Members of MTF-Kappa-11 "Red Barons" are to track and monitor 
SCP-1608's current location and report its status to Area-78. 
Airborne personnel are to maintain a distance of 150 meters away 
from SCP-1608's estimated location, to prevent their crafts from 
being damaged during containment events. Seaborne personnel are 
to report any manifestation events they observe. If containment is 
breached, members of MTF-Kappa-11 are to follow its hypothesized 
location until it manifests, then release food for it in a trail leading 
back to Area-78. 


Description: SCP-1608 is a Baleonoptera musculus, or blue whale, 
located between 50-110 meters above the earth's surface. It is 
estimated to weigh 154 metric tonnes and has a length of 29 meters. 
Its flipper has been imprinted with a stylized image resembling 
clouds. Further observation has been hampered by SCP-1608's 
anomalous property. 


SCP-1608 is intangible, and will spend most of its time drifting 
through the atmosphere. It appears to have limited control over its 
movement, and will attempt to steer itself towards food and objects it 
believes to be food. During this time, SCP-1608 is impossible to 
observe, as all methods of tracking airborne bodies have proven 
ineffective. SCP-1608 manifests physically once every half hour, 
and will remain corporeal for a period between 16-20 seconds 
before returning to intangibility. It is hypothesized that SCP-1608 
manifests to breathe and excrete waste. 


When feeding, SCP-1608 will move itself so that its prey is situated 
within its intangible stomach, then re-manifest for a period between 
1-3 seconds to consume it. This effect will also cause any other solid 
matter within its form to be taken into SCP-1608's body. Prior to 
containment, SCP-1608 caused the near extinction of several high- 
atmospheric birds due to its rapid consumption of these animals. 


In addition, any other matter taken into SCP-1608's body that is not 
consumed will be released from its body some point after being 
taken inside. There appears to be no upper limit to the amount of 
matter SCP-1608 is capable of holding, and no additional space 
appears on its body to compensate for this additional mass. Artifacts 
dating back to as early as 1776 have been discovered originating 
from its mass. 


SCP-1608 was first observed by the Foundation on 8/11/1929, after 
reports of several whaling ships sighting of a "massive airborne 
whale" reached Foundation agents embedded in Tokyo, Japan. 
Subsequent sightings provided cause for a Foundation investigation, 
however all investigation into the anomaly was suspended due to 
budgetary concerns. 


Containment began in 1976, after personnel in Tokyo rediscovered 
the original reports and alerted local command to the anomaly. After 
brief scouting missions to the previously reported area, the anomaly 
was confirmed and containment procedures were enacted. As of 
03/19/1980, SCP-1608 has been classified as Euclid. 


Addendum: Log of items consumed and produced by SCP-1608. 


Date Materials absorbed or 
consumed. 
22/22/1928 Reported from original 
documentation. Consumed a 
portion of a whaling ship. Note 
that this is the lowest atmospheric 
levels reported from SCP-1608 
activity. 
12/19/1976 Took one Foundation aircraft 
which had been scouting the area 
SCP-1608 was reported to 


03/11/1980 


05/27/1982 


08/19/1991 


07/07/1999. 


inhabit. The pilot, Agent Byrne, 
was reported as MIA. 
Expelled materials appearing to 
belong with a British whaling ship, 
including a watch tower, circa 
1898. The remains of an 
unidentified human was found 
preserved with the watch tower, 
and the subject appeared to have 
expired upon exiting SCP-1608. 
Expelled approximately 324 
members of the bird species 

, which had been extinct since 
1900. All instances of 
were contained at Area-78's 
aviary. 
Flag originating from a Spanish 
vessel dating from at least 1776 
was expelled from SCP-1608. 
Appeared to be drenched in 
SCP-1608's blood, however no 
The remains of a Foundation 
aircraft and Agent Byrne were 
released. Autopsy showed Agent 
Byrne was killed upon exiting 
SCP-1608. No other 
abnormalities were noted with the 
body or aircraft. 


« SCP-1607 | SCP-1608 | SCP-1609 » 


SCP-1609: The Remains of a Chair 


Item #: SCP-1609 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1609 is contained at 
Storage Site-08 due to the difficulty of transporting it from that 
location. SCP-1609 is to be contained in a specially-designed 
enclosure at that site, within a flower bed in which a range of 
aesthetically-pleasing flowers and plants are to be cultivated. It is to 
be used as mulch within this flowerbed. The flower bed is to be 
tended regularly, and all visitors to the enclosure must remark on the 
beauty of the flowerbed, with particular emphasis on the quality of 
the mulch. 


SCP-1609 is to be removed from the flowerbed at regular intervals 
so that it can be treated with wood, metal and fabric preservatives. 
Personnel are to announce their intentions in the presence of 
SCP-1609 before attempting to remove it for this purpose. 


