On 07/04/1994, a civilian trespassed upon what was 
then the construction site for the enclosure currently 
around SCP-3436, attempted to climb the structure, and 
experienced an unimpeded ABE. That day, several 
eyewitness accounts from commercial airline 

Flight # reported without inconsistency visualizing a 
rapidly ascending object, hereafter designated 
SCP-3436-2a, at approximately 40° 50' 13.3728" N and 
73° 51' 55.5588" W. Individuals of testimony were 
covertly quarantined and treated with the proper 
amnestics, then reconnoitered by field agents, as is 
standard procedure. 


Dispatched Foundation aircraft located the figure, which 
had become stationary at approximately 5,900 meters. 
Pilots reported via telecommunications of a subject with 
gross human anatomy. Upon more detailed inspection, 
SCP-3436-2a's topography was interrupted by an 
incomplete, saggital bisection. What were inferred to be 
SCP-3436-2a's lungs could be seen expanding 
rhythmically as if ventilating, despite the non-intact 
central nervous system and the exposed thoracic cavity. 


Available data could not ensure that SCP-3436-2a was 
safe for mechanical acquisition and transfer, and so the 
figure was incinerated and never recovered for further 
study. 


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Footnotes 
1. The pulpy matter remaining after some other substance has been 
pressed or crushed. 


SCP-3437: The Black Archive 


Item #: SCP-3437 
Object Class: Euclid Neutralized 


Special Containment Procedure: Due to its nature it is currently 
impossible by current technology and function to properly contain 
SCP-3437. Usage of Class-Z mnestics may be distributed to 
researchers experimenting with SCP-3437. 


Any personnel with a probable cause to access instances of 
SCP-3437-2 may do so, but only with permission from the three 
Class-4 personnel, and at least one Class-4 person overseeing the 
handling and usage of SCP-3437-2. 


All instances of SCP-3437-1 must be kept in standard humanoid 
containment or reclassified as a Class-D and admitted into the 
Class-D database. 


All instances of SCP-3437-2, labeled as SCP-3437-2-aaa through 
SCP-3437-2-zzz, are to be kept in a storage warehouse at Site-205. 
If usage of any instance of SCP-3437-2 is required by the 
Foundation, permission from at least two Level-4 personnel is 
required. Guards are to patrol the perimeter of the storage 
containing all instances of SCP-3437-2. 


Protocol-Null-00 is to be activated by vote of the O5 Council. During 
Protocol-Null-00, only personnel approved by the O5 Council may 
leave Sites, otherwise all Sites are to go into immediate lock down. 


All Class-D personnel are to be kept within their respective cells and 
may not be permitted to leave unless administered Class-B 
amnestics. 


Procedures for Protocol-Null-00 is restricted on a need-to-know 
basis; only O5 members and Class-A and Class-B personnel are 


allowed to view the procedures. Any non-approved personnel 
attempting to view Protocol-Null-00 should be detained by guards 
and administered Class-B amnestics. 


Description: SCP-3437 is a metaphysical entity that expunges and 
censors information. It mainly censors information about itself, but it 
has also been noted to expunge information other than about itself. 


Such incidents range from deleted Foundation spreadsheets, official 
government records, to the whereabouts of Dr. _'s car keys. 


It has been hypothesized that SCP-3437 may have originated 
around the same period as the emergence of sapience and complex 
thought, expunging information that SCP-3437 itself deems 
anomalous or 'dangerous' in nature. Information is not limited to 
human thought, as it has also been noted to expunge entire physical 
entities (as described in Report-3437-5ta77p2 (Archive File-5ta77p2 
Elemental Extermination)). 


SCP-3437-1 instances are humans. They typically lack official 
records or was identified as a missing persons. SCP-3437-1 entities 
appear to be agents of SCP-3437, equipped with unknown 
technology (hereby classified as SCP-3437-2) and are capable 
apparently anomalous behaviour and function. During 
Incident-3437-Alpha, it was found that there were a total of 6,872 
instances of SCP-3437-1 found across all Foundation Sites. 


SCP-3437-2 instances equip SCP-3437-1 with a powerful 
antimemetic property, rendering them completely undetectable 
except to other instances of SCP-3437-1 equipped with similar 
mnestic-based technology. It has been hypothesized that instances 
of SCP-3437-2 are anomalous in nature, or is so technologically 
advanced it is capable of producing an antimemetic field around 
SCP-3437-1 or other operators of SCP-3437-2. 


Currently Foundation researchers are investigating and attempting 
to reverse engineer instances of SCP-3437-2. 


Addendum 


Incident-3437-Alpha Report 
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Foundation algorithms, particularly the recently developed AIID ("Uni 
Stud"), have been detecting odd amounts of anomalous behavior 
regarding information. It appears, through deep neural analysis, that 
information on the internet was being summarily deleted rapidly. 


Algorithms could not find any history of any user deleting or altering 
the text. Deeper investigation yielded inconclusive results. 
Interviews showed that no subject seems to recall said information, 
despite some being on commonly visited websites. 


