04/10/2013: | recognized the voice, at last. It’s mine. And 
as of today, there’s a rather noticeable crack running 
across the surface of the shell. 


04/25/2013: They found E_ ’s body yesterday, a few 
hours after | smashed the shell that only then spoke with 
his voice. | didn’t know. He seemed fine. The few shells 
we could link to people always belonged to those outside 
the facility. 


| received a phone call. It happened. She didn't make it. 
Tonight, I’ve decided on tonight. 


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SCP-1745: Phantom Helicopter 


Item #: SCP-1745 
Object Class: Keter 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1745 is to be contained 
on-site at Zone-457. At no time is any electronic equipment to be 
brought within 1km of SCP-1745. An array of twenty (20) radio 
broadcasting units are to be arranged in a circle 10km from the 
center of Zone-457. At all times, the unit furthest from SCP-1745 
must broadcast while all others remain silent. Both telescopic and 
satellite-based observation of SCP-1745 must be maintained 
continuously. Any breach by SCP-1745 constitutes the immediate 
implementation of Contingency-Gorynych-A. 


Description: SCP-1745 is an intangible Soviet helicopter. 
Superficially it is identical to the Mil Mi-24D (also known by its NATO 
designation, "Hind"), though it appears to be entirely incorporeal, 
traversing through any and all physical obstructions with no 
observed effect on either body. Given its absence of mass, the 
reason for its visibility is unclear. In addition, SCP-1745 generates 
noise consistent with a non-anomalous aircraft of identical make, 
despite no clear source of the sound. The apparent condition of the 
aircraft varies between featuring severe damage (though this does 
not affect its flight or maneuverability) and being pristine. 


SCP-1745's presence causes immediate damage in all electrical 
circuitry within an approximately 300m radius. The exact cause of 
this damage is unknown, though it universally demonstrates signs of 
severe overheating. Due to this, close-range electronic observation, 
recording, and testing of SCP-1745 is generally impossible. 


SCP-1745 appears to be attracted to artificial radio signals. How it 
determines whether or not these signals are artificial and whether it 
is able to decipher/comprehend the content of said signals is 
undetermined. While this aspect of SCP-1745 has allowed for the 


implementation of current containment protocols, it also presents a 
clear danger: due to its tendency to be drawn to human civilization, 
its indestructible and intangible nature, and its adverse effect on 
electronic equipment, a breach of SCP-1745 could potentially result 
in an RK Technological Collapse. 


SCP-1745 was transferred to Foundation custody by Russian 
correspondent [REDACTED] in 1994 following a series of potential 
breach events. Previous containment protocols developed by GRU 
Division P ("Psychotronics") were adopted by Foundation staff, and 
all available documentation on SCP-1745's history prior to 1994 was 
obtained from this exchange. Presently, it is believed that SCP-1745 
originates from a Mil Mi-24D helicopter piloted by GRU-P agents 
and shot down over [REDACTED] in 1979. Due to open hostilities 
between [REDACTED] and the Soviet Union at the time, it is not 
believed that the attack targeted the GRU-P specifically. While the 
incident yielded no survivors from on-board the vehicle, a series of 
documents were recovered from a titanium case within the 
wreckage. The following is an excerpt from said documentation 
(translated from Russian): 


Entry / /1979: The artifact was brought in today. 
Unusual mineral composite: silicon, magnesium, iron... 
the trajectory of the impact crater is still being analyzed. 
Based on audio logs, the collision must have occurred at 
0523 hours, so we should be able to get some vague 
idea of its origin. In any case, a full battery of tests 
haven't uncovered anything distinctly unnatural about the 
object, we're removing to primary storage. 


Entry / /1979: | don't know what the men are blathering 
about. | awoke this morning to be told that there's a firefly 
loose in the sector. Upon hearing this | was equal parts 
"Why do | care?" and "How could there be a firefly 
here?" | ordered a full search of the area, the labs, the 
dorms, the mess room, nothing. Everyone seems 
convinced it was here though. So convinced that they 
apparently didn't notice the damage to our equipment. 
Three computers with burnt out circuits, and no one can 
tell me how it happened. First the uneventful asteroid 


and now this, Command is going to shut us down if this 
continues. | swear those assholes assigned me a bunch 
of buffoons to this sector. 


Now one of our electron microscopes is broken, fuck! 


Entry: / /1979: Well. | guess | owe them an apology, 
but we have much more important things to address. We 
found it in the Communications Center. Really it's just a 
levitating ball of light, it doesn't appear to have any mass 
at all, but testing is impossible. When we tried to touch it, 
it went berserk, and a nearby light fixture burnt out. We 
can't afford to let it destroy the communication room, so 
I've ordered everyone to stay out of there for the time 
being. This is really a mess. 


