Upon investigation, Agent Carter, who had a Hume-Lyle Score of 
97, reported that Ms. Baker's back porch, which had previously been 
open-air, was now enclosed in walls. Deadbolts had also been 
added to both sides of the door leading into the area from the 
kitchen. Ms. Baker's financial records did not show any purchases 
related to a renovation or to the deadbolts, and her neighbors 
reported that the outside of her residence had undergone no major 
changes in the last year. 


Footnotes 
1. Ms. Baker received Class-B amnestics after her encounter with 
SCP- 


traced back to SCP-471. Once Foundation agents within NASA had 
identified that the satellite was in fact an SCP Object, the 
Foundation took over the investigation and released a cover story, 
indicating that NASA had detected a top-secret military research 
project. 


Since its discovery, SCP-471 has transmitted constantly, looping 
every minutes. Only one interruption in the signal has been 
recorded (See Test Log 471-931). The signal is stronger than any 
the Foundation or any other Earth agency is capable of producing, 
and all attempts to block it have met with failure. As well, the signal 
is clearly directed; it is only detectable within a narrow cone (radius 
to height ratio = .0013) originating at SCP-471. The target of the 
signal appears to be fixed on Jupiter. See Addendum 471-01. 


The contents of the transmission are heavily encrypted, and appear 
to be raw static when observed directly. Were it not for the strength 
of the signal, NASA would have assumed it was random static 
generated by the Earth's electromagnetic field. Over time, the signal 
has evolved, with sections of it changing since its initial discovery. A 
Foundation supercomputer, BOMB-2, was tasked with cracking the 
encryption and determining the contents of the signal. After running 
continuously for days, BOMB-2 was able to decrypt a small 
portion of it, which appeared as a series of binary values. While 
most of the values' purposes remain unknown, several of them were 
identified to correspond precisely with discrete values relating to 
Earth, including: 


¢ The current global population. 

¢ Total number of births and deaths that occurred during one 
complete orbit of SCP-471 around Earth. 

« The Fibonacci sequence up to 75025. 

¢ Number of artificial satellites currently in orbit around Earth. 

¢ Final scores of several American baseball games. 

* Combined total of nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants 
on Earth and in satellites. 

¢ Poll results for the 200 Oklahoma senatorial election. 


hours after successfully decrypting this portion of the code, 
BOMB-2 suffered an apparent electronics malfunction. Investigation 
revealed that BOMB-2 had suffered damage consistent with that of 


SCP-3632: Nibirdu 


THE CLEARANCE LEVEL TO ACCESS THIS FILE 
HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 


LEVEL 1/3632 
UNCLASSIFIED 


FOR RELEVANCE TO THE ONGOING BE-CLASS 
"MIGRATION" END-OF-—CONSCIOUSNESS 
SCENARIO 


AUTHORIZED BY: Dr. Frederick Hoygull 


Item #: SCP-3632 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: Given SCP-3632's distance 
from Earth, no immediate containment procedures are needed at 
this time. MTF Omicron-4 (“Bird Watchers”) operatives are 
embedded in all major space agencies capable of directly observing 
SCP-3632 in order to falsify any data that may imply the presence of 
a biosphere or sapient life; however, it is unlikely that such data 
could be gathered due to civilian technological limitations. 


The Wide Angle Research Telescope at Site-309 will image 
SCP-3632 every 30 days: staff are encouraged to review these 
images for reference. 


Description: SCP-36382 is an irregular planetoid with a mean radius 
of 440 km, currently approaching the Solar System from the 
direction of Alpha Centauri. Estimations of its current velocity 
indicate that SCP-3632 would not complete this journey for 
approximately 600 years: however, direct observations have 
suggested that SCP-3632 is able to anomalously alter its velocity 
and direction. 


Since 1998, WART imaging has revealed the presence of Earth-like 
biota on the near side of SCP-3632, as well as artificial structures 
resembling Old Kingdom and Ptolemaic architecture. ! 


Due to the presence of diagrams strongly resembling SCP-3632, as 
well as star charts depicting an accurate route from the Sun to Alpha 
Centauri B, in the historical records of multiple cultures during the 
Hellenistic period, it has been hypothesized that SCP-3632 has 
previously interacted with humanity and is associated with a variety 
of avian religious figures or folk heroes, including Djehuti, Thoth, 
Garuda, and Lei Gong. However, aside from the perceived similarity 
of these diagrams, there is no information to confirm nor disprove 
this hypothesis. 


Several excerpts from contemporary documents that potentially 
describe SCP-3632 have been included below: 


SCP-3682 Historical Archive 


5. prize of victory of the men of KHEMENNU, 
who devoted their most excellent minds and 
many years of their labour to the Pyramid... 
[illegible] gone from a seedling in the mind of 
the nomarch MERESANEH to a splendid 
structure, which towers over the city, 

6. and it has been built in the name of 
DJEHUTI, whom all men of intellect aspire to 
[illegible] 

9. as it was a structure most ingenious and 
pleasing to his sight, he took the whole city of 
KHEMENNU to the wondrous land of BROT 
KRUMA beyond the Sun, 

10. where his chosen followers will live in bliss 


forever. 