Protocol-Null-00 


The O5 Council, upon hearing of this incident, conducted a vote to 
on whether to activate Protocol-Null-00 with votes and_, results in 
favor of activating Protocol-Null-00. 


On0/ /20 , 3 before after Incident-3437-Alpha, Protocol-Null-00 
initiated. Procedures to Protocol-Null-00 can be found [DATA 
EXPUNGED]. After 5 days, Protocol-Null-00 was completed, and 
SCP-3437 was discovered. 


During Protocol-Null-00, a total of | casualties from Foundation 
agents, from governmental entities and organizations anda 
total civilian casualties. 


Overview 


On1/ /20 , approximately 12.5 terabytes of information was 
distributed among countless nations’ and organizations’ databases. 
A total of 3,148 entities (including corporations, governments and 
the memories of people scattered across 100 countries) received a 
percentage of the 12.5 terabytes of information. In total the 
Foundation received around 550 gigabytes worth of information 
among databases across all Sites. 


SCP-3437-1 


On1/ /20 , the initial incident, a total of , was discovered 


(throughout the world, only 6,872 were found in Foundation Sites). It 
appeared that when the information leakage during 1 / /20 

occured, it also revealed/disabled the technology that allowed 
instances of SCP-3437-1 to remain antimemtic, therefore revealing 
them in their entirety. 


In total, around 7,000 instances of SCP-3437-1 were terminated 
upon the interruption of their antimemetic cloaks. During Protocol- 
Null-O0, any who were not executed were captured and sent to 
Foundation Sites. 


The following reports are information extracted during Protocol- 
Null-00, including ones extracted from hard drives. Some came in 
raw text format, others came as pictures of some kind. A large 
quantity of cognitohazardous and infohazardous files were also 
collected during Protocol-Null-00, such information can only be 
viewed under approval by the O5 Council. 


Note: The information and reports noted here are in English as it 
appears to be the predominant language used in the files, though 
other articles from different languages have also been found. Some 
are in modern languages, some written in Latin and other files 
written in unidentifiable languages. 


+Report-3437-221ga7t 


The memetic agent known as Palace still continues to 
expunge information, though instead of ‘storing’ it into the 
‘Archive’ (the Archive believed to be SCP-3437), the 
information now simply disappears. 


Whereas the 12.5 terabytes contain what appears to be 
every expunged thought/piece of information, no new 
information has been detected by Foundation algorithms 
to appear since Incident-3437-Alpha. 


Research into the "Grand Censorman" and "Eyes, Ears 
and Soul" is currently underway. 


+Report-3437-5ta77p2 


+Interview Logs 


Interview Log 
1/0/20 


Dr.L : Greetings D-425531. 
D-425531: Hey. 

Dr.L : So D-42553— 

D-425531: Yeah, yeah, get on with it. 


Dr.L : <Pauses for a moment Can you, tell 
me about what you do? 


D-425531: Me? | was a High Censorman. Put 
capitals on High and Censorman. | know 
you're recording this. 


Dr. L :Hm? 


D-425531: Oh don't give me that bullshit. I've 
censored enough of your interviews to know 
what you're trying to do here. 


into position they will hold the established pose indefinitely. This 
works even in cases where delicate balancing would be required for 
a person, such as standing on one foot or even one hand. Attempts 
to push SCP-446 over have exactly the expected effect; it makes no 
attempt to preserve its balance and simply falls over. 


A medical examination of SCP-446 revealed additional information. 
See Document 446-1-A for details. 


+ Show Incident 446-A 

Incident 446-1 

SCP involved: SCP-446 

Personnel involved: Guard , Dr. Sunderland 
Date: 9/2/2010 

Location: Storage Room 6, Site- 


Description: In the spirit of modesty, SCP-446 was 
initially stored clothed in a standard Class D personnel 
uniform. A guard later investigated reports of a "thumping 
noise" in Storage Room 6 where SCP-446 is kept. 
SCP-446's case was found to have moved several 
inches from its normal resting place as the result of 
rhythmic blows to the lid from the inside. Dr. Sunderland 
was Called in, and upon opening the case, found that 
SCP-446 was attempting to rise to a sitting pose. It 
would bang its head against the lid, lie back down, and 
attempt to sit up again. 


Once the lid was opened, SCP-446 stood on its own 
without coaxing. SCP-446 then put its hands together at 
the wrists, lowered its head, and hunched its shoulders. 
SCP-446 also changed its expression for the first time 
since entering Foundation control; its face took on a 
subtle mixture of sadness and fear. It held this pose until 
Dr. Sunderland touched its shoulder, which prompted 
SCP-446 to return to a normal standing position, 


Dr. L : Howdo you "censor" these 
interviews? All the interviews we have seem to 
be in order; they don't appear to be 
“censored”. 


D-425531: No, you wouldn't know because 
I've censored them. 


Dr.L_ : Care to elaborate? 
D-425531 remains silent. 
D-425531: No. 

Dr. L : Ok, thank you D-425531. 


D-425531 was largely cooperative in other interviews, 
only holding back information about the "Grand 
Censorman", though the fact that D-425531 was a "High 
Censorman" likely means that D-425531 may wish to not 
confide any 'important' details. 


