They will be Exposed! 

They will be destroyed! 

We must rise up, before their Masters return. 


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SCP-1720: Hijacked Space Probe 


Note: SCP-1720 was declared neutralized on 9/8/62. The following 
information has been kept for historical reference. 


Item #: SCP-1720 
Object Class: Euclid Keter Neutralized 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1720 is currently being 
tracked by multiple ground stations and orbital assets under 
Foundation control, and any changes in orientation or orbital velocity 
must be reported immediately. Suppression of knowledge of 
SCP-1720 is underway with cooperation from the United States 
National Aeronautics and Space Agency and the various space 
groups of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. 


Description: SCP-1720 is a lunar orbital probe formerly designated 
as "Pioneer P-3" and launched by the United States on 11/26/59. 
Officially, the launch vehicle suffered a malfunction approximately 45 
seconds after launch and the payload was subsequently destroyed. 
All data following this point has been redacted from public records 
and false files implanted in government files. During the launch of 
the probe, the vehicle was struck by an object of presumed 
extraterrestrial origin entering our atmosphere. From captured 
footage, the object appears to be no more than 11 cm in diameter, 
dark, irregularly shaped and possibly crystalline in composition. 
Following the impact and loss of control, the probe managed to 
reach low Earth orbit despite damage to its primary systems. 


For several weeks following the launch, sporadic telemetry received 
by ground stations indicated that SCP-1720 was in an erratic, 
constantly changing orbit consistent with periodic adjustments made 
via the probe's on-board propulsion systems. After extensive long- 
range observation, it was determined that not only was the probe 
acting independently, it appeared to be using its scientific 
instruments and on-board camera to perform directed study of 


surface areas of the Earth as well as other orbiting satellites. 


Addendum 1720-01: Researcher Note, Incident 1720-014 


On 3/21/61, a close pass using a Soviet intelligence 
satellite was used to take detailed photography of 
SCP-1720. During this pass, several anomalous events 
occurred: 


SCP-1720 matched velocities with and followed 
alongside the observing satellite for a distance of 
approximately 1,200 km despite it being deemed 
impossible for the original propulsion system of 
Pioneer P-3 to perform such a precise maneuver. 
Extensive "growth" was observed originating from 
an impact hole in the side of SCP-1720. Though 
the viewing angle did not permit detailed study, 
this mass was observed to move and "pulsate", 
suggesting that it may be of organic or biological 
composition. 

SCP-1720 circled around and studied the 
observing satellite before drawing away, behavior 
consistent with curiosity. As no transmissions have 
been detected that would suggest that SCP-1720 
is being controlled externally, this suggests that it 
may be a living and possibly sentient entity. 


Dr. R. L. W 


Addendum 1720-02: Researcher Note, Incident 1720-021 


On 5/11/61, a directed transmission positively identified 
as originating from SCP-1720 was detected by U.S. 
satellite [REDACTED] as the two objects were within 
200 km of each other. After several minutes of not 
receiving any response, SCP-1720 approached and 
made contact with the satellite before drawing away. 


The transmission was recorded and is now being 
analyzed, and telemetry from [REDACTED] is being 
monitored for signs of unusual activity. 


Dr. R. L. W 
Addendum 1720-03: Researcher Note, Incident 1720-022 


On 5/18/61, contact was lost with [REDACTED]. 
Observation from ground stations has confirmed that 
[REDACTED] is now autonomous and is moving in 
tandem with SCP-1720, and has been designated 
SCP-1720-2. 


A proposal for reclassification to Keter is being sent up 
due to SCP-1720's potential for breach of secrecy and 
further compromise of orbital assets. 


Dr. R. L. W 
Addendum 1720-04: Researcher Note 


As of 7/5/61, SCP-1720 has been reclassified as a 
Keter-level extraterrestrial threat by O5 Council directive. 
Permission has been granted to attempt to use a 
prototype anti-satellite missile to disable or de-orbit a 
SCP-1720 instance for testing purposes. 


Dr. R. L. W 


Addendum 1720-05: Researcher Note, Incident SCP-1720-029 and 


SCP-1720-33 


An anti-satellite missile was launched at SCP-1720 on 
9/8/61. All four instances of SCP-1720 not only managed 
to evade the missile but somehow disabled and 
dismantled the weapon, then proceeded to integrate its 
components into themselves. Due to the continuing 
threat to orbital assets, the upcoming United States 
"Fishbowl" series of high-altitude nuclear tests is being 
co-opted to deliver a high-yield warhead in an attempt to 
neutralize the SCP-1720 swarm. 


Dr. R. L. W 


Addendum 1720-06: Researcher Note, Incident SCP-1720-038 


On 7/9/62, the US high-altitude nuclear test designated 
"Starfish Prime" was successfully deployed within 2 km 
of the center of SCP-1720. Damage assessment is 
currently underway. 