-Unidentified tablet fragments, dating to the 
early Third Dynasty 


In the later years of Huangdi’s2 rule, the god 
Lei Gong, who could control thunder and rode 
in a flying city, visited his capital of Xinzheng. 
The boy Ji Min, who was one of Huangdi’s 
sons, was a great admirer of Lei Gong and 
called to him, saying, “Look at the canals | 
have made by the river: they protect the city 
from flooding. Look at the wooden birds | have 
made: they carry our people from one end of 
our kingdom to the other.3 Is this not pleasing 
to you?” 


But Lei Gong was angry and said, “My people 
have been travelling for seven thousand years; 
they have travelled past the Moon and beyond 
the stars. But you bring them no food and no 
gifts, not even some workers to ease their 
burden. Instead you bring me tricks and toys, 
all of which | have seen before, and think this 
will please me?” 

And there was a great storm above Xinzheng, 
which knocked the palace roof down, and 
floods lasting for two years. 


-Redacted passage of the Records of the 
Grand Historian by Sima Qian, circa 1st 
century BC 


The Bird and the Floating Island 


There once was a wise old Bird, named Thoth, 
that greatly desired the miraculous floating 
island of his neighbours: a miniature world, 
much like the one we live on now, with all 
manner of plants and animals. His neighbours, 


the Pistreans, were monstrous creatures with 
fins and fangs and rough, scaly skin, and they 
spread all across the island until the plants 
were gone and the animals dead. Desperate 
for aid, they called for help, and Thoth 
disguised himself as a wrinkled old crane and 
went to them. 


“Wise crane,” said Akheilos,4 their leader, “we 
have no food to eat and no crops to plant. Our 
children lie awake in their beds at night, 
keening with hunger. All we ask for is some 
bread, to fill our bellies and keep our people 
alive.” 


For this Thoth was glad, for he did not care for 
Akheilos or his people, and was not overmuch 
concerned with keeping the Pistreans alive. 
But because he sensed an opportunity for 
himself, he opened his crooked beak into a 
smile and said, “My friend, your troubles are 
my troubles; | promise you that your people 
will never have to go hungry again. But for 
everything, there is a price.” 


“Anything,” pleaded the lord of the Pistreans, 
and Thoth preened his tattered wings and 
said, “Akheilos, my friend, as much as it pains 
me to say this, was it not you who led your 
people into famine? If | do this thing for you, 
you must leave the Pistreans and be bound 
outside the Universe, so they do not suffer the 
same fate again.” 


With a heavy heart, Akheilos agreed, and was 
bound and cast outside the universe. And 
Thoth was glad, because he knew that this 
was the only creature that could defeat him in 
what he planned to do. 


To the remaining Pistreans, he said, “Here is a 


spell that will give you all the bread you shall 
ever need: not a one of you shall ever be 
forsaken again.” And giving them the spell, he 
departed that place as speedily as he could. 


The Pistreans, being a trusting people, 
immediately opened the spell that wise old 
Thoth had given them, and gave shouts of joy 
as the few crumbs of bread they had left 
began to grow in size. But their shouts turned 
to groans of despair, then screams, as the 
crumbs continued to grow and grow, filling 
their plates and then their homes and finally, 
their entire floating world. 


When Thoth returned to that place, not a 
single Pistrean was left alive: all were buried 
beneath the vast, undulating waves of bread 
that covered the surface of the planet. And 
seeing this, Thoth began to work his magic. 
From the bread sprang up something that 
looked like plants and animals, at least to the 
untrained eye, and from under the planet’s 
new crust rose the Pistreans, transformed into 
a new and terrible form of life. And they built 
palaces and edifices that were testaments to 
Thoth’s great power, even if they were not 
entirely real. 


Outside of the Universe, Akheilos still lies 
bound, unaware of the fate of his people. Let 
the moral that he learns from this tale be thus: 
An old crane may be very, very wise, but that 
does not mean he is on your side. 


-Secona-century Italian folk tale, 
anachronistically attributed to Aesop 


Based on the condition that these documents are describing 
SCP-3632 and semi-accurate events relating to it, a tentative 
secondary anomaly has been designated SCP-3632-1. This is 


assumed to be a sapient being, which may be responsible for 
SCP-3632's fluctuating architecture and autonomous changes in 
velocity. 


Exploration: Due to recent advances in unmanned superluminal 
travel, as well as the avian features of many SCP-3632 architectural 
features and the suspected avian nature of SCP-3632-1, the 
exploratory probe Sitchin-1 was approved by regional O5 
Undersecretariat vote (8-3, 2 abstaining). Designed to survive entry 
and re-entry of both Earth and SCP-3632 atmospheres, it was 
proposed that it would perform both an aerial flyby and a landing on 
the anomaly, collect surface samples and image potential avian 
lifeforms, and return to Earth for additional analysis at Site-309. 


Sitchin-1 was deployed on 08/15/2016 from the Penalva Launch 
Site, under the guise of a commercial satellite launch. It is projected 
to reach SCP-3632 by 01/03/2017. 


