OK, the episode we have all been anticipating, perhaps! You know I love a good website, so this is where I started and when I put this all together I scraped this as the beginning and moved it to the end, then deleted it… But I went on a journey looking at TTS and I circled back… I feel like it’s a good place to start so let’s open it up and take a look First thing it tells me is looks like you’re in Canada, switch to Canadian store So to the stars originally begins as a record label then media and entertainment company in 2014 founded by Tom Delong which specialised in books and entertainment about UFO’s and other unexplained phenomenon, I will get more into the media portion of TTS in a little bit In 2017 to the Stars became the “entertainment division” of a larger holding company…Full official name To the stars…Academy of Arts & Sciences, co-founded by Tom Delonge and Harold E Puthoff (We know about him! Some may think we did it in that order for a reason, sadly we did not… it just worked out well) oh and Jim Semivan TTSAAS wholly owns To the Stars ( spoiler alert now referred to soley TTS media but we'll get to that in a bit) In addition to producing… entertainment the larger company would also participate in investigation of UFOS and other fringe science projects To the stars is composed of aerospace, science and entertainment divisions. A kind of odd combination right off the bat but let’s see where this takes us TTS was founded in 2017 as a public benefit corporation by Jim Semivan, a former senior intelligence officer of the CIA; Harold E Puthof, former senior intelligence officer and Tom Delonge. Musician. I did actually look up something for once and that is what a public benefit corporation is It is a type of nonprofit corporation chartered by a state government, huh! It is organised primarily or exclusively for social, educational, recreational or charitable purposes by like-minded citizens Public-benefit nonprofit corporations are distinct in the law from other types of benefit corporations (mutual or nonprofit) in that they are organised for the general public benefit, rather than for the interest of its members Anyhow who are these people and who else is involved? Tom Delonge, just go back and listen to the last episode however I do want to read right off the website what his credentials are in this; To the stars co-founder, chairman of the board, interim CEO Founded influential rock bands blink-182 and angels & Airwaves (25M albums sold) Experienced entrepreneur having led multiple companies obver the past 20 years Director of “monsters in california” (currently in post-production) Cp-author of 12 books ranging from novels to children’s stores Creator of award winning animation ‘poet anderson’ Stan Spry Founding partner and CEO of the cartel (Cartel entertainment, cartel pictures and cartel enterprises) Executive producer of the hit series creepshow, 12 forever and day of the dead Executive producer of upcoming series “debut” and “strange times” 20 year experience during which he has produced over 100 movies and TV shows and has sold and set up hundreds of projects in both television and film Jim Semivan TTS co founder, vp of operations 25 years of operations officer for CIA’s directorate of operations Currently serves as a consultant to the intelligence community for training in leadership, CIZ tradecraft and countering weapons of mass destruction Recipient of the agency’s career intelligence medal Chris Mizer Private equity expert and co-founder of vivaris capital w/ 30year career of acquiring, financing and managing top performing companies Serves as chairman of each of their portfolio companies and uides key strategic decisions and their execution Taught business strategy, finance and entrepreneurship at the graduate and undergraduate levels ADVISORY BOARD with unproductive on tts website TTS has assembled an extraordinary advisory board comprised of esteems members of the scientific, aerospace, engineering, military and inteligrance communites Their insights and subject matter expertise helps to drive the creation of informed, authentic and ground breaking narrative stories This is where we see Harold Puthof CEO of earth tech international inc, advisor to NASA, Department of Defence and intelligence community on leading edge technologies and future technology trends C. Chris … Its either Herndon FMR deputy assistant to the president and director of white house information technology Joe Schurman It’s either AI expert at PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers: Provided software engineering services for NASA, the white sands missile testing facility and johnson space center Dr. Paul Rapp Professor of Military and emergency medicine at uniformed Services university & directory of the traumatic injury research program Honours include CIA certificate of commendation for “significant contributions to the mision of the office of research and development Dr Adele Gilpin Visiting faculty at university of california, irvine. She is founder of Gilpin BIOMED PLLC and CEO Gilpin phillips LLC Former faculty at john hopkins bloomberg School of public health, university of MD school of medicine & medical college of pennsylvania DR Norm Kahn Former CIA counter biological weapons program, 30+ years at the CIA (doing what who knows), 12 yers in the CIA’s counter biological weapons program, US government national security consultant Now that we have done introductions we can move on In 2017, To the Stars became the “entertainment division” of a larger holding company called To the Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences, which wholly owns To the Stars. In addition to producing entertainment products, this larger company would also participate in the investigation of UFOs and other fringe science projects. Straight from the website the mission statement or whatever you may want to call it reads “To the stars in an award-winning, vertically-integrated entertainment company that creates original content informed by our experiences working with prestigious government agencies and academic institutions; told aross film, television, publishing and merchandise with the goal of turning the world on to new ideas and new possibilities Now lets take a look at what’s going on under the To the Star Academy umbrella and however the title goes at this particular point in time Entertainment (The bread and Butter of TTSAAS) AKA TTS Media, like I said previously they publish albums, books, tv shows, and films In 2014 when it was founded as a record label which debuted w/ Angels & Airwaves 5th studio album (The dream walker if you’re interested) as well as Delonge’s 1st solo album– didn’t know he did solo, anyhow it was called “To the stars.. Demos.. Odds and ends” 2015 it expanded to publishing books, graphic novels (Poet Anderson:... of nightmares for example) They also start releasing books, graphic novels and children’s picture books many of which were co-published by Simon & Schuster Obviously as this company was created with one person's interests in mind, the publishing division most prominently publishes novels in the Sekret Machines fictional series .. as a side note I didn’t realise this book series had both fiction and nonfiction books. Seems weird. We know that the original company folded into the current entity as we know it having a uncomfortably large umbrella of oversight in 2017 The Company sells its owned brands TTSM, Sekret Machines, Poet Anderson, The Lonely Astronaut on Christmas Eve-branded products directly to its consumers through its ToTheStars Media internet site. It also has the exclusive worldwide e-commerce merchandise rights and non-exclusive worldwide retail rights to sell Angels & Airwaves and Tom DeLonge-branded merchandise. TTSM also has a licensing agreement to produce and distribute Box Car Racer vinyl As far as films and movies TTS co-released the short animated film Poet Anderson in 2014 but its first major project was the history channel serious “Unidentified: inside america’s UFO investigation” 2019 They’re currently working on something for the Sekret machines franchise From a SEC updated; The Company operates primarily through its wholly owned subsidiary, To The Stars Media Inc. (“TTSM”), an award-winning content producer, independent publisher and consumer branded-product creator with strong worldwide, direct-to-consumer distribution. TTSM licenses and develops original intellectual property that spans film, television, books , music and merchandise. With the Company’s unique access to both credible and incredible information collected by our team of experts on our scientific advisory board, TTSM offers informed storytelling where the line between science and science fiction is often blurred. Our goal is to create stories with authenticity and legitimacy that matter historically and culturally. Science and Aerospace These divisions are devoted to the “outer edges of science” like UFOS Directly from TTSAAS “advisory team of distinguished scientists, academics and former US Government insiders that are able to leverage their expertise and connections to prestigious institutions and access credible information to help inform and inspire compelling original content. They also help us continue our public benefit initiative of education, awareness and support of scientific advancement and decoding some of the biggest mysteries in the universe. This includes, but is not limited to, public outreach through mainstream media about facts and exciting theories surrounding unidentified aerial phenomenon, in-depth academic discussions about scientific mysteries through our own podcast series and supporting advanced scientific research, engineering and academic initiatives that could benefit humanity”. Hal Puthof describes their goals as this “Imagine having 25th century science this century” One of their potential projects, notice I say potential, is an electromagnetic vehicle and you know what i’m surprised they haven’t invested in the hover car now that we’re on the topic. I wonder if they know the wings fold in! Vice, which has recently sky rocketed to our favourite source, reported that the company would participate "in the investigation of UFOs and other fringe science projects" and that "many of the technologies or phenomena being researched by the company are based on highly speculative theories that toe the line of pseudoscience" To the Stars, as we wil lso get into is very forthcoming with investors detailing the risks involved w/ this research which include possible failure to produce results in areas such as beamed energy propulsion launch systems and telepathy To the stars has detailed the risks involved w/ this research to potential investors, including the failure of beamed energy propulsion launch systems, potential problems arising with researching telepathy on human subject This