Dr. R. L. W 
Addendum 1720-07: Researcher Note 


Following extensive observation of the fused wreckage, 
all seven instances of SCP-1720 have been declared 
neutralized as of 9/8/62. Negotiations with the United 
States government regarding the unexpected high- 
intensity electromagnetic pulse and subsequent property 
damage as a result of the boosted warhead yield is 
currently under discussion. 


Dr. R. L. W 
« SCP-1719 | SCP-1720 | SCP-1721 » 


SCP-1721: Cultural Revolution 


Item #: SCP-1721 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: All known instances of 
SCP-1721 are to be kept in a foam-lined case to prevent 
unsupervised motion. This case has been placed in a standard safe- 
class storage locker located in Site-19. 


All text produced during individual instance testing must be logged in 
the SCP-1721 transcript file, while all Cole Process outputs are to be 
logged in high security transcript file SCP-1721-A. 


Procedural Revision C97-2: In order to prevent further 
spontaneous declassification of sensitive material, researchers are 
henceforth barred from conducting any experiments on multiple 
instances of SCP-1721 simultaneously. All Cole Process research is 
suspended until further notice and under no circumstances is 
SCP-1721 to be united outside of containment. 


Description: SCP-1721 is a collection of three spinning tops 
recovered by Agent W from a Seattle street magician in 1973. 
When spun on any receptive surface, SCP-1721 begins to inscribe 
anomalous messages in black ink. SCP-1721 has not repeated itself 
in two hundred and thirty-seven separate testing sessions which 
have produced more than three hundred thousand lines of text. 


All three instances (SCP-1721-1, -2, and -3) will spin indefinitely until 
deliberately stopped. Known instances each demonstrate their own 
specific style and subject matter consistent across multiple testing 
sessions. 


+SCP-1721-1 


Since acquisition, outputs from SCP-1721-1 take the 


form of a novel, written in Cyrillic in the style of a 19th- 
Century Russian author, although the text of the work 
matches no known publication. SCP-1721-1 began the 
work shortly after recovery and to date has produced 
eighty-seven chapters (over four hundred thousand 
words) with no signs of stopping. It is unclear whether 
the SCP is composing the novel or transcribing a pre- 
existing work. 


The novel, entitled “The Bureaucrat’s Wife”, follows the 
trials and travails of Ekaterina Petrova, the young wife of 
a disaffected low-ranking official working in 1890's St. 
Petersburg. The official, Gennadi Arsenyev, frustrated 
with his low station and staid home life, has begun an 
affair with a local artist. The developing text is available 
through the SCP-1721 output file to any interested 
parties. 


+SCP-1721-2 


SCP-1721-2 transcribes with remarkable accuracy the 
thoughts and internal monologue of one randomly 
selected nearby individual. Testing has demonstrated 
that the instance's ability has a range of about three (3) 
meters. If no persons are within that range when the top 
is placed in motion, it spins in place until an individual 
approaches, at which point the transcription effect 
resumes. 


Researcher U had high hopes for SCP-1721-2 as an 
advanced interrogation tool, but field testing revealed 
severe obstacles to SCP use. While it is simple enough 
to get the object to select the proper individual for 
transcription, the instance records all of the subject's 
thoughts, conscious and unconscious, in a mass of 
incoherent and unconnected words. The resulting large 
mass of uncategorized information requires extensive 
data sifting and has proved less efficient than more 
conventional interrogation methods. Nonetheless, a 
“translating” software is in development which would 
render the top's outputs comprehensible; early results 


reveal repeated occurrences of [REDACTED] in subjects' 
mental narratives, despite the fact that no subjects tested 
would have had opportunity to meet the individual in 
question. 


+SCP-1721-3 


SCP-1721-3 has two output modes, both unhelpful. It 
alternates irregularly between providing nonsensical 
advice, and instructions which seem excellent but prove 
disastrous if followed. The advice is always pertinent to 
the occupation of the spinner, though the SCP identifies 
the occupation of all Foundation personnel as nothing 
more specific than "working for the Foundation." The 
quality of advice shifts from persuasively argued to totally 
incomprehensible with little observable pattern. 


Field Agent W reports that prior to recovery, while in 
possession of [REDACTED], Instance 3 provided 
increasingly unfeasible proposals for new magic tricks. 
Since coming into Foundation hands, the object has 
produced a stream of entirely unhelpful containment 
procedures for Foundation-held anomalous objects both 
real and imaginary broken up with periods of 
persuasively presented but ultimately disastrous advice 
for various specific researchers and agents coming into 
contact with the instance. Attempts to use SCP-1721-3 
to identify poor plans pre-emptively were unsuccessful 
because no means yet exists for forcing the instance to 
"discuss" a particular topic, preventing timely compilation 
of relevant steps to be avoided. 


