Encinitas: Our History and People
Encinitas: Our History and People By the Encinitas Historical Society Authors Carolyn Roy Cope, Jim Filanc and Garth Murphy Cover painting by artist Kevin Anderson Published by HPN Books and Ledge Media ©2021 Visit www.ledgemedia.net/encinitas to order printed copies And visit www.HPNBooks.com for info on how to publish your own book as a fundraiser for your community
Encinitas: Our History and People
By the Encinitas Historical Society
Authors Carolyn Roy Cope, Jim Filanc and Garth Murphy
Cover painting by artist Kevin Anderson
Published by HPN Books and Ledge Media ©2021
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TOM DELONGE<br />
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Above: Tom Delonge Blink 182<br />
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Tom DeLonge rose to stardom as the vocalist<br />
<strong>and</strong> guitarist in the pop-punk b<strong>and</strong> Blink-182,<br />
which formed in Poway in 1992. During a<br />
hiatus from the group in 2005, DeLonge cofounded<br />
the b<strong>and</strong> Angels <strong>and</strong> Airwaves, with<br />
whom he still performs. He split with Blink-182<br />
in 2015. In recent years, DeLonge, who has<br />
authored several books about UFOs, has<br />
focused much of his attention on the<br />
development of To the Stars Academy,<br />
established in <strong>Encinitas</strong> in 2017.<br />
Per the Academy’s website, “To the Stars<br />
Academy of Arts <strong>and</strong> Science (TTSA) specializes in<br />
creating, acquiring <strong>and</strong> commercializing sciencefocused<br />
intellectual property within the<br />
technology <strong>and</strong> entertainment verticals.”<br />
DeLonge’s team at TTSA is comprised of<br />
strategists, some of whom are ex-military officials.<br />
In 2020, the group achieved a breakthrough of<br />
sorts when the Pentagon confirmed the<br />
authenticity of U.S. Navy fighter jet footage, shared<br />
on TTSA’s website <strong>and</strong> depicting UAP<br />
(“unidentified aerial phenomena” or UFOs).<br />
TTSA’s Science <strong>and</strong> Technology Division<br />
amasses materials concerning UAP. Information<br />
gleaned from this work is made accessible to the<br />
public via TTSA’s Entertainment Division, which<br />
produces content across media, including, books,<br />
films, <strong>and</strong> television. Among this creative output<br />
is the <strong>History</strong> Channel series “Unidentified:<br />
Inside America’s UFO Investigation,” which<br />
DeLonge executive produces.<br />
In a 2019 interview with the New York<br />
Times, DeLonge spoke on his long abiding<br />
fascination with UFOs: “I started becoming very<br />
fascinated in the idea of what else is there<br />
besides working a 9-to-5 job <strong>and</strong> coming from a<br />
broken family. For some reason I just thought<br />
science fiction was just fascinating. My brother<br />
<strong>and</strong> I were so into the whole ‘Star Wars’ thing,<br />
obviously, in the early ‘80s. It just kind of led to<br />
me thinking a little bit broader.” No doubt<br />
DeLonge will continue this forward-thinking<br />
approach with TTSA’s future endeavors.<br />
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