named Dr. Hal Puthoff. He wrote the proposal that helped Bigelow land the contract to study UFOs. In a recent radio interview, he said that he commissioned 38 scientific papers during the study to explore exotic propulsion ideas including what he calls space-time metric engineering. In essence, the idea that the Gimbal and Tic-Tac craft can create their own space-time bubbles. "We believe it has to do with a high amount of energy and the ability to warp space- time. Not by a lot but by a little," said Elizondo. Source : Las Vegas Now This effectively confirms that Bigelow, BAASS, Puthoff and his company EarthTech were all at the heart of operations long before Tom DeLonge and To-the-Stars Academy of Arts and Science appeared in 2017 (with, coincidentally, Hal Puthoff as a Vice-President of the TTS AAS set up). Bob Bigelow has since sold Skinwalker Ranch, declared aliens are right under our noses on TV and distanced himself (for now) from the all the controversy in order to concentrate on his space habitat business. But there are still a cast of characters linked to him and thorough him that remain knee-deep in the UFO topic and directly involved with TTSA. Hal Puthoff meanwhile seeks to gain financially from his dual role as Director at TTSA and continuing role at EarthTech. All Bound for MU-MUFON Land 3 MUFON’s failed coalition with FUFOR and CUFOS (something that Bigelow attempted to organize in 1994) was followed when John Carpenter (a MUFON abduction research specialist) sold MUFON’s personal data in the form of abduction files to Bigelow at $100 a shot through the 90s. MUFON then found itself involved in complaints about a lack of ethics. However, Bigelow was still allowed unlimited access to their database when he came back with his funding proposal a decade later. In 2009, a contract was offered to worth up to $672,000 to MUFON. This comprised of dispatching MUFON investigators to the scene of UFO events (other than lights in the sky) to file reports. In addition, Bigelow had unlimited access to MUFON’s database. Knowing now that the sponsors were the U.S. DoD should ring a few alarm bells about privacy and data protection. However, back then only John Schuessler of MUFON was made privy to who the real sponsors were (for reasons unknown to this day). [StealthSkater note: somewhat remindful of issues raised about Donald Keyhoe's UFO investigations. Other investigators remarked how incredible cases also seemed to be leaked to him and not anyone else. Somewhat like a yesteryear Linda Moulton-Howe.] Protestations from MUFON International Director James Carrion followed. He felt that Bigelow was manipulating their organization. Bigelow’s attempt to reduce payments to MUFON (thus violating the terms of his already agreed contract) was also a major concern to James Carrion. Carrion parted ways with MUFON. MUFON backed down and accepted Bigelow’s new terms. MUFON has since appeared to focus on becoming more of an entertainment organization itself in recent times. All Aboard the TTSA Bus 4 They might not be on the board at TTSA. But they are certainly on board the TTSA bus. Obviously, the bus here is a metaphor for the UFO narrative. A narrative TTSA are determined to control and drive as far as they can all the way to Moo Moo land. People are involved to differing degrees in spreading the continuing and often contradictory UFO gospel of the last years of this decade. We’ve got broadcasters, pilots, the son of God, physicists, bloggers and tweeters, and even Lady Diana of the Catholic Church all pumping out fantastical stories of UFOs, metamaterials, tic-tacs, Catholic Saints with telekinetic powers, and even the gift of genius plucked from the living timeless consciousness of the Universe itself. All suspiciously appear to be part of a grander scheme in support of TTSA and spreading the belief in non-human intelligences (even the existence of Atlantis) despite the lack of any hard proof. The Las Vegas I-Team has issued nothing but positive supportive reports on the TTSA operation since its inception. Here are just some of the Las Vegas Now I-Team articles which are all 100% positive and unquestioning about the operation of TTSA. In fact, these go back well over a year prior to the company launch. This is not journalism. It is propaganda! I-Team: Rocker turns UFO expert – 05/06/2016 I-Team: Tom Delonge looks to lift veil of UFO secrecy – 05/06/2016 I-Team: Rock star plans for announcement on UFOs – 05/23/2017 I-Team: Public company launched to investigate UFOs – 10/11/2017 I-Team: DeLonge to unveil plans for cutting edge science to investigate UFOs – 10/11/2017 Former Pentagon UFO official: ‘We may not be alone’ – 12/18/2017 The Pentagon’s secret UFO program – 12/18/2017 I-Team Exclusive: Sen.