  Tom DeLonge has a lot to say. About life, about music, and—because he is, to my knowledge, the only rock star to have co-founded a company devoted to the scientific research of unexplained aerial phenomena—about UFOs. "When you study UFOs, you're looking at consciousness," he tells me over Zoom from the patio of an Encinitas bar on a gloomy late-summer morning. He is not drinking. "You're looking at the history of mankind, like archeology, or archeological evidence, or ancient texts, religious texts. You're looking at national security. You're looking at physics, unified field theory. You're looking at kind of the forefront of quantum mechanics and how the universe seems to be built. And what you start to realize is that the evidence of those phenomena is not at all what people think it is." We have arrived here about five minutes into our conversation, before I've even had the opportunity to ask probing questions like What can you tell me about the new Angels & Airwaves album?, or How are you? "Hey, I dive right in," he says, laughing. "I don't have time for the appetizer. I'm like: let's get dessert."   Fall is upon us, meaning that as children are driven back to the stacks, so too are adults returning to their reading lists. If you fell away from your goals over the summer, have no fear: fall is the best time of year to buckle down with a thrilling page-turner. Whether you're looking to read more, read outdoors, or cross a big literary project off your list, the final push toward the finish line begins now—and we've got you covered with the very best books of the year.
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Sunday, September 12, 2021
Tom DeLonge’s UFO Vindication
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