W26 · The Global Disclosure Project · goal €1,000,000

Where the money goes.

All figures are net of the cost of the campaign and the rewards.

W26 is a modular, scalable project. The four modules are built in order, as the funds come in from the campaign: every euro raised has a precise destination, and the next module starts when the previous one is funded.

The goal is €1,000,000. If the campaign goes beyond the goal, the four modules grow in the same proportions.

Of every 100 euros raised

11%

16%

14%

59%

Module 01 · Archives
Module 02 · Database
Module 03 · Disclosure
Module 04 · Mother Centres and task forces

Table

Item	Share	Of €1,000,000
Module 01 · Archives	11%	€110,000
Module 02 · Database	16%	€160,000
Module 03 · Disclosure	14%	€140,000
Module 04 · Mother Centres and task forces	59%	€590,000

In order, as the funds come in

Every euro goes to the current module until its share is covered, then moves to the next.

Module 01Saving and digitising the world's archivesfrom the first euro → €110,000
Module 02One unified databasefrom €110,000 → €270,000
Module 03Reasoned disclosurefrom €270,000 → €410,000
Module 04The two Mother Centres and the national task forcesfrom €410,000 → €1,000,000

Beyond €1,000,000: every extra euro is split between the four modules in the same percentages.

Saving and digitising the world's archives

11%share

€110,000of €1,000,000

from the first eurostarts

The archives of ufology sit with individuals and associations, and they are being lost. We secure them, digitise them and make them public.

What we do

Establishment of the W26 Foundation, which receives the project's assets and keeps them.
A census of private and association collections worldwide, starting with Roberto Pinotti's archive and those of the Custodians.
Acquisition or custody agreements with the owners, transport and safekeeping.
Professional scanning of documents, photographs, film and long-unobtainable books, with metadata and a catalogue.
Copies on servers on several continents, free public access on w26.it.

Where the money goes

Establishment of the Foundation€20,000
Census, agreements and transfer of the collections€12,000
Scanning stations and staff€45,000
Metadata and cataloguing€12,000
Servers on several continents and public access, 5 years€21,000

Result

The first collections digitised, public and replicated worldwide. Backers from the Archivist level upwards see them in preview.

One unified database

16%share

€160,000of €1,000,000

from €110,000starts

One scientific scheme for the cases of the past, the present and the future. Every case in the same grid, comparable with all the others.

What we do

Scientific criteria and classification grid defined with the Board of Custodians.
Development of the database with open software and a public interface for researchers and associations.
Entry and verification of the cases from the digitised archives, then of new sightings as they come in.
Statistics and cross-references over the whole body of cases, the largest ever assembled.

Where the money goes

Scientific criteria and grid, with the Board of Custodians€25,000
Database development, open software and API€70,000
Entry and verification of cases€30,000
Infrastructure and security€15,000
Telling the public the database exists, with the Legates€20,000

Result

The database online, with the first classified cases and a public grid that every national group can adopt.

Reasoned disclosure

14%share

€140,000of €1,000,000

from €270,000starts

All the information, images, videos and documents on a single timeline, from prehistory to today. Disclosure from below, made of evidence rather than announcements.

What we do

A timeline from palaeoarchaeology to the present day, built on the archives and the database.
Every entry verified, dated and put in context, with its sources.
Progressive publication, open to everyone.
A documentary film with the Custodians.
Distribution through the College of Legates and the associations of every country.

Where the money goes

Research and verification of sources€35,000
Writing and editing€30,000
Timeline platform€25,000
Documentary film with the Custodians€35,000
Distribution and work with the Legates€15,000

Result

The public timeline, with the first eras complete and entries that grow with the archives.

The two Mother Centres and the national task forces

59%share

€590,000of €1,000,000

from €410,000starts

Two Mother Centres with laboratories, observatories and conference halls, and a kit of instruments for the national task forces of every country. The largest module: it receives everything left after the first three.

What we do

Feasibility study and design of the two Mother Centres.
Finding the two sites and refurbishing them: laboratories, observatories, conference halls.
Kits of instruments and materials for the national task forces, in every country of the network, coordinated by the Mother Centres.
First fitting-out of observatory and laboratory.

Where the money goes

Feasibility study and architect€2,500
Finding and refurbishing the two Mother Centres€507,500
Kits for the national task forces€80,000

Result

The two Mother Centres found and refurbished, the national task forces equipped. The fitting-out of laboratories and observatories grows with funds beyond the goal and with partners.

If the campaign stops earlier

At €110,000: Module 01 complete, the archives safe and public.
At €270,000: Modules 01 and 02, archives and database.
At €410,000: Modules 01, 02 and 03, archives, database and timeline.
At €1,000,000: all four modules to the extent described.
Whatever the total, every promised reward is delivered.

Accountability

The funds are bound to the stated purpose: they are collected by the W26 Committee, a non-profit body under Italian law. Every three months the Committee publishes on w26.it the state of each module and the use of the funds.

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