is just me personally but with such a large umbrella of Arts and Sciences I find it really gets diluted on what is real and whats not, like what is he doing? Because on one side he’s making and distributing music and works of fiction and on the other TTS the employing individuals with a U.S government background and they’re researching telepathy. Like what's going on. But that's just me. So with that being said some people are saying that TTS is responsible for reinvigorating public imagination of UFOs– who cares, did that ever go away? Both Jan Harzan of MUFON and Dan Zak of the washington post have said, haven’t heard of either It’s all very confusing and despite the company’s work obviously being mostly associated with ufology, luis elizondo stated “Non of us at the TTSA consider ourselves UFOlogists or part of the UFOlogy culture in fact, most of us come from a U.S. government background (both Defense and Intelligence)." I mean I wouldn’t either if I was just giving my information in my professional experience and just sharing what I knew. The VAULT The “Virtual Analytics UAP learning tool is a public facing database of UFO sightings The team collects, analyses and provides authentication of UFO sightings, most famously reported in the media as having been obtained through declassified government materials December 2017, the Company made history by leveraging our team’s access to become the very first company to obtain official U.S. Government footage of unidentified aerial phenomenon that had gone through the declassification process and approved for public release. This footage was realed w/ the launch of the VAULT where TTSAAS gave access to ino analyzed by the team of experts that educated the viewers about the advanced technology depicted in the footage We probably know where this is going….Three videos from the VAULT taken during the USS Nimitz UFO incident and the USS theodore roosevelt UFO incidents were publicly confirmed by the US Navy in Sept ‘19 as authentic videos taken by navy pilots The videos were part of a campaign by former intelligence officer Luis Elizondo said he wanted to shed light on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification program, a secret department of defence operation which is self explanatory I find Then in April 2020 the same footage was released by the company and subsequently declassified and officially released by the Navy The company, with the assistance of Chris Mellon, no idea who that it… it is the first time ive heard his name and we’re too far in now…oh wait it says right here.. He worked formerly for the senate intelligence committee and the department of defence, but he engaged congress and arranged classified congressional hearings with the pilots involved in the incidents aimed at understanding potential threats to aviators. Chris Mellon. According to TTSAAS the analysis by best-in-class experts helped to drastically change the conversation about UAPs from a fringe topic to a credible and serious subject matter attracting headlines from mainstream media outlets around the world, including the New York Times, Washington Post, POLITICO, ABC, NBC, Fox News, BBC, Scientific American, NPR and CNN. The US Navy and Pentagon further confirmed publicly the videos were real and depicted UAPs. This coverage brought high brand visibility, cemented the credibility of the Company as an educational institution and established us as an unrivaled leader in the field of unidentified aerial phenomena research Our team of experts were invited to give briefings to the U.S. Government and its highest levels of policy makers on Capitol Hill, as documented on our HISTORY docuseries ‘UNIDENTIFIED: Inside America’s UFO Investigation,’ and by the end of 2020 the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence had approved and enacted legislation to establish an official UAP Task Force that would report their findings to the public. ADAM Research Project The company's ADAM Research Project is promoting what they believe to be an "extraterrestrial" metal for commercial and military applications.. You know just when I think I don’t have a grasp at all on what TTSAAS is all about, something gets added to make it even more diluted In July ‘19 The company states that it had acquired and was studying “potentially exotic” materials as part of its acquisition & data analysis of materials (ADAM) let me say that again Acquisition & Data Analysis of Materials … research project, that’s what ADAM is Steve Justice, To the stars COO and former head of advanced systems at Lockheed martins skunk works said in a statement that "the structure and composition of these materials are not from any known existing military or commercial application” and that the materials would be studied in an attempt to reverse engineer them. Regarding the origin of the materials he stated: “they've been collected from sources with varying levels of chain-of-custody documentation, so we are focusing on verifiable facts and working to develop independent scientific proof of the materials' properties and attributes." Also you would be right, and very observant if you noticed I did not cover him in the intros.. He’s not on the official website bios so he may not be involved any longer In its SEC filing, the company is recorded as having paid $35,000 for several items including "six pieces of Bismuth/Magnesium-Zinc metal" and a piece of aluminum. According to TTSAAS