• To search: To aim to utilise the most cutting edge observational technology available to scientifically study Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).
  • To study: To draw on advanced scientific methods, credentialed expertise and rigorously tested empirical data.
  • To aspire: to have our research conclusions tested by peer review.
  • To share: To openly share our findings.
  • To advance science: To encourage, support, progress and advance the scientific study of UAP.
  • To foster collaboration: To collaborate with credentialed scientists, professionals and partners with aligned values, missions and strategic direction.
  • To encourage innovation: To encourage innovative approaches to the search for and study of UAP and tackle the issues and challenges arising from such research.
  • To educate: To share our research findings to contribute to a scientifically grounded and informed public discussion of a long dismissed phenomenon.
  • To support informed discussion: To draw on our research to contribute technical perspectives to global discussions in this field.
  • To support a cross-border forum for parliamentarians. Advena Research provides secretariat support for the Emerging Technologies Interparliamentary Caucus (ETIC), an independent, non-partisan interparliamentary forum for dialogue on emerging technologies. Advena Research provides coordination and technical secretariat support only and does not direct or influence the positions or decisions of participants.
  • To advance ethical and responsible practice: To advocate for ethical and socially responsible practices in research. While we support public disclosure about the phenomenon from governments, most importantly for its critical research value, we emphasise that we respect the need to protect national and global security.
  • To provide support and advice: To provide support and technical advice through sharing rigorously tested and reviewed data driven scientific research.
  • To foster transparency: Within privacy law and other legal constraints, we pledge to increase transparency and encourage open discussion, supported by research, for the benefit of the wider public.
  • To solve: To draw on our research findings to contribute to solutions for the current and future challenges facing our planet.

Advena Research acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land in which we live and work, our First Nations Peoples. We pay our respects to elders, past, present and emerging. We extend our respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.