Display Sitchin-1 Incident Log 


Display Sitchin-1 Recovery & Analysis 


VIDEO LOG 


DATE: 11/05/18 


NOTE: Sitchin-1 was recovered 
from the Caribbean Sea on 
09/05/18. Despite all parts being 
in good working order, no data 
had been transmitted back to 
Site-309 for the duration of its 


mission. The following post- 
mission analysis was conducted 
by Head Researcher Iqbar and 
Junior Researchers Kelsey & 
Bouche, both to determine the 
causes behind the probe’s 
mechanical failures and to review 
the video and audio data 
collected during the mission. 


[BEGIN LOG] 


00:02 Hello? This is Dr. Maglan. 
I'm officially beginning this 
analysis: the quarantine officers 
have just finished reassembling 
our probe, and it looks like there’s 
no evidence of tampering with 
any of the machinery, anomalous 
or otherwise. Our next course of 
action is to go through the video 
available to us and determine 
what, exactly, caused us to lose 
contact for the better part of two 
years. 


00:05: Dr. Kelsey finishes linking 
Sitchin-1 internal audiovisual files 
to Site-309 database. All set up, 
sir. Should | go ahead and play it, 
Olaane 


00:05: Whenever you're ready. 


00:06: Dr. Kelsey activates the 
video logs. Sitchin-1’s cameras 
activate as it achieves low-earth 
orbit and activates its main 
thrusters. After some deliberation, 
Dr. Bouche fast-forwards the 


video: Sitchin-1 is engulfed in a 
micrometeor shower which 
slightly dents the transmission 
dish, believed to be responsible 
for the mechanical failure. 


00:10: Sitchin-1 enters 
weirspace? uneventtully. 


00:47: A minor malfunction in 
Sitchin-1’s weirspace stabilizers is 
hypothesized by Dr. Bouche to 
cause the anomaly in location 
readout previously observed, but 
subsequent testing confirms that 
this is not the case. 


01:25: Sitchin-1 exits weirspace 
14 minutes early, appearing 
directly over SCP-3632. The 
anomaly is approximately 3 km 
from the location it was imaged at 
by the WART telescope at the 
same time as the mission, 
accounting for relativistic 
differences. 


01:27: This is Dr. Maglan again. 
The probe appears to be starting 
its descent towards the... wait, 
that doesn’t look right. 


01:29: As Sitchin-1 approaches 
the surface of SCP-3632, ripple- 
like distortions appear in its 
camera feed. The buildings on the 
anomaly’s structure are now 
clearly visible, appearing to self- 
construct and crumble to pieces 
over the course of minutes. 


01:34: A distortion overtakes 
Sitchin-1, and it suddenly appears 
near the upper atmosphere of the 
planet. Atmospheric perturbations 
resembling aurorae are visible 
overhead. 


01:36: Interesting. That's... Dr. 
Kelsey, can you confirm that 
quarantine completely sterilized 
the probe? Yes? Okay. 


01:48: Sitchin-1 begins its 
descent toward SCP-3632 
another 14 minutes early, 
following its pre-programmed 
flight path. 


01:56: Sitchin-1 initiates landing 
maneuvers over what superficially 
resembles a field of brown grass. 
Subsequent video analysis, as 
well as residual matter on 
Sitchin-1’s landing gear, reveals 
that these are in fact down 
feathers, apparently still living. 


02:02: Sitchin-1 touches down. A 
large ibis-shaped monument is 
visible in the distance, emanating 
a blue light. 


02:04: That's what we're looking 
for, right...right there. John — hey, 
John — could we get a focus on 
that area of the screen? 


02:05: Two avian entities with 
humanoid faces, approximately 6 
meters in height, approach from 
the direction of the monument. 


They appear to be softly 
whispering to each other. 


02:05: Dr. Bouche, you’ve been 
on the SCP-3632 project since 
almost the very beginning. Do 
these entities resemble 
SCP-3632-1 from the literature? 
Can we confirm its existence? 


02:07: | mean — ah — all the 
records are so vague, it’s, it’s 
really very difficult to tell... 


02:08: State your name for the 
record, please. 


02:08: Oh, sorry, sorry. This is Dr. 
Bouche. And... in my professional 
opinion, | would have to say not. 
SCP-3632-1 is often described as 
a bird-headed humanoid with 
powers of flight, although these 
creatures could be... associated? 


02:10: The two entities pause in 
front of Sitchin-1 and face the 
camera. After a pause, they both 
produce noises reminiscent of 
throat-clearing. 


02:13: Are they trying to 
communicate? ...Dr. Bouche, port 
this through to Command. 


02:16: The two entities 
simultaneously begin producing 
harmonies, which are elaborated 
into melodies. Dr. Maglan laughs. 


02:17: They’re singing to us, you 


an EMP; however, no other electronics in the area had similar 
effects. The Foundation created a new computer, BOMB-3, to pick 
up where BOMB-2 left off. hours after beginning its analysis, 
however, BOMB-3 suffered identical damage to BOMB-2, despite 
being hardened against an EMP. Whether this is a result of a direct 
attack or a consequence of the contents of the signal has not been 
determined.