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Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
The claims the writer was given for Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, in the order they were given.
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David Fravor considers the SR-71 Blackbird, from a pure-speed perspective, an engineering marvel, developed in the 1950s by Kelly Johnson at Lockheed Skunk Works.
“From pure speed, I would say SR-71, I think it's an engineering marvel that was actually developed in the 50s by Kelly Johnson, you know, Skunk Works.”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 01:05:36.5-01:05:42.8 opinion first hand
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Steve Justice previously ran Lockheed Skunk Works.
“I mean, they've got Steve Justice who used to run Skunk Works where they built projects.”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 01:54:28.6-01:54:31.9 administrative first hand
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David Fravor spoke with Lockheed Martin's chief technology officer Keoki Jackson about Lockheed Skunk Works.
“i talked to cto of lockheed uh keiko jackson and just just kunkworks”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 03:16:41.1-03:16:45.0 testimony first hand
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Lex Fridman considers some of the best engineering and science work to be done in secrecy at Lockheed Skunk Works.
“the some of the best if not the best engineering and science but engineering really ever is done in secrecy”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 03:16:46.6-03:16:55.4 opinion first hand
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The other attendees listed for the proposed Google Hangout meeting were Tom DeLonge, John Podesta, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works' boss Rob Weiss, Hillary Clinton campaign assistant Milia Fisher, and retired Major General Michael Carey.
“The other meeting attendees were listed as DeLonge, Podesta, Skunk Works' boss Rob Weiss, an assistant to the Hillary Clinton campaign Milia Fisher, and retired Major General Michael Carey.”
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Jim Goodall befriended engineer Ben Rich, the former Director of Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works, the pseudonym for Lockheed Martin's secretive Advanced Developments Projects division where many of America's most advanced aircraft have been designed.
“He befriended engineer Ben Rich, the former Director of US aerospace company Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works (the pseudonym for Lockheed Martin's secretive Advanced Developments Projects division, where many of America's most advanced aircraft have been designed).”
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Lockheed Martin stated that Tom DeLonge reached out to Skunk Works with interest in collaborating on a documentary focused on secret machines and advanced development projects, that multiple Skunk Works team members met with him to explore his vision, and that Lockheed Martin ultimately decided not to move forward with participation in the documentary.
“'Tom DeLonge reached out to Skunk Works with interest in collaborating on a documentary focused on secret machines and advanced development projects,' Lockheed Martin said in a statement. 'Multiple members of the Skunk Works team met with DeLonge to explore his vision for the documentary, as we would with any individual or organisation interested in telling the story of Skunk Works and the technologies we've developed. We ultimately decided to not move forward with our participation in the documentary. During this exploration period, DeLonge attended a Skunk Works employee event.'”
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Skunk Works, Lockheed's advanced development programme, has a history developing the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy planes, the F-117A Night Hawk stealth attack aircraft, the F-22 Raptor fighter, and the F-35 Lightning stealth jet.
“Skunk Works is a nickname for Lockheed's advanced development programs and it has an illustrious super-secret black-budget history for its role in developing the U2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy-planes, the F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft, the F-22 Raptor fighter and the F-35 Lightning stealth jet – all by far the most advanced known aerospace defence technology of their day on the planet.”
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Ross Coulthart considers it a fair bet that the executive Tom DeLonge met at the families' event was Rob Weiss, the Lockheed executive vice-president and general manager of Skunk Works until 2019.
“It is also a fair bet that the executive whom DeLonge subsequently met at the families event was Rob Weiss, the Lockheed executive vice-president and GM of Skunk Works until 2019.”
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Rob Weiss was executive vice-president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works until 2019.
“...Rob Weiss, the Lockheed executive vice-president and GM of Skunk Works until 2019.”
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Ross Coulthart considers that Tom DeLonge likely hid his real intentions about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) in his pitch to Skunk Works in order to gain access, calling it a classic media ruse.
