In the summer of 2023, a US Congressional hearing on national security was convened to discuss evidence related to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs).
A parade of highly credible men from the intelligence and military communities provided breathtaking testimony regarding alien evidence.
The most stunning conclusion was undoubtedly the almost wholesale disinterest of the general public. What should have generated gigantic, bold, block-letter headlines and wide-eyed doomsday proclamations from panicked newsreaders barely registered a peep in the global consciousness.
However, within the music industry, one man found tremendous vindication. For others, it confirmed the long-held belief that aliens are indeed real – and regularly stop by Earth for visits.
Here are ten musicians who have reported close encounters with aliens.
Tom DeLonge
Over the years, the Blink-182 guitarist has become a voice shouting out into the cosmic wilderness that aliens exist. He also said this in his band’s 1999 hit, Aliens Exist. In 2015, Delonge claimed: “I have government sources. I had my phone tapped,” referring to secret communications with officials about UFOs.
His passion culminated in the founding of To The Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences, a company dedicated to researching fringe science and extraterrestrial life forms. In the wake of the Congressional hearings, “Tom Had Right: Aliens F**king Exist” shirts are now available for purchase on the company’s online store.
Jimi Hendrix
The virtuoso composer of otherworldly tracks such as Purple Haze and Third Stone From The Sun was deeply intrigued by aliens.
Obsessed as a child with science fiction hero Flash Gordon (he briefly adopted the nickname “Buster” in reference to Buster Crabbe, the actor who played Flash), young Hendrix claimed to have seen a UFO with his brother Leon in their home state of Washington, and years later proclaimed, “I believe in UFOs…I have seen them…I have received transmissions.”
Hendrix’s music, interwoven with space and celestial themes, later underlined his deep psychic connection with life beyond this earthly plane.
John Lennon
In 1974, during his infamous “Lost Weekend,” John Lennon was so fascinated by a mysterious spacecraft that he declared in the liner notes of 1974’s Walls and Bridges, “On August 23, 1974 at 9 a.m. I saw a UFO.”
Speaking to Interview magazine, he described “something involving regular electric light bulbs flashing on and off at the bottom, and one non-flashing red light at the top, about 100 feet away, hovering over an adjacent building.”
Despite the psychedelic enhancements on offer at the time, Lennon insisted he was lucid and that his then-girlfriend, May Pang, supported his story in detail.
Elvis Presley
The king was fascinated by the possibility of intelligent life beyond our solar system. Larry Geller, his spiritual guru and hairstylist, reveals that eight-year-old Elvis experienced otherworldly telepathic visions, including a premonition of his iconic white jumpsuit.
Together they reportedly witnessed mysterious luminous objects in the desert and above Graceland.
Intriguingly, during Elvis’s birth, his father Vernon saw an eerie blue light in the sky, convinced of its significance.
It is fitting that almost fifty years after his death, stories of Elvis sightings stand side by side with stories of UFO sightings in certain media publications.
Sammy Hagar
Mop-topped tequila baron Red Rocker and former Van Halen frontman claims to have been the subject of a massive alien abduction. Hagar discussed the incident with singer/songwriter Kesha and claimed that aliens entered his consciousness from a mountain eight miles away.
“It was real,” he insisted, saying, “They had a wire – it wasn’t a hard wire, but they had a circuit inside me and they shouted out a numerical code and said, ‘Oh, he’s waking up. We have to put an end to this.” Like Delonge, Hagar believes the government has known about extraterrestrial life for decades. She wonders, ‘Why did they keep it a secret? It’s earth-shattering!”
Lemmy
Well before his time with Hawkwind and as a roadie for Jimi Hendrix, Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister had a close cosmic encounter. In 1966, while playing with The Rockin’ Vickers.
Lemmy claimed to have witnessed a UFO, telling Inked: “It appeared abruptly, stopped in mid-air and then shot from zero to breakneck speed. A phenomenon that far exceeds even the current aviation capabilities. A truly eye-opening revelation for young Lemmy.”
Perhaps this is what he had in mind when he sings in the 2000 song We Are Motörhead: “We are Motörhead and we don’t have no class… We bring you UFOs, saucers in the sky.”
Robbie Williams
After the lukewarm reception of his 2006 album Rudebox, the former Take That frontman embarked on a three-year hiatus, much of which he devoted to UFO hunting.
In a 2008 interview with singer Joss Stone, Williams recounted an eerie encounter with a golden orb while playing his song Arizona.
“I was standing on the balcony and there was a big ball of golden light that appeared,” he said. ‘We thought it was Venus or Mars or something. Then the song stops playing and disappears. But then we turned Arizona on again and the ball came up again. It happened four times.”
Keith Richards
In 1968, after a high-profile raid on his Redlands estate, the Rolling Stones guitarist claimed to have seen UFOs over the property.
Richards suggested his home was some kind of interplanetary stopover for wayward space travelers, telling Melody Maker: “I’ve seen a few [UFOs], but nothing that any of the ministries would believe. I believe they exist; many people have seen them. They are connected to many things, like the dawn of man for example… I am not an expert. I’m still trying to understand what’s going on.”
David Bowie
Bowie’s music, fashion and characters, such as Ziggy Stardust, often drew inspiration from distant civilizations in space.
In 1975, Bowie Creem confided that he had once worked for a British UFO magazine, saying: “I worked for two guys who put out a UFO magazine in England… About six years ago. And I made observations six or seven times a night for about a year when I was at the observatory.
“Cruises came by regularly. We knew the 6.15 was coming in and would encounter another. And they stood still for about half an hour, and after checking what they had done that day, they darted away.
Ace Frehley
It’s not surprising that the former Kiss guitarist, whose stage persona was known as “Space Ace,” would be a staunch supporter of aliens. Not only has Ace Frehley claimed numerous UFO sightings over the years, but he’s also pretty sure one has ended up in his backyard.
Recounting waking up after what must have been an action-packed evening, Frehley told journalist Aaron Sagers, “All I know is that I woke up the next morning and I was lying in my doorway, halfway out of the house and halfway out of the house. , and then there was a kind of circular burn on the grass.
Whether or not it was a UFO, Frehley said coyly, “I don’t know, just tell me.” He estimates the odds of his own abduction at about 50/50, due to aliens’ ability to erase people’s memories.
Source: loudersound.com
