The year world ufology unites · Launching Autumn 2026

W26 Global Disclosure

The truth belongs to everyone.

One archive for the world's UFO evidence, one shared international database, one independent research observatory — funded by the people, owned by no one.

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The infrastructure

The international shared database

We are building the infrastructure of the ufology to come: a system that gathers and cross-references archives and data from around the world, to analyse them with the scientific rigour guaranteed by .

Eamonn AnsbroStephen BassettAlfredo BenniEric W. DavisRobert FleischerRodrigo FuenzalidaSheryl GottschallGerhard GröschelJosé Guijarro TriadoJann HalexanderGary HeseltineDave HodrienAvi LoebPhilip MantleChristopher MellonFrancisco Mourão CorrêaTim MurithiFred PallesenAndrea Pérez SimondiniGiorgio PiacenzaRoberto PinottiDonald SchmittJavier SierraAnanda SirisenaAlbert SoRoger StankovicErling StrandWhitley StrieberClas SvahnThiago TicchettiAdrian UrzicăJean-Jacques Velasco

The evolution the oldest among us have worked for all their lives, and that the youngest are still waiting for.

What this is

A collective effort to give the evidence a home.

Crowdfunding means thousands of people around the world contributing, even with small amounts, to bring one shared project to life. W26 adopts the reward-based model: supporters don't merely make an idealistic gesture — they receive a tangible sign of belonging to the mission.

No large financier. No private interests. The project belongs to the people who make it possible.

Why W26 exists

Disclosure will not be granted. It has to be built.

For almost eighty years the UAP phenomenon has challenged humanity, yet the data remain fragmented, classified or scattered: archives at risk of oblivion, isolated research, filtered information.

True disclosure will not arrive as a concession from governments. It can only rise from the ground up — collective, independent, distributed. This is why W26 exists: to unite people, organisations and researchers from every country in a single free and transparent infrastructure.

Roberto Pinotti in his archive, holding one of his books

Who leads it

Roberto Pinotti

Sociologist, aerospace journalist and former SETI consultant. He founded CUN, the Centro Ufologico Nazionale, in 1967 and, in 2021, ICER — the International Coalition for Extraterrestrial Research, which brings together researchers from 27 countries and which he chairs. He is today one of the very few internationally credible figures in the field.

Sixty years of rigorous research. Seventy-two books in seven languages. Thousands of documented cases, and the foremost network of relationships in world ufology. His archive, unique of its kind, will become a heritage of humankind.

  • 1967Founded the Centro Ufologico Nazionale
  • 2021Founded ICER, the International Coalition for Extraterrestrial Research
  • 72Books published, in 7 languages
  • 60 yearsOf documented research

What we will do with the funds

Four commitments, stated before a single euro is raised.

The commitments are modular: each one is carried out in order of priority as the funds come in, over a period of 365 days.

01

Saving the world's archives

Digitising and protecting the material of individuals and organisations, safeguarding legacies at risk, creating a digital library of long-unobtainable books.

02

One shared international database

A shared international database built on the scientific method, cross-referencing the largest body of cases, statistics and reports ever assembled: the record of the past and every new sighting as it comes in.

03

Bottom-up disclosure, worldwide

Driving disclosure in every country and connecting organisations, scholars and citizens: one global community, in everyone's interest — institutions included.

04

A Foundation and research centres

The creation of the W26 Global Disclosure Foundation, of two research centres with an observatory and a laboratory, and of a rapid-response task force.

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The year that will unite the world of ufology.

The Convivium

Three advisory colleges, one shared table.

Around the project stand three bodies that gather the people who make it credible: the researchers who guard the archives, the voices that carry it to the public, and the supporters who take part in its consultations.

Together they form the Convivium W26 and speak through the Responsa — numbered advisory opinions.

Consilium Custodum

Board of Custodians

32 Internationally renowned figures in the field, appointed for life to a limited number of non-renewable posts.

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Collegium Legatorum

College of Legates

Communicators and researchers who carry the work of W26 to the wider public.

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Consulta W26

The Consulta

Supporters of the campaign who take part in the consultations of the project.

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Voices of the disclosure

They stand with W26.

Researchers, authors and organisations from around the world have lent their voice to this project.

The rewards

Supporting W26 is not a donation. It is taking part.

Every contribution carries a tangible sign of belonging. Each level includes everything below it.

These are the rewards of the campaign. Each title includes everything below it. Full details, seat numbers and delivery dates are on the campaign page.