“When I read DeLonge's account of this meeting, I took a cynical view that what he must have done was hide his real intentions about UAPs in his pitch to Skunk Works to get in the door, a classic naughty media ruse if one is being honest.”
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During the meeting, Tom DeLonge was asked what his intentions were with the 'conspiracy stuff'.
“'What are your intentions with the . . . conspiracy stuff?' he was asked.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch18:18013-18081 testimony second hand
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Tom DeLonge says the executive he called 'BossMan', probably Rob Weiss, told him that Lockheed Martin could not be involved in any project associated with the UAP topic, specifically because there had never been any evidence that it exists.
“DeLonge admits that when the executive he called 'BossMan' (probably Skunk Work's then General Manager Rob Weiss) walked into the meeting, he was told, 'We cannot be involved in any type of project whatsoever that has this topic associated with it, specifically because there's never been any evidence whatsoever that this stuff even exists.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch18:18088-18422 testimony second hand
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Tom DeLonge described visiting Lockheed Martin Skunk Works's underground bunker as part of his meetings with military/intelligence sources on UAP disclosure.
“He made up all this stuff about flying around North America meeting The General in an airport hangar and Skunk Works in its underground bunker.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch19:23008-23144 testimony first hand
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The leaked Podesta emails contained a string of exchanges between John Podesta and Tom DeLonge revealing plans for a Google Hangout meeting between DeLonge, two US Air Force generals, and Rob Weiss, the Lockheed Martin executive vice-president and general manager of its advanced development programs known as Skunk Works.
“Amidst them was a smoking gun that lent strong support to DeLonge's extraordinary claims: a string of exchanges between Podesta and DeLonge, revealing plans for a Google Hangout meeting between DeLonge, two US Air Force generals and Rob Weiss, the Lockheed Martin executive vice-president and general manager of its advanced development programs known as Skunk Works.”
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Steve Justice had, a month before the October 2017 To The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences launch, finished as director of advanced systems at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.
“who just a month earlier had finished as director of advanced systems at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works”
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Steve Justice was former head of Advanced Systems at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works.
“former head of Advanced Systems at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works”
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Steve Justice is a former Lockheed Martin Skunk Works executive who was affiliated with To The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences.
“TTSA’s Steve Justice, former Lockheed Martin Skunk Works executive”
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Before he left TTSA in 2021, former Lockheed Martin Skunk Works engineer Steve Justice led TTSA's aerospace division.
“Before he left TTSA in 2021, the former Lockheed Martin Skunk Works engineer Steve Justice led TTSA's aerospace division”
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Christopher Mellon, responding to a posted video of a triangular craft recorded in 1997 in a private email to members of a private news group, said his current and former colleagues at Lockheed Martin and the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works have stated privately that if a TR3B craft exists, it is not made by Lockheed Martin.
“Mellon says, 'My current and former colleagues at Lockheed Martin and the Skunk Works are very clear in private settings that if there is a TR3B it is not made by Lockheed.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch28:10916-11079 hearsay second hand
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Tom DeLonge exchanged emails with a top Lockheed Martin Skunk Works executive.
“with a top Lockheed Martin Skunk Works executive”
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At the To The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences (TTSA) launch on 2017-10-11, Steve Justice, then the Skunk Works Lockheed Martin Program Director for Advanced Systems, stated that TTSA was working on a revolutionary Advanced Electromagnetic Vehicle that could dramatically reduce current travel limits of distance and time.
“At TTSA's October 2017 launch, Steve Justice, the then Skunk Works Lockheed Martin Program Director for Advanced Systems, stated that TTSA was working on a revolutionary Advanced Electromagnetic Vehicle that could 'dramatically reduce the current travel limits of distance and time.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch28:6936-7213 testimony second hand
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Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Program organisation, also known as Skunk Works, developed the P-175 Polecat unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to better understand the flight dynamics of tailless, bat-wing-shaped, high-altitude UAVs.
“Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Program organization, also known as "Skunk Works" developed the P-175 Polecat UAV to better understand the flight dynamics of tailless, bat-wing-shaped, 90-foot wingspan high-altitude UAV, including the next generation of structural composite materials and configurations.”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I 2024-02-01 char:142244-142540 administrative
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The RQ-170 Sentinel is a UAV developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for the United States Air Force (USAF).
“The RQ-170 Sentinel is a UAV developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for the USAF.”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I 2024-02-01 char:143004-143084 administrative second hand
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Steve Justice is a former director of Advanced Systems Development at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division.
“my friend Steve Justice, former director of Advanced Systems Development at Lockheed Martin’s mysterious Skunk Works division”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch19:5009-5126 administrative first hand
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Steve Justice, an aerospace engineer, spent thirty-one years working for Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works before joining Tom DeLonge's advisory board.
“DeLonge’s advisory board included Steve Justice, a highly respected aerospace engineer who’d spent thirty-one years working for Lockheed Martin’s highly secretive Skunk Works”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch29:13378-13547 administrative
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Steve Justice finished his career as Director of Advanced Systems at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works the month before this broadcast.
“Literally, last month, Steve finished his career as Director of Advanced Systems at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:08:51.8-00:08:58.4 administrative first hand
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Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is the US government's top-tier aerospace organisation for developing advanced aircraft that meet national security needs.
“Skunk Works is the US government's top tier aerospace organization for the development of advanced aircraft that meet our urgent national security needs.”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:09:00.6-00:09:09.5 opinion first hand
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Tom DeLonge visited Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and passed through a guarded checkpoint with armed personnel, fingerprint scanning, locked doors with electronic codes, and vault-like doors with rotary locks to reach a secure hallway.
“First time I met Steve Justice, I went through, I got the opportunity to go up to Lockheed Martin's The Skunk Works, and I remember I went through this guard gate and they had machine guns... I get into a hallway and there's like hundreds of speakers lining this long hallway with just white noise... and then there were more doors that were as thick as a safe with these rotary locks”
Tom DeLonge's 'Sekret Machines' FULL Documentary #ufo #uap 2026-03-04 00:23:10.9-00:23:37.0 testimony first hand
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Jacques Vallee validates the account that Tom DeLonge made contact with an individual who worked at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.
“But Vallee, Jacques Vallee, validates the original story, which is that DeLonge had made contact with someone who worked at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:35:32.8-00:35:41.0 hearsay second hand
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An individual working at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works invited Tom DeLonge to act as master of ceremonies at a large Skunk Works family event, and DeLonge accepted on condition that he could sit down and speak with the person who ran the organisation.
“And that individual had said, look, would you come and sort of be the MC for this special day we're having where it's like a big family event? And he said, yes, as long as I can speak to the individual who runs the show, right, and get a chance to sit down.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:35:42.0-00:35:53.6 hearsay third hand
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Tom DeLonge sent his Lockheed Martin Skunk Works contact a piece of content written by his adviser about cargo cults, describing a remote tribe that watched aircraft land and unload cargo, food and resources.
“then he sent this individual a piece of content that the vendor had written, and it was all around cargo cults... they could see these planes landing and dropping off all this cargo and stuff, food, resources.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:36:55.7-00:37:07.0 testimony first hand
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Ben Rich was president of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in the 1990s and was responsible for modern stealth aircraft.
“Ben Rich also, who is the, you know, Skunk Works guy, you know, in the 90s, president of Skunk Works, who is responsible for, you know, the SR-71 and, or sorry, he was responsible for modern stealth aircraft.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:17:26.5-01:17:38.5 administrative
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Ben Rich was at the tip of the spear in building reconnaissance aircraft for the Central Intelligence Agency and advanced American defence technology, in Jesse Michels's characterisation.
“you hear a guy who's at the tip of the spear when it comes to building recon planes for the CIA and, you know, very advanced American defense tech”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:51:02.0-01:51:11.3 opinion first hand
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Robert Weiss was executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.
“[note: Robert Weiss - Lockheed Skunk Works executive vice president]”
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