the metals are from a UAP and were previously retained and studied by LMH (Linda) Moulton Howe claimed in 2004 that the metals become a “lifting body” when subjected to electromagnetic radiation.Today, however, she claims she has had the samples tested by Carnegie Science's Department of Technical Magnetism in 1996 and again by Harold E. Puthoff and others on several occasions. According to a letter from Puthoff in 2012 the tests were unable to prove the alien origin of the samples or any "interesting/anomalous outcome" but suggested that one additional test was remaining that required special equipment which was not readily available The company having purchased the material has partnered with research lab founded by Puthoff, that would be EarthTech international for the keeners paying attention, to study the materials further. According to the filing, To the Stars entered into an agreement with EarthTech in August to work on both materials analysis and “beamed energy propulsion launch systems.” This is related to the organization's goals of working on space time metric engineering, this is a theoretical form of advanced propulsion that would allow for faster than light travel. Critics say there is no evidence to support the claim that the materials are "otherworldly in origin" or that they may be "scientifically important". Under this same umbrella of the ADAM project… On October 17, 2019 the company announced it entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with the United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command. I find this colab especially eyebrow raising given TTS work to release footage from the Navy and then a colab with the military According to Vice; The government is interested specifically in studying “inertial mass reduction (a type of far-future propulsion), mechanical/structural meta materials, electromagnetic meta material wave guides, quantum physics, active camouflage, quantum communications, beamed energy propulsion Now in regards to the mystery substance that had been purchased..Though the contract doesn’t specifically mention the origin of any of those metals, it does say that To the Stars and the U.S. Army will use government labs to study “meta materials,” which could refer to these alloys. And from a SEC filing TTSAAS says; The five-year contract will focus on "inertial mass reduction, mechanical/structural meta materials, electromagnetic meta material wave guides, quantum physics, quantum communications, and beamed energy propulsion." According to the U.S. Army, no public funding will go to the group, but at least $750,000 will be provided in support and resources for developing and testing TTS technologies. The contract states that To the Stars will provide samples in its possession of “metamaterials”, any data or “obtained vehicles" that use “beamed energy propulsion,” and any information or technology related to “active camouflage” for testing and analysis of potential application on Army ground vehicles. Doug Halleaux, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center, (that was a mouthful) has stated that the US government has approached To the Stars since “If materials represented in the TTSA ADAM project are scientifically evaluated and presented with supporting data as having military utility by the TTSA, it makes sense to look deeper here.” According to Halleaux, the Army is also interested in the results of a collaboration between To the Stars and TruClear Global, a company that creates custom video screen billboards, aimed at providing "advanced technology solutions to United States Government clientele. With all of that being said I would like to add that Some prominent experts have speculated that TTSA is an intelligence operation; they point to the fact that much of the TTSA team has worked with the military, as well as private government weapons contractors and with government intelligence agencies. —-------------------------------------------------- Now that WAS TTSAAS, and the many hats they wore, that is a nice way to put it Now I have an important update to bring you up to speed from a SEC filing of tts In 2020, after COVID-19 was declared a national emergency, we saw a significant standstill in the science and technology initiatives that were part of our now retired science and technology division. This includes Space-Time Metric Engineering, Beamed Energy Propulsion Launch Systems, SCOUT, VAULT and A.D.A.M., due to the U.S. Government shifting focus and priorities as well as laboratories being closed down. In an effort to adapt to a new global landscape that presents new challenges and opportunities, in February 2021, the Company announced a strategic reorganization that will allow it to build on the momentum of the businesses where we are seeing the highest success to accelerate growth in our entertainment initiatives. To achieve our goals, we refocused our operations by scaling back initiatives in science and tech commercialization and are placing a greater emphasis on developing and producing content in film and TV. The Company intends to continue to support science and technology research and education as it relates to its public benefit mission with the help of its scientific advisory board. And Elizondo is gone, he left in late 2020, I figure that is important to note because I feel like outside of Tom Delonge he was really one of the faces you associated with TTS? Or was that just me?