from other universes, which would explain where these 
things are coming from. Thomas believes that something 
is off about the reality surrounding this anomaly, which 
would explain the malfunctioning Kant counters, but we 
have no idea why that is either. In summary: We have a 
whole lot of nothing and a lot of questions. That's all for 
today. 


Camera feed ends. 
Recorded Date: 8/6/13 


Camera feed begins. Kuznetsov is seen with his head in 
his hands. He looks up at the camera. 


Kuznetsov: Today marked the 38th tape we've 
recovered of myself. We've gotten 38 different capsules 
containing tapes of myself speaking to a camera, just like 
I'm doing now. And none of them are exactly the same. 
In each video, I'm wearing different clothes, the date is 
off, | have different hair, all kinds of things. And I've got 
no damn idea why. 


Kuznetsov leans into the camera. 


Kuznetsov: What worries me the most is that we still 
haven't found out any details about what exactly 
SCP-3200 is doing. We're pretty sure that this is a region 
of some weird spacetime stuff; Moreau is adamant that 
this is a region where spacetime is pretty thin, allowing 
for contact between universes. But beyond that, we just 
don't know exactly what's happening. Worse, we've 
started finding more than capsules...things like bodies. 
Mine, Sewell's, Moreau's, and some of people that I've 
never seen. Parts of shuttles using technology that | 
haven't seen before, and other scraps of things that | 
don't understand at all. 


Kuznetsov shudders. 


Kuznetsov: There is something deeply wrong about this 


place. It feels fundamentally misplaced. That it doesn't 
belong. | don't know what else we can find here. Signing 
off for today. 


Camera feed ends. 


The following was written in Captain Kuznetsov's personal notes 
regarding the mission on 8/21/13. 


How many times? 
How many times have we been here? 


This is the question that keeps me up at night, the 
question that has brought me no rest. We are certainly 
not the first, and every other Kuznetsov out there seems 
to have been brought low by this same question. 


We recovered a log today. The man that | saw on that 
tape was old. Very old. He had been recording the 
anomaly for a long time. Years, perhaps even decades. 
Thousands of tapes recovered. No answers. He had 
studied it for years and years, and nowhere did he find 
an answer to why this was happening. 


They say that the definition of madness is doing the 
same thing over and over again, but expecting different 
results. If so, then just how mad are we? 


On 9/7/13, Captain Kuznetsov apparently vanished while attempting 
to retrieve another tape. He reappeared two days later on 9/9/13, 
extremely dehydrated and weak. The other crewmembers report 
that Kuznetsov recorded this message shortly before lapsing into a 
coma: 


We were fools. The void isn't a region where spacetime 
is ruined; it's the source of the tear itself. Soacetime itself 
is rending itself apart and we're seeing echoes of every 
timeline in the past and future. 


Time is an ouroboros, devouring itself again and again, 
only to be reborn. 


| saw all of it. All of the times we tried to stop it in the 
past. All the times that | tried to stop it in the past. And 
the future. This happens again and again, until we get it 
right. 


Over and over again, we try and try to fix it. All times 
blend together until we reach singularity and all is lost. 
The tear opens more holes everywhere in reality, and the 
anomalies appear faster and faster, but containment is 
only delaying the inevitable. The inevitable cleansing of 
the slate. 


| saw all the timelines. And we haven't stopped it in any 
of them. 


Mater' Bozhya.' We have seen into the abyss, and by 
God, it hates us. 


This was the last recorded event that was stored in the recovered 
capsule; given the passing of Peregrine-9's original end date, the 
expedition is considered to be lost. 


Footnotes 
1. "Mother of God" in Russian. 


SCP-3201: well, it was low-entropy while it lasted. 


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will result in disciplinary action, including but not necessarily limited to: 
demotion, mandatory-duty transfers, partial/total CQT isolation, and/or 
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[VERIFY CREDENTIALS] 


Item #: 
SCP-3201 


Object Class: 
Thaumiel 


Special Containment Procedures: Containment 
procedures for SCP-3201 are limited primarily to 
disinformation protocols surrounding SCP-3201, 
exchanges and agreements with SCP-3201, and 
communications with SCP-3201. 


Foundation assets are to maintain a continual presence 
within media and meteorological organizations listed in 
Document Q5/903. SCP-3201 instances are to be 
referred to as "ball lightning" or variations thereof, 
depending on the nature of the incident. Standard Class- 
A amnestics are to be administered aerially to 
populations situated within 1.5km of the location of the 
appearance of an SCP-3201 instance with discretion 
based upon flight path and diameter (see Document AW/ 
N3-K1). 


Only CL/3000 and above personnel who have obtained 
WK-11/5340 authorization are permitted to directly 
interact and communicate with SCP-3201 instances, with 
reasonable exceptions for task-force personnel and D- 
class personnel during testing. Foundation personnel 
who have not obtained WK-11/5340 authorization, or 
individuals from partner organizations, may be assigned 
to SCP-3201 research, under the condition that they are 
amnesticised following the discontinuation of their 
research (see Document EH/RO-2E). 