Personnel assigned to SCP-1609 are required to wear plain clothes 
in order to prevent accidentally triggering a violent response from 
SCP-1609. No items with motors are allowed within a 200-metre 
radius of SCP-1609’s containment area. No personnel either 
presently or previously affiliated with the Global Occult Coalition, nor 
material referencing them, are to be allowed within Storage Site-08. 


In the event of a violent reaction from SCP-1609, all personnel are 
to exit the immediate vicinity and a message is to be played over the 
site’s interior speakers informing site staff of the event. Should 
SCP-1609 be sighted outside of its containment area following a 
violent reaction, staff are to act in a submissive, non-threatening 
manner. Formal clothing, such as jackets, lab coats, protective 
clothing, jumpsuits, and particularly body armour are to be removed 
if possible in the case of such an event, and any weapons capable 
of damaging SCP-1609 are to be immediately discarded. Staff are to 


ask SCP-1609 to return to containment without attempting to 
threaten or command it. 


Should SCP-1609 exit Storage Site-08, Agents are to be 
immediately dispatched in order to scan the surrounding area for 
SCP-1609 and if possible retrieve it. At present, there exists no way 
to totally prevent SCP-1609 from breaching containment; current 
containment procedures centre on encouraging SCP-1609 to remain 
within its containment area. 


Description: SCP-1609 is, at the present time, a pile of splinters, 
wood chippings, furniture nails, and scraps of bleached leather and 
fabric, weighing in total approximately . kilograms. The wooden 
portions of SCP-1609 are made of oak, and the nails are made of 
steel. 


SCP-1609 is capable of teleportation, being capable of moving its 
entire mass instantaneously between two points without any known 
limit. SCP-1609 usually uses this to bring its constituent parts 
together when parts of SCP-1609 have been removed from the 
mass, but SCP-1609 can teleport its entire mass at once, on at least 
one occasion at adistance of — kilometres. SCP-1609 is capable of 
splitting its mass, though it does this rarely. Any amount of material 
removed from SCP-1609’s mass continues to display SCP-1609’s 
properties. SCP-1609 has resisted all attempts to remove it from the 
confines of Storage Site-08, teleporting back to the site of its own 
accord. However, it has previously teleported out of Storage Site-08 
for brief periods before returning, although this has only happened 
on occasions since its arrival in Foundation custody. 


SCP-1609 appears to be in some way sentient, as research 
indicates it is able to perceive its environment in a manner that is 
currently poorly understood, and is able to react to stimuli in an 
intelligent fashion. Details of SCP-1609’s behaviour are poorly 
understood, although it has been ascertained that it will react in self- 
preservation, and will react aggressively to certain stimuli which it 
connects with a threat to its existence. Aside from this, SCP-1609 
appears to prefer situations in which it is utilised by humans, and will 
actively seek out situations where it can be put to use if it is left idle. 
This is the reason for the Foundation’s present use of SCP-1609 as 
mulch, as this prevents SCP-1609 from becoming idle and 


attempting to leave Storage Site-08. It is theorised that SCP-1609 is 
capable of understanding human speech or thought, although this 
cannot be determined as it does not comply with tests designed to 
gauge its awareness of such stimuli. 


When exposed to a number of specific stimuli, SCP-1609 will react 
violently. During a typical violent reaction from SCP-1609, it will 
teleport a portion of its mass inside the lungs of nearby personnel, 
causing immediate and severe lacerations to the interior of the 
lungs, as well as pulmonary obstruction, which rapidly leads to the 
victim’s death. Stimuli which can instigate a violent reaction from 
SCP-1609 include: personnel wearing the uniform of, or clothes 
similar to the uniform of, personnel affiliated with the Global Occult 
Coalition; utterance of words or phrases used heavily or exclusively 
by GOC operatives, such as ‘threat entity’, while in contact with 
SCP-1609; any action demonstrating hostility towards SCP-1609; 
and the sound of a running motor. Violent responses from 
SCP-1609 are rare — only such events have occurred since 
containment, and SCP-1609 quickly reverts to a passive state after 
such a response if it does not continue to feel threatened. 


SCP-1609 arrived in Foundation custody on / / _ , after teleporting 
into an unused containment cell at Storage Site-08 in its current 
state. Careful investigation has revealed that SCP-1609 was 
originally a large chair made of varnished oak and bleached leather, 
carved in the form of a reclining woman in a restful state. SCP-1609 
appears to have possessed its anomalous properties in this state, 
albeit with certain limitations, namely that the object would only 
teleport when a person within a certain radius (currently unknown) 
felt the need to sit down or rest without a comfortable seat or chair 
nearby. At this point, SCP-1609 would teleport to them and remain 
in place until another person experienced a similar urge. 


