private-entity-announcement2017· United States

To The Stars Academy (TTSA) launched on October 11, 2017 as a private entity claiming to bridge defense, science, and entertainment, with co-founders including former Pentagon AATIP director Luis Elizondo, former Lockheed Skunk Works executive Steve Justice, and Blink-182 musician Tom DeLonge.

TTSA's founding was an announcement, not a government disclosure. Its later impact was significant, the December 2017 NYT story and the FLIR1/GIMBAL/GoFast video releases that followed were the actual disclosure events, but the founding itself is a private corporate launch.

Citations

TTSA founding announcement (archived)· To The Stars Academy, 2017