Is Tom DeLonge still the guitarist for Blink-182? Nobody’s sure, but we are sure about one thing, and that’s that Tom DeLonge has had contact with extraterrestrial life and may in fact be in danger because of what he knows. That is, if you take his word for it. He sat down with PaperMag to discuss music, but ended up talking about his experiences with aliens, government conspiracies and, well, lots of things. For example.

You have to understand, I’ve been involved in this for a long time. I have sources from the government. I’ve had my phone taped. I’ve done a lot of weird stuff in this industry — people wouldn’t believe me if I told them. But this is what happens when you start getting on an email chains with hundreds of scientists from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and different universities around the country, and you start outing senior scientists from Lockheed Martin talking about the reality of this stuff, guys that hold 30 patents, guys that work underground out in the Nevada test sites in Area 51. It goes far beyond just saying, “Hey, that little light in the sky, that’s a little green man.” That doesn’t lend the right gravity to the topic.

DeLonge goes on to discuss how his phone was tapped, how he’s been warned to not share what he knows (advice he does not seem to heed) and his experience with extraterrestrials while camping near Area 51. It’s quite the interview. So, what do you say? Is he making all this up? Or do aliens exist? …