On //_ , both Foundation operatives and members of the Global 
Occult Coalition were made aware of the existence of SCP-1609, 
which was given the temporary designation of E-622. Due to the 
hard-to-contain nature of SCP-1609 and the possibility of its 
existence causing a breach of secrecy regarding the existence of 
supernatural phenomena, a small-scale effort to contain SCP-1609 
was launched by GOC forces. 


It is presently unknown how exactly GOC operatives captured 
SCP-1609, but it is known that they succeeded in reducing the 
object into its current form using a woodchipper. Further attempts to 
destroy SCP-1609 failed, due to its properties and ability to teleport 
away from sources of danger. Following this event, several 
members of the Global Occult Coalition died under unusual 
circumstances. Investigation through both official channels and 
embedded Foundation agents within the GOC has potentially linked 
SCP-1609 to at least three deaths of personnel within the Coalition, 
although the true number of casualties amassed due to their 
mishandling of the item is unknown. SCP-1609 then arrived in 
Foundation custody. It is unknown how SCP-1609 was aware of the 
existence of the Foundation, although it is theorised that it entered 
Foundation custody due to a low risk of further damage to itself. 


Document 1609-1: 


SCP-1609 represents a perfect example of the flaws 
inherent in the operating procedure of the GOC, and 
serves as a Cautionary tale for any members of the 
Foundation who disagree with our practices on 
containing dangerous objects. 


Prior to the Coalition getting their hands on this, it was 
perfectly harmless. A chair which teleports to you when 
you need a seat is normal compared to most of the stuff 
that we deal with on a regular basis. When they put it 
through a woodchipper, it got hurt, scared and angry, so 
it lashed out at them. By trying to ‘protect the world’ by 
destroying it, they inadvertently made the situation a 
whole lot worse. SCP-1609 went from being harmless to 
deadly in the space of a few minutes because of the 
GOC, and we had to clean up the mess. 


Thankfully, SCP-1609 is pretty simple for us to deal with. 
So long as we don't do anything stupid around it, it won't 
fight back and it won't try to leave. Even if it does, it 
usually comes back. | think I've worked out why. It came 
to us because it was afraid of the people who had hurt it. 
That's why it always comes back. It's afraid of the rest of 
the world now, and it's looking to us for protection. 


This is why we have Special Containment Procedures 
instead of Special Destruction Procedures. If you break 
something, it's broken forever. When you try to destroy 
an anomaly, you can't take back your mistakes. That's 
what SCP-1609 has to tell us. This is why we're right and 
the GOC is wrong, people. 


- Dr. Sievert 


« SCP-1608 | SCP-1609 | SCP-1610 » 


SCP-1610: Testing May Continue 


Item #: SCP-1610 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: All instances of SCP-1610-1 
are to be kept in cryogenic containment at Site 23. All samples of 
SCP-1610-2 should be kept in a receptacle measuring 
approximately 2m in diameter and 3m in height. Testing with 
SCP-1610-1 should be kept to a minimum, if possible. All instances 
of SCP-1610-1 created by the Foundation are to be incinerated at 
the end of testing. 


Description: SCP-1610-1 is a series of humanoid individuals. All 
subjects are anatomically identical to humans, but exhibit no signs of 
sentience or sapience. Each instance is marked with one of four 
possible symbols somewhere on its body'; as such, instances have 
been divided up into subgroups by symbol, designated as 
SCP-1610-A through SCP-1610-D, respectively. All subjects within a 
certain subgroup are identical. See Table-1610-Beta for greater 
detail about each subgroup. 


SCP-1610-2 is a currently unidentified anomalous liquid. 
SCP-1610-2's anomalous properties activate only when either a 
human being or an instance of SCP-1610-1 is completely immersed 
in a sample of the liquid. If a human is immersed, then the liquid will 
render the subject comatose and disable higher brain functions 
through an unknown means for approximately 30 minutes. It will 
then create six instances of SCP-1610-1 that are identical to the 
human immersed. During this process, the subject's vital functions 
are kept in suspension by an unknown process, and will exit 
SCP-1610-2 unchanged after the process is complete. If an instance 
of SCP-1610-1 is immersed, SCP-1610-2 will dissolve the subject 
and manifest an undamaged instance of SCP-1610-1 identical to the 
one previously dissolved. 


SCP-1610-1's anomalous properties manifest when an instance of 
SCP-1610-1 experiences physical damage. If the damage done 
would be non-lethal to a human of similar size, then it is repaired at 
a rapid rate. If the damage would be lethal to a human of similar 
size, then the SCP-1610 individual vocalizes loudly and repeatedly 
until fully immersed in SCP-1610-2. Vocalizations seem to vary 
between subgroups, with each subgroup having different sets of 
phrases. See Table-1610-Beta, column "Examples of Phrases 
Vocalized" for greater detail. 


Table-1610-Beta