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Bottom-up disclosure, worldwide
Driving disclosure in every country and connecting organisations, scholars and citizens: one global community, in everyone's interest — institutions included.
An independent UAP observatory · Launching Autumn 2026
Roberto Pinotti · W26 Global Disclosure
The truth belongs to everyone.
The world's UFO archive and an independent research observatory — funded by the people, owned by no one.
Be there when the campaign opens. No spam, one email at launch.
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.
Who leads it
Roberto Pinotti
Sociologist, aerospace journalist and former SETI consultant. He founded the Centro Ufologico Nazionale in 1967 and is today one of the very few internationally credible figures in the field.
Sixty years of rigorous research. Thirty-four books. 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
- 34Books published
- 60 yearsOf documented research
What we will do with the funds
Four commitments, stated before a single euro is raised.
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Saving the world's archives
Digitising and protecting the material of individuals and organisations, safeguarding legacies at risk, creating a multilingual international database and a digital library of long-unobtainable books.
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Pure research, without borders
UAP and non-human intelligences, ESP and states of consciousness, metamaterials, human-machine interaction, alternative propulsion and new technologies.
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A Foundation and research centres
The creation of the W26 Roberto Pinotti Foundation, the construction of two research centres with an observatory, and a rapid-response task force on the phenomena.
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. They hold no decision-making power: every decision rests with the Committee.
Consilium Custodum
College of Keepers
Figures of international standing in the field, appointed for life to numbered and closed seats.
See the college →Collegium Legatorum
College of Legates
Communicators and researchers who carry the work of W26 to the wider public.
See the college →Consulta W26
The Consulta
Supporters of the campaign who take part in the consultations of the project.
See the college →Voices of the disclosure
They stand with W26.
Researchers, authors and organisations from around the world have lent their voice to this project. Their endorsements will be published here as the campaign opens.
Endorsements are being confirmed. This section fills up as consents arrive.
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.
- €10 Signal Numbered digital membership card and a public thank-you on social media.
- €25 Contact A personal thank-you from Roberto Pinotti and your name in the Hall of Fame on this site.
- €50 Witness The book that tells the story of W26 in ebook, one private online conference and a digital supporter certificate.
- €90 Observer The printed book and one year of access to the digital archive.
- €150 Researcher A signed book, a full year of private online conferences and your name in the credits of the database and digital library.
- €300 Keeper of the Archive A signed book with a personal dedication, lifetime archive access and “Adopt an archive”: updates on a collection you are helping to digitise.
- €600 Pioneer Your name in the physical Hall of Fame at the research centre, lifetime conference access and a streaming invitation to the Foundation's founding ceremony.
- €1,500 Ambassador of Disclosure Access to the physical spaces and laboratories, and a group video call with Roberto Pinotti (limited places).
- €5,000+ W26 Founder Permanent engraved recognition as a Founding Member, a private visit to a research centre and a personal meeting with Roberto Pinotti (26 places only).
Levels and rewards are those planned for the campaign launch and may be refined before opening.
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
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