Publicly, the government once called UFOs a “waste of time”, but new evidence and uncovered documents prove that the U.S. government is, and for decades has been, very interested in the UFO phenomenon. Who are these people coming forward with these government secrets? Fringe Network: Alien State is part of The Binge, a new podcast channel from Sony Music Entertainment. The Binge: All Episodes, All at Once. Coming June 6th. From Somethin' Else and Sony Music Entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2017, three videos came out of US navy fighter pilots coming in contact with flying objects they couldn’t identify. The pilots couldn’t comprehend how these craft were even flying. After the release of these videos, UFOs, or UAP- unidentified aerial phenomena- as the government calls them, went from a topic mostly treated as a joke to something the public was being told they needed to take seriously. How did this happen? And what does it have to do with former Blink 182 vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge? A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How exactly did Tom DeLonge’s company get their hands on the Navy fighter pilot videos? Why did former members of the Department of Defense decide to work with a pop-punk star on ‘the most important issue of our time?’ Come along, Dear Listener, and meet the real Men In Black. A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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An infamously haunted ranch in the corner of Northeast Utah is the origin point for our story, Dear Listener. Join us as we step through the gates of Skinwalker Ranch Ranch to learn its connection to To the Stars and see the work the ranch’s new eccentric millionaire owner is conducting today. A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did a $22 million government program looking into UFOs come to be? And what did they do exactly? For the first time, a former investigator of the unknown steps forward to talk about what he’s seen and can’t explain. And he gives us insight into how this shadowy program was run. A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a matter of national defense and of homeland security. That’s how we’ve mainly discussed UAP throughout the series. But what about the sacred? In this transmission, we spend time with those who’ve been changed by the unknown before diving into the fray. The rise and fall of To the Stars is almost as mysterious as the subject they are studying. We ask Tom DeLonge to shed some light. A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve been told that the Navy fighter pilots' videos reached the public, after a government program tasked with gathering information investigated the issue. But everything doesn’t add up. And our attempts to get answers directly go awry. A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The more we’ve attempted to find answers, the more mysterious we’ve uncovered. With a better understanding of all that confounds, we sit down again, one last time, with Chris Mellon and Jim Semivan. A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dear Listener, we’ve come so far. Are we closer to understanding what the hell is going on? Well, time for me to give you my best guess. A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been quite the journey, now it's time for Casey and MJ to reflect on the haunting events that took place during the making of Alien State. A Somethin Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices