{"id":12847,"date":"2021-01-20T01:04:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T01:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=12847"},"modified":"2021-01-20T01:04:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T01:04:38","slug":"department-of-defense-exempts-records-on-to-the-stars-academy-of-arts-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/department-of-defense-exempts-records-on-to-the-stars-academy-of-arts-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Defense Exempts Records on To The Stars Academy of Arts &#038; Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In August of 2019, I went after documents on <a href=\"https:\/\/home.tothestarsacademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-offset-key=\"hsch-1-0\">To The Stars Academy of Arts &amp; Science<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"hsch-1-0\"> within the Department of Defense \/ Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The CEO of the corporation, Tom DeLonge,<span data-offset-key=\"7hnpl-1-0\"> said in an Instagram post (which he later deleted) that he worked up an &#8220;established credibility&#8221; between TTSA and OSD.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12848\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img_9611.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12848 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img_9611.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img_9611.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img_9611-600x670.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img_9611-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img_9611-150x168.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img_9611-450x503.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom DeLonge&#8217;s origina, but later deleted, Instagram image he posted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"7hnpl-1-0\">The Black Vault then filed a second time for documents on TTSA within OSD, having previously been told no records existed in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12847 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-40-10-PM.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-40-10-PM-568x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-40-10-PM-568x1024.jpg 568w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-40-10-PM-600x1082.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-40-10-PM-166x300.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-40-10-PM-150x271.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-40-10-PM-450x812.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-40-10-PM.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12850'>\n\t\t\t\tThe original October 2017 FOIA request.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-39-05-PM.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-39-05-PM-796x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-39-05-PM-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-39-05-PM-600x772.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-39-05-PM-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-39-05-PM-150x193.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-39-05-PM-450x579.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-39-05-PM-768x988.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-39-05-PM.jpg 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12849'>\n\t\t\t\tThe first denial by OSD that records existed, as written in August of 2018.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>They found four pages within OSD that dealt with TTSA. <span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Every page was not releasable as they said they were all about a &#8220;decision making process&#8221; or known as exemption (b)(5).<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-12847 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-26-16-PM.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-26-16-PM-300x186.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-12852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-26-16-PM-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-26-16-PM-600x371.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-26-16-PM-1024x633.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-26-16-PM-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-26-16-PM-450x278.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-26-16-PM-1200x742.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-26-16-PM-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-26-16-PM-163x102.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-26-16-PM.jpg 1497w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-12852'>\n\t\t\t\tThe updated FOIA language, as sent in August of 2019.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-24-17-PM.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-24-17-PM-260x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-12851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-24-17-PM-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-24-17-PM-600x693.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-24-17-PM-886x1024.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-24-17-PM-150x173.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-24-17-PM-450x520.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-24-17-PM-768x888.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1-19-2021-4-24-17-PM.jpg 1046w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-12851'>\n\t\t\t\tThe denial which came in July of 2020.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The previous &#8220;no record&#8221; response could still have been legitimately &#8220;no records.&#8221; Why? I submitted it in October of 2017 on a hunch after seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K3LBTGVIAZs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luis Elizondo<\/a>, and his testimony, claiming to be a former employee of OSD. OSD&#8217;s denial was in August of 2018. The four pages could theoretically have been created after August 2018.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s it all mean and what&#8217;s in the four pages?<\/p>\n<p>Is it about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/u-s-army-releases-crada-with-to-the-stars-academy-of-arts-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CRADA<\/a>? Is it about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/afosi-investigation-into-unauthorized-release-of-three-ufo-videos-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UAP Video Leak investigation<\/a>? Who knows&#8230;\u00a0It will, for now, remain a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August of 2019, I went after documents on To The Stars Academy of Arts &amp; Science within the Department of Defense \/ Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense. 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