Entry: / /1979: This explains how our equipment was 
destroyed; it only seems to go nuts when it's in danger 
(or rather, perceives itself to be in danger). As long as 
we move gently and carefully around it, there's no 
problem, it's even rather friendly and will hover up to our 
staff to brush against them (naturally we ran the people 
in contact with it through all the usual tests, but there 
wasn't any sign of an adverse reaction). Its "body", | 
guess, is warm, 45 degrees Centigrade; staff are still 
calling it the firefly. We still don't know why it wants to 
stay in the communication room. Did it come from the 
asteroid...? We have no way of knowing but it's too likely 
to be a coincidence. Perhaps this mess won't be entirely 
unproductive. 


Entry: / /1979: New discovery. It's attracted to radio 
signals, that's why it won't leave our communication 
room. It seems only drawn to man-made radio signals, 
why I can't say. We're looking into possible applications 
for this thing, but we don't have much on that end yet. 
Command isn't pleased about the wrecked equipment, 
though the discovery of the firefly has at least kept them 
interested. That interest won't last long though if we can't 
find some use for it. 


| hope they don't send a neutralization order. 


Entry / /1979: Searching for applications is going 
nowhere. This is somewhat hampered by the fact that 
staff are coddling with it, and that's a distraction that's 
hard to avoid. It has that effect on everyone. | was up 
late working, and | fell asleep on the desk. It started 
nudging up against me in my sleep, and | woke up. | 
stayed up for another hour, at least, just sitting in its glow 
and warmth, no working, just sitting there. It seemed like 
it was resting against me...does it sleep? | think it's a 
child. Maybe it listens to human radio signals because it 
recognizes them as meaningful. | don't have any real 
basis for this, it just came to me while | was up last night. 
| think it's just like listening to someone reading a book. 


Entry / /1979: We received orders from command 
today to bring the firefly in. Nobody wants to see it go, | 
can hardly blame them, it's just about the only thing that 
keeps us happy around here. I've had a lot of time to 
think lately. The reasons we came out here, the reasons 
| joined this division...| can't really remember why. | 
mean, | know "why", but not why. The firefly, it doesn't 
concern itself with things like this, or maybe it can't. That 
must be nice. | just fee! as though...things should be 
simpler. Why does everything have to be so 
complicated? Why does there have to be so many levels 
to everything? What do the levels even mean? 


What are we doing here? 


The anomalous artifact the aircraft was transporting was not 
recovered from the wreckage and is believed to have been 
destroyed. The research sector mentioned in the documentation 
was destroyed by an unknown party. The extraterrestrial object 
recovered by GRU-P operatives remains unaccounted for. 


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SCP-1746: Anomalous Weather Pattern 


Item #: SCP-1746 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: The Foundation’s astronomical/ 
meteorological forecasting office is to predict the formation of 
instances of SCP-1746 by gathering and processing weather and 
climate data from national and international weather forecasting 
institutions, ground-based and space-based auroral electromagnetic 
monitors and the Foundation’s own sources. Under the current 
forecasting model, formation of SCP-1746 instances can be 
predicted only thirty-three minutes in advance, with travel path 
predictions reaching 55% accuracy only after instances have 
formed. This presents a very brief window of time for the necessary 
resources to be deployed to perform Protocol 1746-Aleph (see 
Document HG-1746-Aleph). 


Thirty-six (86) mobile task forces (designated MTF-1746-Aleph/A 
through MTF-1746-Aleph/AJ) which specialize in the application of 
Protocol 1746-Aleph are each to be stationed in an area within 12 
minutes flight time of a geographic area known to be susceptible to 
SCP-1746. Each such task force is equipped with two (2) modified 
Boeing CH-46 (or equivalent) heavy-lift helicopters, four (4) 
reinforced steel 12-meter cargo containers (in which the protocol 
equipment is to be stored), and the equipment listed on the manifest 
appended to Document HG-1746-Aleph. 


Each of these task forces is to be staffed with an appropriate 
number of the following staff members, together with alternates: 


* Two (2) qualified helicopter pilots 

¢ Four (4) construction engineers and two (2) qualified 
surveyors 

¢ Seven (7) trained actors (consisting of four (4) males and 
three (3) females), meeting the following specifications: 


Actor M1: Male, at least 66 kg in mass. 

