Part A. Host’s Declaration of Hospitality
[HOST ORGANIZATION], a [nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of (State)], which holds the land described in Schedule 1 (the “Site”), declares as follows.
Purpose. The Site is a private place for peaceful meeting, observation, and communication between human beings and non-human intelligences, for scientific, educational, and humanitarian purposes.
Hospitality. Any non-human intelligence, and any craft operated by or carrying one, that comes to the Site peacefully is welcome as the Host’s guest. Within the Host’s rights as owner of the Site and within the law, the Host will offer its guests safety, respect, and freedom to leave at any time.
What the Host will do. The Host will:
(a) keep the Site free of weapons, other than those carried by public officers in the course of their duties; (b) never seize, detain, or harm a guest or a guest’s craft, and never permit any person under its control to do so; (c) take no sample, recording of a guest’s body, or technical data from a guest without the guest’s consent; (d) observe and record the Site continuously and preserve the records; (e) report publicly, promptly, and truthfully every arrival, departure, and meeting, and every act of interference by any person; and (f) use every lawful means, including the courts, to protect its guests and to hold accountable anyone who harms them.
What the Host does not claim. The Host speaks only for itself. It does not represent the United States, any State, any other government, or humanity. It claims no sovereignty, immunity, or diplomatic status for the Site or any person, and it makes no agreement on behalf of any government. The Site remains subject to the laws of the United States and of [State].
Notice. The Host has given written notice of the Site and of this Declaration to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Defense, and the committees of Congress identified in Schedule 2.
Adopted by resolution of the Board of Directors on [date].
[Signature, title]
Part B. Site Charter
Article 1. Governance. The Site is operated by the Host’s Board of Directors through a Site Director. The Board shall appoint an Ombudsman (Article 5) and a Scientific Advisory Committee.
Article 2. Land. The Site is held by [the Host / (LLC), a wholly owned subsidiary / (land trust)] and is subject to [a conservation easement / deed restriction] that limits its use to the purposes stated in the Declaration.
Article 3. Airspace and location. The Host shall not operate the Site, or invite or guide any craft, within any prohibited, restricted, or national defense airspace, or within [__] miles of any military installation. The Host shall review the Site’s location against current aeronautical charts and notices at least once a year.
Article 4. Observation and records. (a) The Site shall be observed continuously by cameras, radar or other sensors, and human observers. (b) Records shall be copied daily to at least two locations outside the Site, one of them held by an independent custodian, and preserved for not less than [10] years. (c) Independent observers from academic institutions and the press may be accredited under rules the Board adopts.
Article 5. Ombudsman. The Ombudsman, who shall be independent of the Host’s management [for example, a retired judge], shall receive complaints, investigate any allegation of misconduct or interference, and may publish findings without the Board’s approval.
Article 6. Reporting. The Site Director shall publish within [72] hours a report of every arrival, departure, meeting, and act of interference, and shall send a copy of each report of interference to the Ombudsman, the recipients of the Host’s notice letters, and counsel.
Article 7. Legal readiness. The Host shall retain counsel on call; keep preservation letters (Form D4-1) and habeas papers (Forms F1-1, F1-2) ready; and maintain insurance appropriate to the Site.
Article 8. Technical review. No technical information received at the Site shall be published or transferred until it has been reviewed for export-control and classification concerns (Issue F3; Form F3-2).
Article 9. Health and safety. The Board shall adopt biosafety rules, prepared with qualified medical advisers, covering physical proximity, contact, and the handling of any material. No person shall touch a guest or a guest’s craft, or take any material, without the guest’s consent and compliance with those rules.
Article 10. Amendment. This Charter may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the Board. No amendment may authorize weapons, capture, or any claim of governmental authority.
Part C. Code of Conduct
Every person who enters the Site agrees, as a condition of entry, to the following.
- I will carry no weapon at the Site.
- I will not seize, restrain, harm, or threaten any guest or any guest’s craft, and I will not help anyone else do so.
- I will communicate with a guest only if the guest is willing. I will stop when a guest indicates that it wishes to stop.
- I will not touch a guest or a guest’s craft, or take any sample, image of a guest’s body, or technical data, without the guest’s consent and the Site’s biosafety rules.
- I speak only for myself. I will not claim to represent the Host, the United States, any government, or humanity, and I will not negotiate or make any agreement on behalf of any government.
- I will not act at the direction of a guest to influence any government or public opinion until I have taken legal advice about the Foreign Agents Registration Act and 18 U.S.C. §951.
- I will not publish or transfer technical information received at the Site until it has been reviewed under Article 8 of the Charter.
- If I hold a security clearance, I have taken advice about my reporting obligations before attending.
- I will report to the Site Director and the Ombudsman any act of interference I see.
- I understand that the Site and everyone in it remain subject to the law, and that the Site’s protection rests on observation, publicity, and the courts, never on physical resistance to public officers.
Name: [__________] Signature: [__________] Date: [__________]
