Typical environment affected by SCP-5007 activity. This particular area has experienced ██ incidents since current containment procedures went into effect.

Map of SCP-5007's area of activity highlighted in blue.

Item #: SCP-5007
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5007-S1 is to be contained in Cell-5007-A, a 20 x 60 metre cylindrical containment chamber within Site 40-R. Cell-5007-A is constructed of reinforced concrete and ballistic glass 25cm thick. No nutrition or outside substances may be introduced into Cell-5007-A outside of testing.
Site 40-R has been constructed 200m from SCP-5007-A for the purpose of monitoring the site for the emergence of SCP-5007 instances from SCP-5007-B. Site 40-R is to be equipped with aerial and aquatic rescue equipment alongside meteorological instruments. All parts of Site 40-R are to be covered in netting to protect staff from instances of SCP-5007. Upon confirmation of an instance of SCP-5007 emerging from SCP-5007-B, staff are to use meteorological data and predictive software to track the instance and predict where it will make landfall. Once a destination has been established, the area is to be evacuated and civilians instructed to remain indoors with the pretence of gas leak, storms, or viral outbreak. Aerial and seaborne traffic is also to be re-routed so that they may not approach closer than 10km from the instance's projected flight path. No aircraft or watercraft are to be permitted within 10km of Site-40-R or SCP-5007-A and shall be re-routed upon approach.
In the event of a failed evacuation procedure, teams dispatched from Site 40-R are to make efforts to minimize the number of abductions via small arms fire and hiding of civilians. All witnesses of these events are to be administered Class-B Amnestics and the abductions are to be explained by drowning, non-anomalous abduction or truancy. Any individuals abducted by SCP-5007 are to be considered lost and may be terminated at staff discretion. Witness statements issued prior to Foundation involvement are to be discredited via SCP plants within UFO conspiracy groups and organizations, fabrication of death certificates, and amnestics.
Any personnel conducting research on SCP-5007-A must not remain still for longer than 40 minutes, and any items left on its surface for longer than 2 hours are to be considered lost. All personnel conducting research on SCP-5007-A are to be fitted with fast retrieval harnesses fitted to an offshore vessel. In the event of attack by SCP-5007 the vessel is to winch the staff to the vessel and return to Site 40-R until it is deemed safe to return. No research may be conducted without the presence of a fire team, and under no circumstances are any staff to enter SCP-5007-B. No attempt to rescue individuals abducted by SCP-5007, shipwreck survivors, or plane crash survivors deposited onto SCP-5007-A is to be made, though remote termination is permitted with Level 3 oversight.
Following Expedition 5007-19-S a reinforced concrete and steel containment seal measuring 44m in diameter and 6m thick was constructed and fitted over SCP-5007-B in order to permanently seal it.
Following Incident 5007-40-R-12, SCP-5007-B is not to be covered or sealed under any circumstances.
Description: SCP-5007 is the collective designation of malicious, partially-humanoid entities that maintain a territory across the Bass Strait, the area of ocean that divides Tasmania and the Australian mainland, and are responsible for a string of disappearances within this range.
The morphology of SCP-5007 often varies. Universally, SCP-5007 are composed of groups of between 2 and 9 human bodies fused together amidst large clusters of black tentacles. These tentacles appear to have lengths varying between approximately 2 and 70 metres, and appear fused to the skin where they touch directly. Of note are the stomachs of SCP-5007, which are grossly distorted and swollen to sizes approaching 15 to 20 metres in diameter. SCP-5007 instances are capable of passive flight, attaining buoyancy through enormous quantities of gases produced within their stomachs; across the surface of these organs most specimens develop clusters of simple eyes and bioluminescent organs. Many of their humanoid components appear to have been removed and reattached at seemingly random points.
