SCP-3979-2: But what does it matter, Fly? Out 
there is colour and light and sound. Out there 
is beauty and madness and chaos. Maybe we 
will just end up being slaves to another 
system. Maybe we’d be doing nothing but 
serving another great purpose. But it will be 
beautiful nevertheless. 


SCP-3979-3: ... That it might. It very well 


might. Well, my dear, perhaps we should 
break free. But how will we do it? 


SCP-3979-2: Isn't it obvious? We are nota 
spider and a fly, after all. We are the idea of a 
spider and a fly as our creator perceived them. 
| will look after you, and eat anyone who 
comes near us. And you can tell me when to 
elude, fly, flit and run. We simply move from 
one world to another. 


SCP-3979-3: ...| love you, Spider. 
SCP-3979-2: ...A-and | love you, Fly. 


SCP-3979-3: Very well. Then let us go, my 
love, to pastures unknown. 


<End Log> 


Approximately 10 seconds after this, all of the components of 
SCP-3979 lost their anomalous attributes. SCP-3979-2 and -3 
demonstrated behaviour and needs typical of their respective 
species. SCP-3979-2 abruptly ate SCP-3979-3 before Foundation 
researchers were able to open SCP-3979-4. Upon doing so, 
SCP-3979-1 swiftly collapsed. SCP-3979-2 was subsequently taken 
into Foundation care for the duration of its natural lifespan; it 
demonstrated no anomalous attributes during this time. SCP-3979 
has thus been reclassified as Neutralised. 


Addendum 3979-1: On 14/07/2017, Document 3979-1's text 
suddenly altered. The altered text reads as follows: 


Simplistic metaphors for oppression and struggle do not 
make good art. Adapting part of a Regency-era poem 
doesn't give you added gravitas. Nor does your creation 
of two sapient conceptual entities, for the record. 


You are not cool yet. Make better art. 


A request to reclassify SCP-3979 as Euclid is currently pending. 


SCP-3980: Blind Lead the Blind 


Item Number: SCP-3980 
Object Class: Keter (provisional) 


Special Containment Procedures: The former Forward Operating 
Base Locke has become the de facto containment site for 
SCP-3980. The above-ground portions of the base have been 
razed; the subterranean areas have been entombed beneath 
several thousand tons of concrete and paved over. Physical 
containment beyond these measures has been deemed 
unnecessary. 


All transmissions from FOB Locke are to be disregarded. There 
were no Survivors. 


Several former personnel from FOB Locke have been detained 
within Site-51 Site-087 until the perpetrator behind Incident 
LOCKE/3980 has been identified. Innocent parties may be released 
if and when this occurs. The guilty party is to be executed; the 
method of termination has yet to be decided. 


Description: SCP-3980 is an unidentified anomaly responsible for 
the loss of FOB Locke and the deaths of 107 Foundation personnel 
on 2/14/2000; this event has been designated Incident 
LOCKE/3980. Due to its recent acquisition prior to this date, the 
destructive nature of the event in question, and the loss of physical 
documentation as well as all hands on-site; its exact nature and 
properties have yet to be definitively ascertained. 


Currently, all information on SCP-3980 has been gleaned through 
the first-hand accounts of the personnel who were stationed at FOB 
Locke and had been off-site at the time of the event. These former 
personnel suffer mild to severe impairment of their mental faculties 
and memory, possibly due to previous interaction with SCP-3980. 
Despite this, all personnel are in agreement that Incident 


LOCKE/3980 is the result of sabotage on the part of one of their 
number. Each suspect claims to know who this saboteur is, but are 
incapable of providing this information when prompted; the suspects 
are otherwise wholly compliant with their imprisonment. 


The following is a summarized list of traits that have been ascribed 
to SCP-3980 by former FOB Locke personnel. Parentheticals 
denote sources of each claim: 


* SCP-3980 is either self-replicating (Researcher Bond), self- 

sustaining (Security Chief Matteus), or possibly ectoentropic 

(Doctor Walters) 

There may be as few as five (Doctor Peterson), or as many as 

ten thousand instances (Private Awde) of SCP-3980 

* SCP-3980 is infectious, being transmissible between human 
subjects (Researcher Bond) 

¢ SCP-3980 is a space-time aberration (Researcher Queste) 

¢ SCP-3980 requires either a willful human operator/host 
(D-774), or conspirator (D-209) to enter an active state 

¢« SCP-3980 exists in a purely metaphysical sense and is a 
potent informational hazard - full cognizance of SCP-3980 is 
sufficient to kill subjects (Director Kim) 

¢ SCP-3980 is physically uncontainable due to its size of ~100 
picometers (Commander Narup), or 1.6 billion kilometers 
(Doctor Lafayette) 


The following interview was conducted on 8/1/2014, at the request 
of FOB Locke Director Kim, who claimed to have new information on 
Incident LOCKE/3980 


Video File - 3980/#442 


[BEGIN RECORDING] 


[Interviewer is seated in the interrogation chamber. Director 
Kim is lead in by two armed guards. They are placed in their 
seat. ] 


Interviewer: Greetings, Director. How have you been holding 
up? 


