Key Point Summary – Government UFO Probe

• Pentagon UFO probe asked defense firms about alien tech access
• Lockheed tested alleged UFO metal, found to be WWII-era scrap
• Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge bought the metal from a UFO researcher
• Claims of alien “biologics” led to an empty safe raid
• Elizondo and whistleblowers accused DOD of cover-ups and threats
• CIA denied ever tasking UFO crash investigations
• Pentagon found no credible evidence of extraterrestrial materials

Pentagon Official’s Alien Inquiry Raised Eyebrows—and Eyewitnesses

In 2022, Sean Kirkpatrick, head of the Pentagon’s official UFO office, gathered six defense contractor execs behind closed doors and asked a startling question: “Have any of your companies ever gained access to alien technology?”

He was only half joking.

The question—seemingly plucked from science fiction—was dead serious to one firm: Lockheed Martin. Their Skunk Works division had recently tested mysterious metal said to have come from the infamous Roswell UFO crash. The tests, spurred by a bizarre mix of late-night radio lore, rock-star curiosity, and military ambition, revealed a tale stranger than fiction—and ultimately, disappointing.

Metal From The Stars… Or Not?

The metal in question started its journey in 1996, when late-night radio legend Art Bell received a package containing strange fragments. The anonymous sender claimed their grandfather had retrieved them from the 1947 Roswell crash site.

Fast forward decades, and Bell’s “alien metal” ended up in the hands of Tom DeLonge, frontman of Blink-182 and founder of To The Stars. The group paid $35,000 for the samples, believing them to be extraterrestrial “metamaterials” with anti-gravity and cloaking properties. They convinced the U.S. Army to test it.

Lockheed’s secretive Skunk Works tried, and failed, to replicate any alien-like qualities. Eventually, Kirkpatrick’s team sent the sample to Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Their conclusion? It was likely leftover World War II aircraft metal.

No anti-gravity. No alien origin. Just high-tech scrap.

When Rock Stars and Spies Team Up

To The Stars had attracted not just DeLonge but intelligence insiders. Former Pentagon UFO program head Luis Elizondo joined. So did controversial scientists Hal Puthoff and Eric Davis—both veterans of fringe military research, from psychic spying to teleportation.

Davis, in particular, had long insisted the U.S. and Russia possessed alien tech. He told Kirkpatrick the CIA had once asked him to study a crashed Russian UFO laser. Though the UFO story fell apart, the laser program turned out to be real—a clever Cold War disinformation tactic.

Kirkpatrick’s problem: real programs were wrapped in fiction. Untangling the two was nearly impossible.

A Safe With No Secrets

Elizondo claimed the U.S. had recovered “biologics” from alien spacecraft and stored them in a Pentagon safe. Kirkpatrick, intrigued, sent FBI and Air Force investigators to recover the files.

But when they arrived, they found the safe unlocked and completely empty.

Kirkpatrick contacted Elizondo’s former boss. He denied knowledge of any UFO program. Elizondo insisted it had been directed by the Secretary of Defense.

Emails later showed Elizondo had pushed hard in 2017 to preserve a mysterious “portfolio,” but never explained what it was. After resigning, he told the public he quit in protest of the Pentagon ignoring alien threats.

Kirkpatrick began to see a pattern: circular reporting and hearsay, all tracing back to the same small group.

Psychic Spies, Space Lasers, And Werewolves?

Kirkpatrick’s team uncovered layers of Pentagon history entangled with fringe science. There was Puthoff’s 1970s CIA psychic program. A Utah ranch is allegedly haunted by glowing orbs and two-legged wolves. Even secret White House panels were supposedly convened to prepare for alien disclosure.

One think tank CEO claimed the Bush administration was ready to reveal all. But months later, that same official denied even remembering the conversation.

The result? UFO disclosure wasn’t hidden—it was hijacked by misinformation.

Congressional Pressure and Death Threats

Despite finding no hard proof of extraterrestrials, Kirkpatrick briefed Congress in 2023. He stated plainly: “No credible evidence… of off-world technology.”

It didn’t quiet the true believers. That summer, former Air Force officer David Grusch claimed the U.S. had football-field-sized spacecraft and alien remains. He accused Kirkpatrick of participating in the cover-up.

Grusch refused to speak with him. Instead, he testified before Congress and joined Rep. Eric Burlison’s UAP caucus as an advisor.

Kirkpatrick, meanwhile, began receiving threats. His home address was leaked. One man drove to his remote mountaintop home and waited overnight. The Pentagon gave him protective security typically reserved for cabinet-level officials.

By November 2023, he’d had enough. He retired.

UFOs and the War for the Truth

In January 2024, Donald Trump Jr. interviewed Elizondo on his podcast. “It seems that there’s evidence of nonhuman intelligence out there engaging with our planet,” Trump Jr. said. Elizondo nodded in agreement.

Kirkpatrick, now out of government, published a Scientific American op-ed slamming the “circular reporting” and mythmaking fueling UFO culture. Elizondo fired back, cryptically posting, “I left my job in protest. Others leave in shame.”

Privately, he texted Kirkpatrick threats of legal action and alleged media collusion. “Your reputation will be absolute trash,” he warned.

What’s Real, What’s Not?

So what did the Pentagon’s probe really uncover?

Not much that was alien—but plenty that was bizarre, tangled in secrecy, rumor, and Cold War tactics. A piece of “space metal” turned out to be scrap. A secret safe was empty. Government insiders shared claims—but never evidence.

Still, the myth persists.

Because the truth, it seems, may be less about what’s out there… and more about what we want to believe.