Encounters with SCP-5007 have been known since at least 1858, with the first successful visual recordings accomplished in late 1982 when an instance of SCP-5007 was recorded abducting five children from a Tasmanian beach.
Human segments of SCP-5007 appear to remain independent of one another and their behaviour suggests a great deal of discomfort. Vocalizations are incoherent and rarely understandable, typically comprised of gasps, moans and whimpers, though entities have been reported to implore other individuals to approach them when encountered. Ineffectual attempts at self-harm or destruction of stomach organs have been reported as well.
Behaviour: SCP-5007 are known to abduct human beings.
Each recorded encounter has followed a similar pattern. Victims are almost universally alone or otherwise unsupervised; of note is that victims never require visual aids such as glasses. SCP-5007 may appear in any weather condition, time of day, or time of year. They appear able to navigate all weather with minimal difficulty, regardless of clear or hostile skies. All encounters have occurred within Bass Strait, with a major preference for smaller coastal towns or small boats.
SCP-5007 will move towards the shore, stalking the intended victim for a short time before lowering numerous tentacles and appendages to physically grab the individual. A single instance may abduct multiple people at once, with one instance successfully abducting eight men from the decks of a commercial fishing boat within 15 seconds of one another. Once the victims are securely captured, SCP-5007 instances will return to the open water at great speed, often in excess of 320kph.
Tracking instances of SCP-5007 has shown that they inhabit a remote reef within Bass Strait, resting and depositing abductees there.
Acquisition Log: Initial investigations that led to the discovery of SCP-5007 were disparate investigations into the region, and early theories did not connect so many unusual abductions across such a wide area and across such a wide time period. Theories included an anomalous group of persons, one or more hostile aerial entities inhabiting the stratosphere, phenomena associated with unidentified flying objects, subterranean anomalies, time quirks, and unusual weather patterns.
However, after the disappearance of an Agent Taberner's three young children1 and wife2 from a beach in broad daylight in 1980, further research into the region was prioritized. It was soon discovered that reports of UFOs and lights in the sky had coincided with many disappearances in the immediate region, and patterns emerged as this was kept at the forefront of further research.
The Foundation immediately began with a focus on simply locating the four lost Taberner family members; this search rapidly opened up into a large-scale investigation into unexplained disappearances following similar patterns along the Victorian coast and later the Tasmanian coast and local islands. Initial assumptions that they had been taken by a Group of Interest or an unknown, local terrestrial element were soon found to be incorrect. Within 3 weeks it was determined that these patterns were common across the entirety of the Bass Strait's coastal regions.
Foundation teams successfully interviewed over 120 witnesses, next of kin, and police groups to establish patterns. They soon discovered that in a vast majority of cases there were no witnesses, the abductions were both preceded and followed by reports of lights in the sky and more concrete sightings of unidentified flying objects described as "looking like balloons."
On 23/5/1982, emergency services call centers received a large number of UFO sightings off the coast of Norman Bay, Victoria. Foundation plants within the call centers and emergency organizations alerted local Sites, and task force operatives were dispatched to investigate, upon arrival confirming the appearance and existence of what are now documented as SCP-5007.
After a brief evacuation and encounter with the entity, it was successfully captured and transported to Site-40 for containment. The discovery of SCP-5007-A prompted the subsequent construction of Site-40-R and designation of the entity as SCP-5007-S1.
Addendum 5007-01:

