tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post7156275698037210334..comments2024-03-22T02:17:52.141-07:00Comments on Bad UFOs: Skepticism, UFOs, and The Universe: To The Stars, or To The Dogs? The Case of the Missing Hot DogsRobert Sheafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15324537021429419111noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-29879472793278585142018-03-12T01:04:18.968-07:002018-03-12T01:04:18.968-07:00No "they can't be Sirius" joke?No "they can't be Sirius" joke?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853441208398233280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-41427274989032892342018-03-10T15:37:35.758-08:002018-03-10T15:37:35.758-08:00I tipped off Jason Colavito and he wrote about you...I tipped off Jason Colavito and he wrote about your adventures here. I quote his last paragraph<br />http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/weekend-roundup-ancient-aliens-cant-count-ex-fox-news-host-praises-spiritualism-and-robert-sheaffer-tries-to-find-tom-delonges-money<br /><br />What is most interesting, of course, is that the big showy To the Stars Academy is a glossy face on a network of other companies that seem to exist to push money back to DeLonge. More interesting is the fact that DeLonge’s business partners and employees don’t want to talk about the money or the relationship between the different companies. Generally, when a shadowy network of personal corporations are shuffling money around and don’t want to talk about it, the real story isn’t the official business of the companies but rather the money.<br /><br />Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-42364186581769226762018-03-07T14:41:28.407-08:002018-03-07T14:41:28.407-08:00When I first covered this story for 'Fortean T...When I first covered this story for 'Fortean Times', I ended the piece with this:<br /><br />"I would – perhaps unkindly – characterize DeLonge’s enterprise, at this stage of its existence, as a cunning appeal to people’s hopes for magical technological achievements (underwritten by some of their more naïve beliefs) as a cover for promoting his own goods. Prediction: if this company lifts off, it will be a vehicle for DeLonge productions, and for endless promises of amazing, always imminent, scientific breaksthrough, which will never quite materialize. You may or may not be astonished to learn that at the time of writing DeLonge had shifted round $2 million-worth of shares. I wonder if Leslie Kean has bought any of them. As the brokers are obliged to tell you, the value of your investment may reduce as well as increase. Caveat emptor, as they didn’t say on Atlantis."<br /><br />So far, not so far wrong I think – he smirked, like a self-satisfied cat. So far, we've had promises, overheated claims, and a rather strange refusal to release/reveal the supposed 'chain of evidence' that we'd all like to see. The only thing new to emerge (and that was from elsewhere, not TTSA) is that Fravor's wingman was a dame. Or broad, or frail, if you prefer.<br /><br />Ain't ufology grand [© Supreme Cdr Moseley]?<br />The Duke of Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335501899298333878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-62722698588745597982018-03-06T10:20:27.862-08:002018-03-06T10:20:27.862-08:00I love other video analyses I've seen of that ...I love other video analyses I've seen of that guy's in the past.<br /><br />Googling his name ("<em>Marc D'Antonio</em>") with "<em>FLIR</em>" and/or "<em>DeLonge</em>" and/or "<em>hoopla</em>" didn't turn up anything recent from him, though. <br /><br />It would be awesome if you could share a URL for what you're referring to in your comment. Please?<br /><br />Thanks in advance.that_loud_hirsute_american_guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463561854702909956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-69511531462326869912018-03-06T09:27:32.180-08:002018-03-06T09:27:32.180-08:00I've skimmed some of those SEC docs. A lot of ...I've skimmed some of <a href="https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=To+the+Stars&owner=exclude&action=getcompany" title="That's Entertainment!" rel="nofollow">those SEC docs</a>. A lot of the documents there read like an elaborate recording contract — negotiated to Tommy Boy's advantage in some pretty impressive ways.<br /><br />Basically T & A is nothing more than a music and movie production company. The different people on Tommy Boy's "<strong><em>Dream Team</em></strong>" are analagous to an "<strong><em>A & R Man</em></strong>", a "<strong><em>Marketing Guy</em></strong>", a "<strong><em>Producer</em></strong>" a "<strong><em>Stage Manager</em></strong>" and the big burly dude with all the tatts is, the "<strong><em>Security Guy</em></strong>".<br /><br />And of course, their credulous true believers in alien flying saucers target audience are the To The Star=struck "<strong><em>Groupies</em></strong>".that_loud_hirsute_american_guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463561854702909956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-48614877315674611252018-03-05T15:32:28.291-08:002018-03-05T15:32:28.291-08:00I'm not saying this sounds like money launderi...I'm not saying this sounds like money laundering, but this sounds like money laundering.Mickey Bitskohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02631234693487856805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-76927603661175158232018-03-05T04:41:26.657-08:002018-03-05T04:41:26.657-08:00Thanks for highlighting this Bob.
Whatever is go...Thanks for highlighting this Bob. <br /><br />Whatever is going on here seems far removed from the musings of Mr. DeLonge prior to the launch of this company. <br /><br />The financial documents filed so far by 'To the Stars' are available to view to here: <br /><a href="https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=To+the+Stars&owner=exclude&action=getcompany" rel="nofollow">sec.gov</a><br /><br />'To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science' is actually listed as a service company SERVICE - ALLIED TO MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION there. I would guess that there are other facts to be gleaned from studying the full text of those documents that could well make Tommasino and DeLonge even more unhappy.<br /><br />But I have no idea why you believe the photo of their Director of Global Security guarding a hotdog stand to be a hoax. As yet it hasn't been debunked!! ;)<br /><br />Regards Mirageman (ATS)Mirageman_ATShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499275039798805023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-5946685522054089592018-03-04T16:23:21.118-08:002018-03-04T16:23:21.118-08:00That may be true but I am just not seeing the busi...That may be true but I am just not seeing the business of Dun and Bradstreet being a completely invalid source of information, or the "talk to my attorney" when we are supposedly dealing with a "public benefit" corporation designed to liberate mankind from conventional technology and UFO secrecy. The best I can do is quote Alice in Wonderland - "Curiouser and curiouser."James Clarksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994517332230390220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-6440048726462226122018-03-04T12:40:00.205-08:002018-03-04T12:40:00.205-08:00Shell companies are not necessarily illegal. I gua...Shell companies are not necessarily illegal. I guarantee that there are more than quite a few shell companies out there owned by more than quite a few entrepeneurs. It's almost par for the course.Ken Younoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106136377928387113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-27992405556750194222018-03-04T09:27:05.387-08:002018-03-04T09:27:05.387-08:00The entire UFO community is now deeply indebted to...The entire UFO community is now deeply indebted to you although many will revile you for doing excellent detective work. I say this as a former detective sergeant and fraud investigator. I salute you and I can tell you that you have confirmed what my instincts have been screaming. Marc D'Antonio just did an excellent analysis of the two Hoopla videos based upon how a FLIR camera unit really works. This truly the age of Gaslighting in the UFO field which is a strange reflection of the national political scene.James Clarksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994517332230390220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-2368990617286446612018-03-03T19:37:37.271-08:002018-03-03T19:37:37.271-08:00shell com·pa·ny
ˈSHel ˌkəmp(ə)nē/
noun
an inactive...shell com·pa·ny<br />ˈSHel ˌkəmp(ə)nē/<br />noun<br />an inactive company used as a vehicle for various financial maneuvers or kept dormant for future use in some other capacity.Ken Younoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106136377928387113noreply@blogger.com