Personnel are advised to disregard all of the instance's 
advice, no matter how reasonable it may seem. 


Additional Effects: When three (or possibly more) instances are 
spun in close proximity, SCP-1721 carries out what Dr.J —ihas 
labeled the “Cole Process.” During phenomenon manifestation the 
tops cease their previously identified behavior and coordinate in 
producing a wide variety of artifacts. These artifacts are not limited 
to text, and include technical schematics and drawn illustrations. 


Textual Cole outputs have included works of fiction as well as non- 
fictional documents such as phone bills and birth certificates 
belonging to [REDACTED] and other Foundation personnel. 


Such texts have ranged from a sketch of Dr.J — standing before 
his house, the complete genome of a previously unknown species of 
bird, to a list of instructions for bypassing the Secret Service and 
assassinating Vice-President Spiro Agnew. 


Existing data on the Cole Process is insufficient to identify any 
particular patterns in SCP-1721 outputs. In distinct contrast to the 
solitary function of SCP-1721-3, these instructions have proved 
largely accurate when followed. All Process outputs are to be 
considered Level 3 Restricted Access Material under the relevant 
RAISA guidelines. See Cole Testing Logs for further information. 


The mechanics of the process—how SCP-1721 selects a subject 
and the source of its knowledge, etc., etc., remain unknown and Dr. 
J recommends further testing of this behavior. 


Addendum: 

Incident Cole-089: SCP-1721 produced what purported to be 
transcripts of sexually-explicit telephone calls between Junior 
Researcher U and the wife of Site Supervisor K during a 
testing session overseen by both individuals. During the resulting 
altercation, testing was disrupted and several SCP outputs were 
damaged. Research staff are advised that SCP-1721 outputs may 
be emotionally sensitive but that this does not justify unprofessional 
behavior during testing. 


Incident Cole-097: SCP-1721 began work on a lengthy publication 
entitled “On the Breach of Containment” which explored in great 
detail various [DATA EXPUNGED] and the means of disrupting 
them, particularly those concerning SCP- .Dr.J declared an 
emergency halt in testing and destroyed the - ( ) pages of 
already-completed material. Henceforth the Cole Process is to be 
regarded as an unacceptable threat to site security and all such 
testing has been suspended. Please refer to Procedural Revision 
C97-2 for updated containment procedures. 


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SCP-1722: Curmudgeon's Cudgel 


Item #: SCP-1722 
Object Class: Safe 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1722 is to be housed ina 
standard storage locker within Site 19. No further security measures 
are necessary. 


No written records or computers are permitted within the testing 
chamber outside of pre-approved testing materials. All data is to be 
transcribed from video after testing is completed. If tests require that 
a camera be brought within SCP-1722’s area of effect, staff 
overseeing testing are to communicate in American Sign Language. 


Description: SCP-1722 is a branch of white oak measuring 
approximately 1.7 meters in length. SCP-1722 is decorated with 
various acrylic paints, colored duct tape, strips of leather, and 
feathers of the Canada goose (Branta canadensis). A partially 
completed string bracelet is attached to the item. Removed 
decorations have no anomalous properties of their own. 


When SCP-1722 is held by a human subject, the contents of all 
physical and digital documents within a five meter radius will be 
permanently altered to contain handwritten commentary and 
proofreading notes, often in sufficient quantity to hinder the reading 
of the document. Video footage and audio recordings will be altered 
by the addition of a voice providing commentary, similar to edits 
made to texts. This voice is that of an adult male, estimated to be 
approximately 60 years of age. 


No information contained within affected records will be deleted, and 
likewise no information will be added. Handwriting, vocabulary, 
syntax is consistent across all alterations. 


Addendum-01: Notable commentary: 


A speech written by , an 18th century member of the 
British parliament. 


Look, now, you’re on the right track here, but just think 
about what you’re saying. Stomping down on the 
colonists is just going to get ugly for all parties involved. 
Best option would be to keep them as a semi- 
autonomous district, with a locally elected official serving 
as regional governor, accompanied by a second position 
who serves as representative in parliament. Also, knock 
it off with those curly fs. They’re annoying as shit to read. 


An excerpt of “Immersion Deeps”, a fanfiction. 


This is the fifth apostrophe I’ve had to place in THIS 
FUCKING PARAGRAPH. You know what? Fuck it. I’m 
not reading this anymore. [The remaining 71 pages are 
unedited. } 


A recording of an infomercial for “Handy Helping Hampers” 


Who the hell can’t store their own clothing? Like, are you 
literally so incompetent with those gigantic meaty lobster 
claws you call hands that you can’t figure out how to 
store and fold your own clothing? Really? 


Ehhhh...two for twenty’s a pretty good deal, when you 
think about it. Maybe | can give ‘em to someone for 
Christmas.