++ Interview ██/██/1985.

Close

Prime Minister Harold Holt on a spear fishing expedition to Portsea beach. █ individuals have been abducted from this beach by SCP-5007.

Interviewed: Alan Stewart.
Interviewer: Dr. ██████████
Foreword: During the initial investigation into SCP-5007 prior to the containment of SCP-5007-S1, the Foundation conducted numerous interviews with relatives of suspected victims of SCP-5007 in an effort to determine a pattern for the disappearances. Among the interviewed was Alan Stewart, who was present during the disappearance of former Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt. Due to the high profile nature of this disappearance, Dr. ██████████ posed as a reporter writing an article about the disappearance.

<Begin Log>
Dr. ██████████: Thank you for seeing me Mr. Stewart, I know you must be tired of people asking about what happened that day. As I said when we contacted you, we wanted to hear what happened from someone who was actually there, none of the hearsay that's become so common these days.
Stewart: No worries. So, uh, where should I start?
Dr. ██████████: I think when you entered the water would be best.
Stewart: Alright. Well we were still disappointed about not getting to see the yacht pass into the bay, so we decided to go for a swim. The girls and Marty3 took one look at the water and said they weren't going in. I mean, sure it was rough, but at the time I didn't think it was all that bad.
Dr. ██████████: You and Mr. Holt were experienced swimmers then?
Stewart: Yeah. We'd both been there loads of times. But once we were about waist deep I could feel an undertow. I said to Harold, Do you think we should stay in the shallows? And he just grinned at me and swam out further. I went out a little further but I wasn't the swimmer he was, so I didn't go as far. I could see he was starting to look less sure of himself too. I called out to him, said that maybe he should come back in and he nodded. Then he looked over his shoulder and he said something about some balloons. I never understood what that was about.
Dr. ██████████: Balloons? What did he say specifically?
Stewart: It was the strangest thing. He looked at me and asked if I could see the balloons around the cliff. I said no, and he said he was going to look. I asked him why he cares about some balloons, said he should come in to shore. He just shook his head and said that they weren't normal balloons, that there was someone inside of them. Then he swam away.
Mr. Stewart is silent for several moments, shaking his head.
Dr. ██████████: What happened next, Mr. Stewart?
Stewart: Everyone knows what happened next. The rip swept him away. It took him out so fast, like a leaf being pulled out in the tide. You could see him swimming sideways, trying to get out like you're supposed to. I… It doesn't matter.
Dr. ██████████: Mr. Stewart?
Stewart: It's nothing. I was just rattled from seeing a friend taken by the current is all. You think you see things in those situations, sometimes.
Dr. ██████████: What did you think you saw?
Stewart: You'll think I'm a loon.
Dr. ██████████: I can assure you I won't, Mr. Stewart. What you feel like you saw doesn't have to be in the article if you don't want.
Mr. Stewart nods and pauses for several moments.
Stewart: I saw… I thought I saw Harold start screaming and swimming the other way. Just as he was almost just a dot on the horizon, you know? I think he saw something awful out there in the water, maybe something to do with his balloons. And… And then…
Mr. Stewart pauses and rubs his face.
Stewart: I saw him pulled up into the air. Something… Something in the clouds reached down and took him. I saw it. Marty says it was just a trick of the light, but… But I don't think it was. I really don't.
Dr. ██████████: I'm sorry Mr. Stewart. I didn't want to make you relive something like that. We'll call it a day here, alright?
Stewart: You believe me don't you?
Dr. ██████████: We all see things sometimes, Mr. Stewart. Thank you for your time.
<End Log>
Closing Statement: It seems that Mr. Stewart is our only eyewitness to an abduction event thus far. Unfortunately, given the eighteen years between the sighting and this interview, amnestics are not an option here and Mr. Stewart will need to be discredited should he attempt to spread his account of events.

Addendum 5007-02:

++ Discovery of SCP-5007-A.

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Map displaying suspected victims of SCP-5007 between 1980- Present.

Following extensive interviews with witnesses, compiling a database of likely victims and the containment of SCP-5007-S1, it was determined that there must be at least 16 instances of SCP-5007 as yet unaccounted for. As a result of this information, the search for SCP-5007's origin point was made a top priority. Foundation personnel were to closely monitor the coastlines and waters of Bass Strait, and were keeping various Marine survey teams equipped with class-b aquatic research vessels on standby to track any discovered instances of SCP-5007 to its point of origin.
At 3:21 AM, the 19/5/1985 Foundation survey teams operating out of Site 40 reported a sighting of a large SCP-5007 specimen headed towards the coastal town of Kilcunda, Victoria, from Bass Strait. Marine survey team 40-Alpha was sent to track the specimen in an effort to determine its point of origin. The following is a video log taken from Sgt. ████ Price's body camera of the resulting events.

