# Challenges

**The best way to join the biggest narrative of the 21st century is to empower the UAP (unidentified arial phenomena, a professional term for UFO) community in its research and investigation.** The UAP community currently faces significant challenges that hinder its progress and credibility. To address these issues, we are building a comprehensive framework that combines an **AI Agent Framework** with the power of **decentralized research**, creating a unified solution to drive discovery, transparency, and collaboration.

### Key Challenges to the UAP Community

1. **Lack of Funding**\
   Research institutions remain underfunded, while independent researchers and investigators are often under-compensated for their valuable contributions.
2. **Lack of Awareness**\
   Despite mounting evidence, many people dismiss UAPs as fake news or conspiracy theories, discrediting a subject of global significance and mounting evidence.
3. **Social Stigma**\
   Individuals who upload genuine UAP footage often face social ridicule or even suppression, discouraging others from sharing their findings. It's important to protect their pricacy.
4. **Credibility Issues**\
   The UAP community struggles with a lack of trust due to the prevalence of fake information, manipulated evidence, and unverifiable claims.

### Core Components of Our AI Agent Framework

1. Infrastructure layer – Vector Database&#x20;
   1. the most comprehensive archive for unstructured data on UAPs & Aliens ever.
   2. allows users to upload evidence such as sighting videos or documents
2. Blockchain layer – we will design a two-layered evidence verification protocol, operated in a zero-trust environment, that protects privacy while validating the evidence. The entire verification process will be automated by AI.&#x20;
3. Application Layer – chatbots deployable on different platforms
   1. We've fine-tuned 5 chatbots with data from our UAP-specific vector database
   2. A UFO archive chatbot – designed to 1) quickly help new users be familiarized with the UAP subject 2) used for UAP research and investigation, leveraging a vector DB's strong compute and relevancy search 3) to engage a social media audience with automated posts
   3. 4 Aliens chatbots – a fun and interactive features to explore and imagine who's piloting the advanced UAPs, what their civilizations are like, and why they are here.&#x20;

### E.T. DAO – to Address Lack of Funding and Further Enhance Engagement&#x20;

The ET Protocol is a decentralized launchpad platform designed to tokenize UAP projects IPs and help it commercialize or raise funds. Powered by our native token and the Agent Framework, the protocol enables funding, governance, and the creation of subDAOs—each representing a unique research, investigation, or media project. By leveraging the framework’s **AI-driven automation**, **blockchain verification**, and **vector database integration**, the launchpad empowers researchers, institutions, and creators to tokenize their project IPs and access streamlined tools for fundraising and commercialization. Token holders of the subDAOs gain governance rights, revenue shares, and ownership stakes in these projects. This ensures a sustainable, community-driven ecosystem that empowers collective action in advancing the study and disclosure of extraterrestrial phenomena.

The **vector database** organizes unstructured project data such as research findings, evidence, or media assets into structured, accessible data assets. The **blockchain layer** supports secure tokenization of project IPs, while the **evidence verification process** supports any project that involves proprietary or sensitive data.&#x20;

By automating critical tasks like governance setup, token distribution, and fundraising campaigns, the **AI Agent Framework** streamlines the launch process for subDAOs, enabling users to define governance rules, implement voting mechanisms, and engage token holders in decision-making. These features also ensure that token holders gain governance rights, revenue shares, and ownership stakes, incentivizing active participation in the ecosystem. Additionally, the framework integrates tools for community engagement, such as our AI-powered chatbots and automated communication systems, allowing subDAO creators to build and maintain strong connections with their supporters.