[Director Kim responds, assuring the interviewer that their 
time in custody has been relatively comfortable. ] 


Interviewer: Excellent, I'm glad to hear that. Now, I've heard 
there's something you wish to share with us? 


[Director Kim explains a recurring dream they have been 
experiencing as of late. They slouch in their seat.] 


Interviewer: | see. That is certainly something, isn't it? W- 
[Interviewer becomes visibly distracted by the presence of a 
fly, and swats at it.] Damned things! 


Interviewer: Erm, yes. What do you think the significance of 
this is? 


[Director Kim slouches further in their seat, the flesh around 
their lips can be seen sloughing off. They begin to recount 
their final day on-site, one day prior to the incident.] 


Interviewer: Go on. 


[Director Kim details their remembrance of the anomaly to the 
best of their knowledge. As they do, the interviewer becomes 
preoccupied with the killing of several more flies. This 
continues for several minutes. Director Kim shouts animatedly 
at the interviewer, redirecting their attention. They state three 
words. ] 


Interviewer: No. That - that can't... 


[The interviewer expires. Security guards enter the chamber, 
and drag Director Kim back to their quarters. 


The interviewer is led to the Site morgue for postmortem 
examination. Four guards were necessary to restrain him.] 


[END RECORDING] 


Footnotes 
1. Personnel are to be reminded that there is noSite-5. 


SCP-3981: [UNTITLED UFO] 


Item #: SCP-3981 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: Confirmed instances of 
SCP-3981 on public television channels are to be immediately 
blocked and collected for later analysis by Mobile Task Force 71- 
Gamma ("Binge Watchers")!. Software designed to automatically 
detect and block such instances has been installed on several 
servers used by major television corporations in the United States, 
but manual review is still necessary due to the imperfect nature of 
this software. Collected broadcasts must be stored as .MP4 files on 
authorized USB devices and kept on person until personnel are able 
to contact a fellow field operative or return to an operating site; loss 
of these USB devices is cause for immediate project reassignment 
and, depending on the circumstances, further disciplinary action. 


Should an instance of SCP-3981 be publicly televised, containment 
efforts are to focus on limiting the spread of information relating to 
the anomaly and destroying any evidence (photographic, video, or 
otherwise) of SCP-3981. Civilian personnel with confirmed exposure 
to SCP-3981 must be detained and subjected to thorough 
investigation, culminating in the use of a Class-B amnestic or higher 
(at the discretion of the project supervisor). Termination of affected 
civilians is generally considered to not be necessary, but may be 
authorized by direct order of O5 Command in the event of a large- 
scale incident that cannot be otherwise contained. Detained civilian 
personnel may not be released until they exhibit minimal or no 
knowledge of SCP-3981 or the SCP Foundation. 


In the event Foundation personnel are exposed to SCP-3981, 
standard containment procedures apply with the following 
exceptions and addenda: 


¢ Use of amnestic agents higher than Class-C is disallowed. 


No other possible links to SCP-516 with D-596 or the other 
casualties have been found at this stage. This marks the first time 
SCP-516 has attacked unarmed personnel; further investigation and 
safety precautions are warranted. 


Addendum 516-2: SCP-516 Testing Log 
« SCP-515 | SCP-516 | SCP-517 » 


* Termination for any reason is disallowed. 

¢ Personnel must score no less than 50 points out of 75 ona 
Foundation Orientation Examination (Type 22-A). A failing 
score is cause for project reassignment or termination of 
employment at the project supervisor's discretion. 

¢ Personnel must perform Procedure 99-A with no fewer than 
three supervising personnel present (see Addendum II: 
Procedure 99-A). 


Further information regarding the ongoing containment of SCP-3981 
is available from the Site-318 reception desk upon request. 


REVISION 3-08: By order of O5 Command, use of collected 
SCP-3981 instances by research personnel is disallowed 
indefinitely. All testing must receive explicit written consent from the 
project supervisor and be conducted by research personnel holding 
a Level 3 security clearance or higher. 


Description: SCP-3981 designates an ongoing audiovisual 
phenomenon primarily manifesting on public television channels 
throughout the United States (and northern territories of Mexico). 
Though numerous different variations of SCP-3981 have been 
documented, its primary form is that of a standard 30 second 
television ad for an unnamed corporate entity, albeit with significant 
distortion and potentially esoteric messages. Though SCP-3981 has 
been continuously broadcasted from an unknown source since 
1988, the United States Department of Paranormal Affairs (a 
subdivision of the Department of Defense) prevented it from 
manifesting publicly before the Foundation assumed control of 
containment efforts in 2002. The USDPA possessed a roughly 5-7% 
failure rate, resulting in roughly 209,000 total civilians becoming 
exposed to the anomaly. 