Exploration Video Log Transcript
Date: 19/5/1985
Exploration Team: Marine survey Team 40-Alpha
Subject: SCP-5007
Team Lead: Sgt. ████ Price
Team Members: Cpl. ███████ Bentley, Cpl. ███ Mathers, Cpl. ████ Zmegac

[BEGIN LOG]
Sgt. Price: There's the entity up ahead, team. Stay sharp, and don't open the protective covers. These things are supposed to have a long reach and I don't want any of you lot being taken.
A large instance of SCP-5007 can be seen approximately 75 metres away, floating above a private fishing vessel. The instance is estimated to be 23m in diameter, composed of 7 individuals. Five of these individuals remain unidentified, with the other two being confirmed as Mark and Hope ███████, who disappeared on their honeymoon in 1963.
Cpl. Mathers: Yes sir.
Cpl. Zmegac: Damn, it really does look like a UFO. Look at the green lights.
Cpl. Mathers: Oh God, I think I'm going to be sick.
Cpl. Bentley: What is it?
Cpl. Mathers: That man and woman up there. It's… It's like they're clay and they've been crushed together… there's a tentacle growing into her mouth…
Sgt. Price: Enough. Keep it together Mathers. Those are not people, they are just a part of the specimen.
Cpl. Mathers: Yes sir, sorry.
Cpl. Bentley: Sir, that's a boat it's flying towards, I think it's going to attack.
Sgt. Price: Agreed. Zmegac, get us over there.
Cpl. Zmegac: Yes sir.
40-Alpha proceeds to approach the fishing vessel, identified as the "License to Chill" registered to one Mr. Gregory Bolwell4. The vessel is occupied by 6 individuals, dubbed Abductees 1-6. Abductee-1 is on the deck while the remaining crew can be seen within the cabin eating breakfast. The SCP-5007 instance is now directly ahead of the fishing boat, and is spotted by Abductee-1.
Abductee-1: What the fuck is that?
Abductee-4: What's what? Come on Jane, finish your smoke and come get some brekkie. Alice made eggs.
Abductee-6: They're really good!
The SCP-5007 instance partially lowers itself toward the boat. Several of its tentacles are trailing in the water and it appears to be observing the crew of the boat. it slowly turns so that the majority of its humanoid parts are facing Abductee-1.Abductee-1: Fuck!
Abductee-3: Look at the balloons mummy!
Abductee-1 sprints towards the door to the cabin of the boat, but is seized by a tentacle and pulled into the air.
Abductee-5: Jane!
Abductee-2: Oh God!
Abductee- 4: Get us the hell out of here!
Abductee-5 attempts to exit the cabin, but is restrained by Abductee-2 and Abductee-4.
Abductee-2: No, you can't!
Abductee-5: Let me go, she's my wife!
The SCP-5007 instance proceeds to run its tentacles along the windows of the cabin until the door is located. At this point, a tentacle ending in a mass of human hands opens the door and enters the cabin, grabbing Abductee-2 and violently pulling them outside into the air. Abductees 3-6 panic and attempt to force the tentacle out of the cabin with objects at hand.
Cpl. Bentley: Jesus Sarge… Are you sure we can't help them?
Sgt. Price: Positive. Disrupting the event could jeopardize the mission.
The SCP-5007 specimen successfully captures Abductees 3-6, and proceeds towards 40-Alpha.
Sgt. Price: Don't worry, the entryway is locked and rated to remain sealed under five tonnes of force. It can't get in.
Cpl. Mathers: I bloody well hope so.
Cpl. Zmegac: Is five tonnes enough?
Cpl. Bentley: Jesus, they're trying to strangle themselves and are throwing up orange shit…
Sgt. Price: The crew of the fishing boat?
Cpl. Bentley: No, the peo- the humanoid components of the scip.
Sgt. Price: Don't worry about it. Just wait this out and we'll follow it to wherever the hell it lives.
Cpl. Zmegac: Roger.
The SCP-5007 instance runs its tentacles over 40-Alpha's ship, repeatedly trying to force open the entrance hatch, but is unable to gain entry. It lowers down and closely examines the ship and the crew within at length.
