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 .

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. 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
  • 2021Founded ICER, the International Coalition for Extraterrestrial Research
  • 34Books published
  • 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.

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

27 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 first 15 videos are about to go online. Stay tuned.

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.

The amounts and the contents of each level are provisional: they will be confirmed when the campaign opens.

  1. €10 Signal Numbered digital membership card and a public thank-you on social media.
  2. €25 Contact A personal thank-you from Roberto Pinotti and your name in the Hall of Fame on this site.
  3. €50 Witness The book that tells the story of W26 in ebook, one private online conference and a digital supporter certificate.
  4. €90 Observer The printed book and one year of access to the digital archive.
  5. €150 Researcher A signed book, a full year of private online conferences and your name in the credits of the database and digital library.
  6. €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.
  7. €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.
  8. €1,500 Ambassador of Disclosure Access to the physical spaces and laboratories, and a group video call with Roberto Pinotti (limited places).
  9. €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).

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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