Interview Log 
Dr.L : Hello D-437218. 


D-437218: WHAT HAPPENED TO 
RENEGADE? 


Dr.L : Renegade? 


D-437218: THIS CAN'T HAPPEN! 
RENEGADE WAS A SUCCESS! 


Dr.L :Can you please explain what 
Renegade is? 


D-437218: THE GODDAMN LIBRARY 
BURNED THE ARCHIVE DOWN DIDN'T 
THEY?! 


Dr.L : The Library? 


D-437218: IF IT WASN'T THE LIBRARY IT 
WAS YOU [EXPLETIVE REDACTED] 
WASN'T IT? 


Dr. L :Wedo not know who did what, 
perhaps you can explain? 


D-437218: DO NONE OF YOU KNOW 
ANYTHING? 


Dr.L :<Dr.L_ sighs> Guards? 
D-437218 begins screaming incoherently. 
Dr.L : GUARDS? 


D-437218: HOW DID YOU EXPUNGE THE 
INFO? YOU CAN'T EXPUNGE ARCHIVE 
FILES! 


D-437218's mention of 'Renegade' has not been found in 
any reports from SCP-3437. It may be possible that not 
all information may have been leaked during 
Incident-3437-Alpha. Foundation operatives are 
currently, as of writing, still searching for mentions of 
‘Renegade’ and its connection with SCP-3437. 


When D-425531 was asked about 'Renegade’ in an 
interview, he simply noted that "it was leaked with the 
rest of the information" and noting before the interview 
ended "I have no idea what happened though, Renegade 
was a success". Note: The file on 'Renegade' was 
located and is now attached below. 


+4/BASILISK (Renegade.docx) 


SCP-3440: The Marvellously Macabre Mechanical 
Marionette Matinee 


Item #: SCP-3440 
Object Class: Safe Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: All knowledge of SCP-3440 
and its point of access must be restricted to personnel with 3440/2 
clearance or higher. Any non-Foundation individuals capable of 
perceiving and accessing SCP-3440's entry point are to be 
detained, debriefed and amnesticized. Foundation agents 
embedded in the Civic Opera Building's security staff are to prevent 
unauthorized access to SCP-3440. 


By order of the Ethics Committee, instances of SCP-3440-A are 
exempt from experimentation. SCP-3440-A1 is the exception to this 
ruling, and no further attempts to disconnect SCP-3440-A1 from 
SCP-3440-B are to be made. 


As of incident 3440-01, SCP-3440-A1 is to be monitored 
continuously for the development of new properties, with any 
changes being reported immediately to the Site Director. 


Description: SCP-3440 is a dual-purpose entertainment and 
embalming facility of anomalous construction and operation located 
approximately meters beneath the ground floor of the Civic Opera 
Building in Chicago, Illinois. It appears to have been constructed 
shortly after the Civic Opera Building itself opened on November 
4th, 1929. 


SCP-3440 is accessed via an elevator in the basement of the Civic 
Opera Building. The elevator is protected by a perceptual anomaly 
that renders it undetectable to human subjects who do not have 
prior knowledge of SCP-3440's existence. This defence mechanism, 
combined with additional pretermemetic! interference, prevented the 
Foundation from discovering SCP-3440 until being informed of its 


existence via an untraced phone call in 20 . The informant did not 
reveal their identity, but it is considered highly probable that they 
had some association with Gol-233. 


The main room of SCP-3440 is a three-story theatre built for an 
audience capacity of 1,044, with a makeshift mortuary found 
beneath the stage. Upon recovery, the theatre had suffered 
extensive damage, both from fire and brute force, with the forensic 
team believing that a riot or some similar violent altercation having 
occurred between 12-24 hours prior to their initial arrival. 


At the time of recovery, embalmed corpses had been placed in 
the front rows of SCP-3440. These bodies have been designated 
SCP-3440-A. Many of these bodies have been identified as missing 
individuals from the Chicago area over the past 20 years (see 
Forensic Report 3440 for more information). 


Each body has had ten metallic filaments integrated into its nervous 
system via an unknown form of reinnervation. These filaments 
connect at the middle fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, and 
temples. Though the alloy the filaments are composed of remains 
unidentified, metallurgical analysis has shown it to possess 
anomalous electro-thaumic properties. These filaments appear to 
serve the purpose of conducting electro-thaumic signals from 
SCP-3440-B (see below) into the nervous systems of SCP-3440-A, 
allowing them to be controlled in a manner superficially similar to 
marionettes. 


Although biologically dead, aetheric resonance imaging has shown 
that [DATA EXPUNGED], speculated to be a form of Sheldon Class 
soul-trap. If this is the case, instances of SCP-3440-A would remain 
conscious and aware of bodily sensations. 


With a singular exception, the entirety of SCP-3440-A has had their 
filaments severed at random lengths. Most suffer from posthumous 
injuries. It has been speculated that when still connected to 
SCP-3440-B, SCP-3440-A were used in the conflict believed to have 
occurred shortly before discovery. 


Most of the cadavers were found dressed in circus attire, with two 
individuals in the front row being of particular interest. The first,