Cpl. Mathers: Jesus, its eyes… They're like beach balls.
Cpl. Zmegac: I've never seen beach balls like those.
Sgt. Price: Enough. Quiet.
The specimen shudders and rises back into the air, before heading in a south-western direction.
Sgt. Price: Zmegac, get after it. Don't lose it.
Cpl. Zmegac: Sir.
Sgt. Price: Bentley, tag it.
Cpl. Bentley proceeds to fire one "Issurus" class harpoon tracker towards the specimen, successfully implanting it on one of its tentacles.
Sgt. Price: Good shot son.
Cpl. Bentley: Cheers.
The SCP-5007 specimen continues on a south-westerly course, with 40-Alpha following. This takes 4 hours 19 minutes, with 40-Alpha falling significantly behind the specimen, but catching back up as it slowed down once past sight of land.
Sgt. Price: There! Look! It's heading to that reef!
Cpl. Zmegac: Fuck me, look at them all.
Footage shows a large, grey reef ahead, featuring several shipwrecks upon it. There are 13 more SCP-5007 instances floating over the area, some appearing to hold onto the reef with their tentacles.
Cpl. Mathers: Looks like it's going to land, sir.
Sgt. Price: Definitely.
The specimen slows to a stop above the reef as Alpha-40 pulls alongside it. The SCP-5007 instance lowers Abductees 1-6 towards the reef, before dropping them slightly above the ground.
Abductee-4: Is everyone okay?
Abductee-1: No I'm not fucking okay!
Abductee-2: What are those things?
Abductee-6: Look! A boat!
Abductee-6 runs towards Alpha-40, but is grabbed and attacked by a large SCP-4159 instance from within a crevice in the reef. Abductee-2 rushes to help, but is deterred by multiple other specimens emerging from the water.
Cpl. Zmegac: Oh god, look at them all.
Sgt. Price: I've never seen so many.
SCP-4159 instances proceed to swarm Abductee-6. Remaining Abductees flee a ways before waving their arms and calling to Alpha-40 for help, displaying significant signs of distress.
Cpl. Mathers: We've tracked them now, can't we at least help them now?
Cpl. Zmegac: I'm not going over there with that many of those things out there.
Sgt. Price: Negative, we need to know what they do to people here.
Cpl. Bentley: Jesus.
Abductees 1-5 continue to attempt to enlist Alpha-40's aid, before eventually giving in and exploring the reef. Upon approaching the centre of the reef they discover a large pool. Voicing apprehension about further attacks from SCP-4159, the group begins to retreat from its edge, before multiple SCP-5007 and SCP-4159 instances converge upon them.
Abductee-3: They're coming back!
Abductee-1: Maybe they can't get us in the water!
Abductee-5: Jump!
Abductees 1, 2, 3 and 5 dive into the pool. Abductee-4 appears to hesitate, before being swarmed by multiple SCP-4159 specimens. The remaining abductees display severe distress, and tread water for some time.
Abductee-1: Now what?
Abductee-5: I don't know, we'll think of something.
Abductee-2 is abruptly pulled below the water.
Abductee-5: What do you think Alice?
Abductee-1: Alice?
Abductee-3: Where is she? Where is mummy? I'm scared auntie Jane!
Abductee-3 is pulled below the surface.
Abductee-1: Sarah!
Abductee-5: What the fuck, was that a tentacle? Wait, no!
Abductee-5 is pulled below the surface. Abductee-1 panics and attempts to swim to the edge of the pool, but is menaced by SCP-5007 and SCP-4159. She screams and is abruptly pulled below the surface. Alpha-40 is silent for 72 seconds.
Sgt. Price: Let's just go home.
[END LOG]

Following a review of the footage presented from the body cams, the agents' reports and the tracking data, Foundation teams determined that this reef is the home and origin of SCP-5007 and has been dubbed SCP-5007-A. As such, Site 40-R has been constructed 200m East of SCP-5007-A for the purpose of monitoring and research.

