Tom DeLonge is so convinced that aliens exist that he quit Blink-182 to try to prove it

“Hey mom, there’s something in the backroom. / I hope it’s not the creatures from above. / You used to read me stories, / As if my dreams were boring. / We all know conspiracies are dumb,” DeLonge sings in the song, in which he muses that alien lifeforms are real and that the CIA may be covering them up.

Almost 20 years later, DeLonge is no longer in Blink-182 after a very public spat led to him quitting the band in 2015.

Blink-182 members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker have since reformed the band, with Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio filling in for DeLonge, and DeLonge has refocused his efforts elsewhere.

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DeLonge said he can’t play in Blink-182 because he’s too busy trying to prove that aliens exist.

In a new piece at Mic, DeLonge explains that doing research on aliens takes up too much of his time and that there would be no way he could be an active member of Blink-182 while pursuing his other passions.

“When you’re an individual like me, dealing with something that’s a national security issue, and you’re being gifted with the opportunity to communicate something you’ve been passionate about your whole life — something that has the opportunity to change the world over time — being a small part of that is enormously important for my life path,” DeLonge said.

“But I can’t do everything. I can’t tour nine months out of the year with enough time to do the enormity of what I’m setting out to do.”

As DeLonge continues his work on pursuing the truth about alternate lifeforms, he keeps himself busy via “Secret Machines,” a media franchise that includes music, film and books related to alternate lifeforms.