Exchanges, bartering, and trade agreements’ with 
SCP-3201 must be conducted by personnel familiar with 


Collingua, the constructed  interlingua used for 
communication between humans and SCP-3201 
instances. Researchers are required to study records of 
the 1983 Archivist-Foundation Accords as a basis for 
conduct in negotiating future agreements. Negotiators 
are advised to familiarize themselves with the aesthetic 
preferences of particular SCP-3201 instances. Keter- 
class anomalous objects must not be used for bartering 
purposes. 


Routes to Logashkino, located in Sakha, Russian 
Federation, must be restricted to Foundation personnel. 
Satellite imagery, property records, and all forms of print 
and digital media are to suggest that Logashkino was 
formerly a trading post, but has been completely 
uninhabited since 1998 with the exception of outposts by 
Russian logging and mineral corporations. Twenty 
permanent personnel are to remain on site at all times 
for maintenance. 


Personnel who have not obtained WK-11/5340 access 
credentials are to be amnesticised after departing from 
the Logashkino site. It is suggested that internal 
Foundation employees without WK-11/5340 
authorization be lead to believe that Logashkino is an 
isolation site for a logograph-based cognitomorphological 
virus in order to discourage undue interest in Eigen-12. 


Description: SCP-3201 is the collective designation for 
a class of sentient, mobile hyperdimensional entities, 
appearing as luminous spheres with variations in colour 
and diameter. SCP-3201 instances identify themselves 
as "Archivists" to Foundation personnel, and are usually 
identified as ball lightning in the wider scientific 
community. 


SCP-3201 instances were first brought to the attention of 
the Foundation as potential anomalies after several 
aerial sightings of "kraut fireballs" or "foo-fighters" over 
Germany in November 1944, described as "resembling 


Christmas tree lights, usually non-hostile and unable to 
be outmaneuvered". 


Initially classified as naturally-occurring electromagnetic 
phenomena, an SCP-3201 instance was reported once 
again by MTF Chi-3 ("Exorcists") in 1959 as a central 
figure of worship within an anomalous Melanesian cargo- 
cult community — stones, shells, gems and animal 
bones chiselled into polyhedral shapes, would be 
ritualistically offered to the instance, in exchange for 
which the instance would provide crates of canned foods 
and various Western manufactured goods from nearby 
parallel universes (see Addendum AJ/151). 


In 1968, it was ascertained that eigenstations, originally 
constructed by the Foundation to meet increasing energy 
requirements for dimensional containment operations in 
Site-62, acted as "attractants" for SCP-3201 instances. 
Repeated contact between SCP-3201 instances and 
Site-62 researchers enabled the analysis and translation 
of symbols used by SCP-3201, which enable 
topologically and mathematically precise communication. 
SCP-3201 instances were capable of transferring 
knowledge of this constructed language between 
themselves. 


Through these communications, SCP-3201 instances 
communicated their intentions to "collect" and "archive" 
specific types of objects. For example, SCP-3201-4 
primarily archives spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata), with 
a preference towards specific spot patterns and weights. 
According to SCP-3201-4, no other nearby parallel 
universes host spotted turtles. SCP-3201 instances are 
known to change preferences after finding an 
appropriate item. 


By order, the first eight SCP-3201 instances expressed 
the desire to collect "ideal versions" of the following 
items: 


1. Platonic solids (tetrahedra, 


cubes, octahedra, 
dodecahedra, or 
icosahedra) ranging 
between 5cm and 30cm in 
width. Preference for 
smoothness. 

2.Dark green Wellington 
boots. Preferences 
unknown. 

3. [REDACTED] 

4. Turtles resembling 
Clemmys guttata. 


Preference for specific spot 
patterns, weight between 
100g-130g. 

5.Seeds of unclassified 
organism. SCP-3201-5 
provided examples of said 
seeds, which were 
transported to Site-103, and 
cultivated in a high-moisture, 
carbon-dioxide-rich 
environment. Seeds 
germinated into a vine-like 
plant containing pockets of 
methanous hydrogen gas. 
After eighteen days, the 
plant appeared to detach 
itself, developed into a free- 
standing floating structure in 
the center of the 
greenhouse, and continually 
dispersed seeds onto the 
ground before incinerating 
itself two days later. 

6. Denominations of 
currency bearing the 
number ‘5’. Preference 
towards warmer colours. (?) 


7. WWil-era foxhole crystal 
radio receivers. Preference 
towards functional receivers. 

8. Unknown _ object ___class. 
Described as spherical in 
shape, metallic in 
composition, covered in 
elongated’ spindles, and 
approximately two metres in 
diameter - apparently extant 
in nearby universes. 
SCP-3201-8 provided 
researchers with an example 
of the object, which appears 
to be neutrally buoyant, and 
emits electromagnetic 
radiation in structured pulses 
at 540 Hz. Air temperatures 
within 1.5km of the object 
decreased by 8 degrees 
Celsius over the course of 
three hours over the duration 
of testing. Function 
unknown, researchers were 
requested by SCP-3201-8 to 
manufacture more. Request 
was denied. 