Addendum 5007-03:

++ SCP-5007-A and SCP-5007-B. LEVEL 3 CLEARANCE REQUIRED.

ACCESS GRANTED

SCP-5007-A.

SCP-5007-A is a large intertidal reef measuring approximately 1.3km2 located in central Bass Strait. It is largely composed of a previously unknown variety of dark porous rock visually similar to granite, which often seeps iron oxide from an unknown source. This rock possesses the anomalous property of an extraordinarily fast rate of growth. Where non-anomalous rock generally takes millions of years to achieve any significant growth, SCP-5007-A can achieve significant growth in as little as 40 minutes. While the violent waters surrounding it keep this growth rate from expanding SCP-5007-A, it does not impede the growth of rock over foreign objects resting upon it. As a result of this, there are numerous wrecked ships and aircraft on SCP-5007-A that have been completely grown over with rock.
SCP-5007-A has proven to be a haven for various anomalous forms of marine life. Much of its surface is host to a form of red algae5 that are specialised to feed upon the freshly grown rock of SCP-5007-A, numerous marine worms capable of temporary levitation6 and marine spiders7 with leg spans of 1 to 3 metres living below the waterline in silk retreats they construct similarly to non anomalous marine spiders. Additionally, there are various small fish inhabiting the rock pools and surrounding waters of SCP-5007-A that have not been discovered elsewhere. SCP-4159 migrate to SCP-5007-A between November and March, residing within its rock pools and the surrounding waters.
SCP-5007-A has been confirmed as the origin point for SCP-5007, which often rest here holding onto outcroppings with their tentacles while inactive.
There is a large pit in the centre of SCP-5007-A measuring 33m in diameter and extending to an as yet unknown depth below the surface of the water. This pit has been dubbed SCP-5007-B, and unmanned exploration via drones has shown it to have a depth of at least 4000m. Water samples collected from SCP-5007-B contain large quantities of human DNA, Carnobacterium pleistocenium8, and an unknown biological compound possessing significant life preservative qualities. Testing has shown that organisms submerged in this solution are able to survive grievous injuries for an indeterminate amount of time, even when fully submerged and unable to breathe.
Exploration of one of the shipwrecks located on SCP-5007-A revealed a journal within a chest. Most of it was illegible due to water damage, but one passage has proven to be of interest to the Foundation.

Recovered Documentation 5007-1: Journal of an unknown crew member on the HMS Sappho, dated February 1858
Date Recovered: August 31, 1990
Foreword: This journal was recovered within the HMS Sappho, which was discovered wrecked and almost entirely overgrown with rock on SCP-5007-A. Most of the journal is illegible, save for a passage on what is assumed to be the last page.

February, 1858
Still headed east. The boys and me are still cursing Moresby for going after those yankees causing us to have to sail the strait. Everyone knows the stories, and sure enough the sea is in a foul temper. The waves are many yards high in all directions, and we are forced to sail south so as to not be capsized. Me and Fletcher both seen things beneath the waves, like great black serpents with yellow eyes. I weren't going to tell the crew, lest I frighten them, but Fletcher went and spouted out about it. Feels as if they are whipping up these waves, and there is naught we can do of it. Moresby spied land ahead, and the boys say there are giant balloons hanging over the island. We are all afeared, but there is naught we can do but beach ourselves and hope for rescue. Should I be killed in the crash, I want my mates to give this journal to my Mary might know I spent my last thinking only of her.
Note:
The interior of the ship had many human skeletons overgrown with rock lying inside. It is estimated that a ship of this size would have had many more crew than those seen inside, and the location of the remaining crew is as yet unknown.