  1. W26 Signal €30 W26 Signal -Your name in Record Zero, the register of the first supporters, published on w26.it in the section at the bottom of the Consulta (name and country only, no photo, no link).-The W26 newsletter.
  2. W26 Founder Associate €100 W26 Founder Associate - The title of Fellow of the W26 Consulta: your name, photo and country (no link) on the Consulta page at w26.it.- Participation in the consultations of the Consulta.- The quarterly Bulletin of the Consulta.- The monthly roll call on video: Pinotti reads the names of the new Fellows, and you receive the clip to share.- The digital Fellow seal for your website and bio.- A numbered diploma with your name and title, as a printable file.- The monthly newsletter and your name in Record Zero.
  3. W26 Founder Archivist €200 W26 Founder Archivist Everything included in the Founder Associate +- Archive preview: access to the digitised collections six months before public release.- Your title and a line of description under your photo and name, on your Consulta card in the w26.it website.
  4. W26 Founder Senior €350 W26 Founder Senior Everything included in the Founder Associate and Archivist +- The elegant high-quality enamel pin, and numbered physical card, shipped to your home.- Archives being collected, one year ahead of public release.- A 45-minute video call with Pinotti and the Custodians.- Your link (to your profiles or websites) under your photo, title and line of description on your Consulta card, forever on w26.it.
  5. W26 Founder Ambassador €500 W26 Founder Ambassador Everything included in the Founder Associate, Archivist and Senior +- Your personal supporter link with a sharing kit: texts, images, videos.- Your streaming ticket to the online World Conference of April 2027.- One streaming ticket to the World Conference of April 2027, to give away.- Your name on the Founders' Wall on the home page of the site, online right away.- Founder Ambassador card and pin.
  6. W26 Founder Major €800 W26 Founder Major 100 seats Everything included in the Founder Associate, Archivist, Senior and Ambassador +- 2 more streaming tickets to the online World Conference of April 2027, to give away.- A participant's seat in the closed session of the Convivium that closes the Conference, with the Custodians: you can submit a written question, the answers go into the Responsum; your name in the minutes.- The recording of the session, sent as a file.- Founder Major card and pin.
  7. W26 Founder Keeper €1,500 W26 Founder Keeper 50 seats Everything included in the Founder Associate, Archivist, Senior, Ambassador and Major +- Lifetime access to all W26 online conferences, present and future.- A numbered parchment with your name, surname and title, shipped to your home.- Founder Keeper card and pin.
  8. W26 Founder Patron €3,000 W26 Founder Patron 50 seats Everything included in the Founder Associate, Archivist, Senior, Ambassador, Major and Keeper +- Give your name, together with four other Founder Patrons, to an archive digitised within the year: on the archive's public page and in its metadata. Ten archives, five names each.- A full copy of that archive.- A special meeting reserved for Founder Patrons (online or in person, your choice).- Three video calls a year with the people designing the Foundation.- Founder Patron card and pin.
  9. W26 Founder President €9,000 W26 Founder President 26 seats Everything included in the Founder Associate, Archivist, Senior, Ambassador, Major, Keeper and Patron +- Give your name to an entire archive digitised within the year, or dedicate it "in memory of" whoever you choose: report and full copy.- Your name forever in the founding acts of the Foundation and in the founding register of the database.- A personal one-to-one video call with Pinotti or one of the Custodians, 45 minutes.- Your name read at the opening of the Conference of April 2027.- Your photo, name, title, line of presentation and link at the top of the Consulta on w26.it, next to the Custodians.- Founder President card and pin.(If you wish to give more than 9,000 euros, write to the Committee at [email protected] and we will talk it over together)

Stand-alone rewards

Not part of the ladder: each one is the item alone.

  1. W26 The E-Book €25 W26 The E-Book The book "W26, The Global Disclosure Project", the story of the vision and the Project that is bringing world ufology together, which you are part of.E-book format.
  2. Pin and Card €60 Pin and Card The elegant high-quality enamel pin with the W26 logo and the numbered card, personalised with your name and details (the same ones included from Senior upwards). Shipped to your home.
  3. Online Conference, early bird €85 Online Conference, early bird The W26 World Conference online, April 2027: the first time the Custodians of the Global Disclosure Project speak together, live from around the world. One day of talks and conversations on the state of the UFO question, country by country, with the researchers, journalists and scientists who sit on the W26 Board of Custodians.Your streaming ticket at the launch price, reserved for the backers of this campaign (the public price will be 190 euros).Live access and replay after the event.This is a stand-alone ticket. The Conference is included from Founder Ambassador upwards.
  4. W26 The Book, printed edition €40 W26 The Book, printed edition The printed book “W26, The Global Disclosure Project”, the story of the vision and the project that is bringing world ufology together, which you are part of.Your name printed in the acknowledgements of the book, in the list of the supporters of the first edition.The ebook as soon as it is ready, the printed copy when published. Shipping included worldwide.
  5. W26 Field Notebook €30 W26 Field Notebook The W26 observation notebook: a hardcover notebook with the W26 logo in gold, opening with sighting report pages to record date, place, sky conditions, duration, witnesses and a sketch, followed by ruled pages.With the W26 pen. Shipped worldwide.

Transparency

Where the money goes, and who answers for it.

W26 is run by a Committee established under articles 39–42 of the Italian Civil Code. Under that law the funds raised are bound to the declared purpose: they cannot be diverted elsewhere.

The Committee holds every decision. Its treasurer is not a family member of the president, and an independent auditor oversees the accounts — a deliberate choice, made before the first euro was raised.

Autumn 2026

The truth belongs to everyone.
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