Translated by 


Observations 


Experiment Log 407 


SCP-407 Test Notes: 


<Test 1; SCP-407 played for 28m 32s. One (1) D-Class 
Personnel. Testing area unsterilized > 


00:25 - Subject reports taking a great liking to music, and 
can be observed attempting to hum along. 


00:45 - Subject reports her knee, which had been injured 
for years, is no longer hurting and is working well. 


01:25 - Subject begins doing push-ups. Subject is 
seemingly euphoric at her physical state. Subject looks 
younger, and shows considerable growth in musculature. 


03:00 - Subject stops exercise, reports dizzyness and 
stomach cramps. Subject begins scratching left arm. 


03:40 - Subject is suffering from uncontrollable diarrhea, 
and appears to be in great pain. Dermal clavi are seen 
appearing on left arm. Small weeds are seen growing in 
various parts of the testing chamber. 


04:00 - Corns on subject's skin are seen spreading 
quickly throughout body, taking on a whitish hue. Subject 
communicates that she no longer feels pain. 


04:30 - Subject's skin is completely covered in thick, 
uneven, callused skin. Subject no longer communicating. 
Chamber floor and walls seeing advanced plant growth. 


05:10 - Subject no longer moving, and is barely 
recognizable as skin disfigurement continues. D-Class 
uniform on subject disintegrating for unknown reasons. 


and testimony 
collected from 


May 21 


Guangzhou 


factory 
incident 


JULY 15, 1983 


KEY INFORMATION 


Incident occurred in 
Liwan Ceramics Co. Ltd. 
a ceramics 
manufacturing factory in 
Liwan, Guangzhou. 
Factory was of no 
interest to foreign 
intelligence agencies. 
Incident occurred from 
11:33 to 3:08 (May 21, 
1983). 

Thirty-four witnesses 
were present. Most 
accounts are consistent. 
Unlikely to pose 
immediate security 
threat. 

At 11:33, a slightly- 
indistinct "sphere of 
light" was observed in 
the workshop, hovering 
in the air, approximately 
three metres off the 


floor, with no visible 
supports. Over the next 
minute, the sphere of 
light grew and became 
more distinct. The 
sphere was orange/red 
tinted (twelve report 
orange, eight report red, 
fourteen are unsure). 
The sphere measured 
3.5 metres in diameter 
at its maximum. The 
sphere had the 
luminescence of an 
ordinary light-bulb, and 
was not extremely 
bright, nor did it radiate 
heat. states that, 
nevertheless, the air 
surrounding the sphere 
distinctly rippled in a 
manner suggestive of a 
heat wave. This was 
confirmed by nineteen 
other witnesses. 

The sphere started to 
slowly circle the room in 
a "predatory" / 
"inquisitive" / "uncertain" 
manner at 11:37, 
passing through several 
solid objects unimpeded. 
These objects show no 
signs of damage nor do 
they display any unusual 
features. 

At approximately 1:00, 
the sphere appeared to 
lightly burn several 
seemingly-handwritten 


Traditional characters 
onto a wall. These were: 
= ("commerce, trade, 
barter"), @ ("1. to have, 
2. to exist"), i ("jar"), & 
("1. to demand, 2. to 
want"), & ("1. honest, 
sincere, 2. wish, hope"), 
$2 ("Money"), and = ("1. 
copper, 2. gold"). 

The first batch of Ming- 
era reproduction vases 
had finished in the 
morning. 

, the site manager, 
approached the sphere 
and attempted to 
communicate with it. 
established a system by 
which would ask a 
question and the sphere 
would burn either a 
circle or a cross to 
indicate affirmation and 
negation over the course 
of one hour. 

reported having 
successfully made a 
trade agreement. 

From 2:35 to 2:39, the 
sphere "swallowed" 
thirty-four vases 
(accounts are 
inconsistent). 

Over the course of a 
minute, the sphere 
slowly diminished in 
magnitude and 
distinctness until it 
completely disappeared. 


¢ Starting from 3:01, the 
sphere reappeared in 
the same manner as 
previously described. 
After fully reappearing, 
the sphere circled over 
the workers for three 
minutes while 
"showering" them with 
approximately 600 kg of 
currency in the form of 
the renminbi, pristine 
Imperial-era copper 
coins, silver coinage, 
and various 
unidentifiable forms of 
currency (most notably 
banknotes featuring both 
Chinese and French 
with a silhouette of the 
current borders of the 
People's Republic of 
China in addition to 
Mongolia and the 
northern portion of 
Vietnam). Over the next 
three minutes, the 
sphere deposited 
approximately 1900 kg 
of molecularly-pure gold 
in long, cylindrical bars 
measuring 0.38 metres 
in diameter onto the 
factory floor. Objects 
were confiscated. 
¢ The sphere disappeared 
over the course of a 
minute in a manner 
consistent with previous 
descriptions. 


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