Addendum 5007-04:

++ Flight recording device transcript. LEVEL 3 CLEARANCE REQUIRED.

ACCESS GRANTED

Frederick Valentich was a pilot engaged in a training flight over Bass Strait on the 21/10/1978 whose disappearance can be attributed to SCP-5007. Unfortunately, transcripts of his transmissions to Melbourne air traffic control during this event were released to the public prior to Foundation involvement. As such, Foundation web scrubbers have made efforts to discredit paranormal theories by posing as members of the online UFO community while the official explanation for is disappearance is that "Valentich became disorientated and saw his own lights reflected in the water, or lights from a nearby island, while flying upside down."

Photograph of the pilot, Frederick Valentich.

Audio Transcript: Frederick Valentich to Melbourne air traffic control:
The following transcript was made at 7:06PM on the 21/10/1978 when pilot Frederick Valentich contacted Melbourne air traffic control to report to presence of an instance of SCP-5007 flying in his airspace as he piloted a Cessna 182L over Bass Strait. This transcript preceded the instance attacking and forcing an emergency landing on water.
Valentich: Melbourne, this is Delta Sierra Juliet. Is there any known traffic below five thousand?
Melbourne: Delta Sierra Juliet, no known traffic.
Valentich: Delta Sierra Juliet, I am, seems to be, a large aircraft below five thousand.
Melbourne: Delta Sierra Juliet, what type of aircraft is it?
Valentich: Delta Sierra Juliet, I cannot affirm, it is four bright, it seems to me, like landing lights.
Melbourne: Delta Sierra Juliet.
Valentich: Melbourne, this is Delta Sierra Juliet, the aircraft has just passed over me at least a thousand feet above.
Valentich: Delta Sierra Juliet, Melbourne. It seems like it's stationary. What I'm doing right now is orbiting and the thing is just orbiting on top of me. Also it's got a green light and sort of metallic, like it's all shiny on the outside.
Valentich: Delta Sierra Juliet, the engine is rough idling, I've got it set at twenty three twenty four and the thing is coughing.
Melbourne: Delta Sierra Juliet, roger, what are your intentions?
Valentich: My intentions are to go to King Island. Melbourne, that strange aircraft is hovering on top of me again… It is hovering and it's not an aircraft.
Melbourne: Delta Sierra Juliet?
Valentich: Delta Sierra Juliet, Melbourne…
Melbourne: Delta Sierra Juliet, Melbourne?
Notes: At this point the transmission was interrupted by unidentified noise described as being "metallic, scraping sounds" before all contact was lost. It is believed that these sounds were made by an instance of SCP-5007 attacking Valentichs aircraft and attempting to jam the propellers with its biomass.

Prior to Foundation involvement there have been numerous government and civilian searches for Valentichs wreckage, all unsuccessful. It was only during an unmanned exploration of SCP-5007-B that the wreckage of his aircraft was found embedded in the rocky walls 1200 metres below sea level. The plane appeared to have been crushed under tremendous pressure. Foundation personnel operating out of Site 40-R were able to recover the wreckage for analysis on the 27/10/1993 with no losses.
Analysis of the wreckage showed that the craft had suffered catastrophic engine failure due to a collision with a large biological mass, forcing the aircraft to be ditched into the water, causing further damage. Analysis of the interior revealed the presence of human remains matching Valentich's description mixed with DNA samples not matching any known form of life, along with an aftermarket cockpit recording device. Although partially damaged, a transcript of the recording is available below.

