Six years after its launch and one year since its final form was established, I feel it is important to provide an update to everyone who has been following our work over the years.
I established the initial version of the organization, named at the time “Explorer Lab” on 12 December 2020 in response to the absence of channels for disseminating information about the emerging science of UAPs, which was frequently criticised and marginalised. From the outset, I wanted to make information freely accessible to prevent it from being used as a commercial tool. Even today, none of our content is paid for, sponsored, or subject to advertising.
Although I thought this initiative would be welcomed by a community seeking such a platform, I created Explorer Lab without any support. In retrospect, the fact that so many contacts turned their backs on me at that time should have been a lesson, but unfortunately it wasn’t, and it cost me several years as I repeated the same mistake.
However, you will find fellow travellers along the way who will support you, and you will recognise them easily: they never ask for anything, and they will support you as soon as you start to falter.
In this first update letter, I would like to thank everyone who has helped me over the years by volunteering their professional expertise.
Our community continues to grow, with almost 900 people currently on our Discord server and dozens of volunteers stepping forward every time a new project is launched.
As our academic projects begin to take shape, I would like to express my gratitude to the current pioneers in this field: Drs Bohlander, Djahanchahi, Kayal, Knuth, McGwier, Szydagis, Vallée and Villarroel. I would also like to acknowledge the contributions of those who came before them and have sadly passed away. It is a privilege to see so many of us come together in this largely unexplored field.
The Sentinel Center Association is now fully established as we inaugurate our new editorial board, deploy our network of detectors and lay the foundations for our publishing house. Whatever the future may hold, the Centre will remain an independent entity dedicated to the systematic, high-resolution monitoring of the environment and the media, capable of serving as an intermediary between individuals, institutions, and governmental and non-governmental organisations.
In conclusion, I would like to acknowledge once more the invaluable contribution of all the volunteers who make the association what it is today.