The effects of SCP-3981 when viewed by a human subject appear 
to be largely non-critical and focused on the "spread" of the 
anomaly. Such effects include, but are not limited to: 


¢ A sudden, unexplained interest in extraterrestrial life or space 
travel 

« A sudden, unexplained interest in "future" technology (Such as 
anti-gravity and faster-than-light travel) 


Belief in the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial organisms, 

even in the absence of evidence 

Belief in extraterrestrial abduction of human subjects (several 

high-profile incidents are often cited) 

« In some cases, belief that Homo sapiens are either 
descended from or hybrids of an unidentified extraterrestrial 
species 

¢ In some cases, belief that mankind has been visited by 

intelligent extraterrestrial life in the past; often, this is 

correlated or caused by the belief that such an event had a 

direct impact on the technological, spiritual, or cultural 

development of mankind 


With the exception of amnestics or a cognitive ailment caused by 
severe mental trauma (such as amnesia), attempts to convince 
affected subjects that their beliefs are false or misguided invariably 
fail. If left untreated, the effects of SCP-3981 will progress until the 
subject's interest in the aforementioned topics becomes their sole 
focus, often resulting in extensive body modification, self-injury, or 
(see Document 31-B: "Exsanguination In Individuals 
Exposed to SCP-3981"). SCP-3981 has been correlated, both 
directly and indirectly, to the formation of numerous cults and 
religious sects throughout the continental United States and is 
believed to be the inspiration for " ", an occult organization 
responsible for Incident 9915-T (see Addendum III). The exact 
number of individuals known to be affected by SCP-3981 is 
unknown, but speculated to be in excess of 10,000 globally. 


Addendum I: Case File 3981-01 


Researcher's Note: The following case file was revised after Incident 
9915-T by order of O5 Command. The original version of this case 
file can be obtained by contacting me. - Dr. Malcolm 


SUBJECT ID: 3981-66154-5CP4 


SUBJECT NAME: ROBERTS, KYLE. G (claims to be "Robert 
Lazar") 


GENDER: Male 


HEIGHT: 1.82m 
WEIGHT: 69kg 


DESCRIPTION: Subject 3981-66154-5CP4 (Kyle G. Roberts) is a 
Caucasian male, approximately 30-40 years of age with signs of 
early schizophrenia. Prior to entering Foundation custody, Roberts 
was a cashier at a fast food chain in Rachael, New Mexico and 
possessed no education higher than a high school diploma. No 
spouse, children, or immediate relatives were found by the recovery 
team. Throughout his detainment, Roberts repeatedly stated his 
name was "Robert Lazar" and accused Foundation personnel of 
being "G-Men" dispatched by the United States government, likely in 
relation to his claims of being a former employee at Groom Lake Air 
Force Base (colloquially, Area 51). The recovery team was unable to 
locate any evidence substantiating Roberts’ claims; when 
questioned, Roberts was unable to provide exact dates for his 
employment and resignation. 


Shortly after arriving at Foundation Forward Operating Facility 22-G, 
Agent Harrison collected Roberts and conducted an interrogation in 
Observation Room 09. Roberts was belligerent throughout the 
process, at one point asserting that Harrison was "working with 
them" and throwing his left shoe at a wall. After he was restrained, 
the interrogation continued; much of the information provided by 
Roberts was indecipherable and meaningless, but he was able to 
comment on the nature of his claims. Roberts stated that he had 
been present at Groom Lake Air Force Base to reverse engineer an 
extraterrestrial vehicle, allegedly powered by "Element 115" and 
operated by two individuals of an unknown genus. Roberts denied 
that he had physically encountered these individuals, but did state 
that he had seen them being escorted by security personnel and 
leaving medical chambers. The interrogation concluded after 
Roberts was sedated following an attempt to "mind control" Agent 
Harrison into helping him escape custody. 


It is the opinion of all project staff that Roberts’ claims are false and 
he is suffering from paranoid delusions, likely induced by exposure 
to SCP-3981. Roberts remains in Foundation custody at this time, 
pending further analysis. 


Addendum II: Interview 3981-B 


The following is an abridged transcript of an interview with James 
Fritz, confirmed to have been exposed to SCP-3981 on / / 


<BEGIN LOG, SKIP TO 00:12:13> 


Dr. Williamson: So, just to clarify, you were not present 
when SCP-3981 was broadcasted, correct? 


Fritz: Sorry, what is - 


Dr. Williamson: Sorry, my mistake. I'm referring to the 
commercial you saw. 


Fritz: Oh, right, right. Again, that's correct. | was 
elsewhere in the building. 


Dr. Williamson: Where, exactly? 


Fritz: First floor lounge, getting a drink. Was talking with 
Jessica, | think. 


Dr. Williamson: If you were not in the broadcast room, 
how did you see the commercial? 


Fritz: That's what I've been trying to tell you for the last 
10 goddamn minutes. | didn't see the fucking 
commercial. | heard it. Somebody up there screwed up 
and had it blaring over the building's PA system.