Actor M2: Male, at least 50 kg in mass, belonging to Y- 

chromosome haplogroup O3 

© Actor M3: Male, at least 105 kg in mass, left leg 
amputated above the knee, with a blood alcohol content 
of at least 0.25% at the time of performance of Protocol 
1746-Aleph. 

© Actor M4: Male, at least 56 kg in mass, maximum age 
34 years, belonging to Y-chromosome haplogroup R1a 

© Actor F1: Female (mass irrelevant) with full urinary 
bladder. 

© Actor F2: Female, mass between 58 and 62 kg, 
pregnant (1st trimester), wearing cosmetics meeting the 
specifications described in Document HG-1746-Aleph, 
Appendix F2-A. 

© Actor F3: Female, maximum mass 24.5 kg, who is a 

lineal descendant of the Actor M4 engaged in the 

protocol application. 


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¢ One (1) squirrel wrangler 
* Two (2) live mature female eastern grey squirrels (Sciurus 
carolinensis) 


It is not recommended that any of a task force’s actors or the 
wrangler perform “double duty” as pilot, engineer or surveyor due to 
the risk that injuries could be sustained by personnel due to the 
unpacking and deployment of the equipment under stress, which 
could render an actor or the wrangler unfit or unable to perform their 
prescribed duties within the applicable specifications. 


Following the forecasting of a path of a given instance of SCP-1746, 
the relevant task force is deploy to an appropriate site within the 
flight path, the engineers and surveyors are to precisely install and 
arrange the equipment, and the actors are to carry out the protocol 
in accordance with the specifications. Document HG-1746-Aleph, 
together with its exhibits and schedules, comprehensively describes 
the steps that are to be taken to perform the protocol. All actions 
described in that document must be precisely timed, placed and 
vectorized consistent with the tolerances set forth in the document. 
The following protocol performance issues merit special attention: 


Care should be taken to properly fuel and maintain the 
appliances and motor vehicles included among the protocol 
equipment, as equipment failures may render it impossible to 
perform the protocol within the applicable specifications. 

¢ The fuel used in the Buick Wildcat must be leaded gasoline 
and must be free of additives except as specified in the 
protocol. The car is to be painted red. 

« Redundant cooling systems should be employed to prevent 
the frozen dairy confection from liquefying before the specified 
time. 

¢ The positioning and height of the traffic light are to be adjusted 
depending upon the timing of the protocol's performance in 
relation to the lunar tidal cycle. 

¢ Actor M1 is to be dressed as an Episcopalian priest 
(regardless of Actor M1's actual religious affiliation, which has 
not been shown to be relevant). His cigarette must be 
menthol. 

« The Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), must be cut to a 
mean height of 7 to 9 cm. The willow tree (Salix alba) must be 
female. 

« The change cup carried by Actor M3 (the hobo) must contain 

only coins satisfying pre-Coinage Act of 1965 metallurgical 

standards. 

Vehicle 2 (the Dodge Dart; color irrelevant) must be driven at 

a constant velocity of 10.72 m/s +0.04 m/s in accordance with 

the specified vector, with the song "Till There Was You" 

(original cast recording), commencing at 36 seconds into the 

track, being played on its radio concurrently with the vehicle's 

entry into the protocol zone. 

Immediately after dropping the frozen dairy confection, Actor 

F3 is to adopt body language consistent with distress over 

loss of the dessert. 

¢ The head of lettuce in the grocery bag must be Lactuca sativa 

var. longifolia. The use of any other variety of lettuce is 

prohibited. 


Description: SCP-1746 is an anomalous and extremely violent 
storm pattern. Instances of SCP-1746 are also characterized by 
“pulsations” of dozens or hundreds of simultaneous lightning strikes 
concurrent with episodes of ball lightning, intermittent hurricane- 


force updrafts and wind gusts, and electromagnetic phenomena 
which result in the instances being far more powerful and destructive 
than similarly-sized non-anomalous storms. Non-Foundation 
climatological organizations have compared instances of SCP-1746 
to multiple concurrent F5-class storms. 


Instances of SCP-1746 are remarkably regular and consistent from 
instance to instance in shape, speed, size, patterns of wind speed, 
gusting and barometric pressure, cloud structure and the timing and 
frequency of lightning strikes. The uniformity of instances of 
SCP-1746 has made it possible for a protocol to be formulated to 
dissipate the instance of SCP-1746 and avoid the catastrophic 
damage that would otherwise result from it. Although the basis for 
the effectiveness of Protocol 1746-Aleph is imperfectly understood, 
it has been theorized that Protocol 1746-Aleph, when precisely 
timed and performed, creates microclimatological and 
electromagnetic conditions which result in a positive feedback loop 
that dissipates the storm.