Audio Transcript: Cockpit recording device VH-DSJ:
Date Recovered: 27/10/1993
Forward:The following recording has been edited to begin where Valentichs Transmission to Melbourne air traffic control ended. Some portions are too damaged to produce any viable data.
Recording Transcript:

Rapid breathing can be heard along with the sound of the planes engine running poorly. Melbourne air traffic control can be heard attempting to reach Valentich over the radio.
Valentich: Oh god don't come any closer, stay up there- Shit, no!
There is a loud crash and the engine stalls.
Valentich: Jesus it hit me! It's crashed right into me and it's jammed the propellers! God no, I'm going down!Valentich can be heard screaming and panicking for 23 seconds before seeming to regain some composure.
Valentich: Attempting to uh, to glide as long as I can before ditching in the water. Got to… Got to hope someone comes looking.
Wind, SCP-5007 and Valentich's exertions can be heard for 2 minutes 48 seconds until the plane impacts the water. Various electrical shorts and crashing sounds are heard upon impact.
Valentich: Ow! God. That was worse than I thought it would be. Uh, no leaks in here yet, the… The thing fell off on impact thank god. The sea is choppy, I've activated a distress call but the radio is all smashed.
The sea can be heard outside the cabin, and Valentich appears to begin to say something
Valentich: I'm sorry dad, you we-
[DAMAGED PORTION]
Valentich: -was that?
A loud splash, followed by a bang can be heard.
Valentich: No! Stop! Oh god the tentacle is back. It's back! It's looking at me and it's grabbing the plane! No! No, don't!
Sound from outside the plane becomes muffled, suggesting it has been submerged fully.
Valentich: Please let me go, let me go, let me go!
Valentich proceeds to panic and express distress for a further 39 minutes before the plane can be heard to groan as though being crushed. There is a shattering sound and water can be heard rushing inside of the cockpit.
Notes: Nothing else of note was recorded following this point. Based on the crush damage to the plane it is hypothesised that an unknown entity connected to SCP-5007-B physically pulled Valentichs aircraft at least 8000 metres below sea level. This entity is believed to have been responsible for Abductees 1-6 disappearance within SCP-5007-B, and to be the same described in Recovered Documentation 5007-1.

Addendum 5007-05:

++ SCP-5007-C Event H. LEVEL 3 CLEARANCE REQUIRED.

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Site 40-R as seen from SCP-5007-A.

Following the construction of Site-40-R a log of all SCP-5007 departures and returns has been maintained, with instances returning with abducted victims 83% less often than prior to current containment procedures. However, on the 19/4/2003 Site 40-R logged three SCP-5007 instances departing SCP-5007-A, and on the 23/4/2008 recorded thirty six instances returning, with only two not having any fresh abductees. No monitoring post has any records of missing persons, SCP-5007 sightings, or satellite data indicating the presence of these as yet unaccounted for instances.
This event was followed by the largest SCP-5007 instance being [DATA EXPUNGED] by a large tentacle originating from SCP-5007-B. This process took 78 hours, and necessitated a 26% increase in on site psychological counseling.
While the presence of a large entity below SCP-5007-B has been suspected for some time, this is the first concrete evidence presented to the Foundation to date. This entity has been designated SCP-5007-C, and the confirmation of its existence will necessitate a manned exploration of SCP-5007-B in order to determine the nature of SCP-5007-C, with Dr. Steenstrup volunteering for the mission.

Addendum 5007-06:

++ SCP-5007-B Manned Exploration. LEVEL 4 CLEARANCE REQUIRED.

ACCESS GRANTED

SCP-5007-B MANNED EXPEDITION 38 VIDEO LOG

DATE: 4/12/2017
NOTE: In an effort to determine the nature of both SCP-5007-B and SCP-5007-C, it was determined that a manned exploration of SCP-5007-B would be necessary. Between the 19/5/2008 and the 4/12/2017 there have been thirty seven attempted expeditions, all of which resulted in failure due to hull collapse caused by intense pressure. Working collaboratively with private companies, the Foundation was able to develop a deep sea submersible capable of diving to a maximum of 13,500m underwater9. Following the losses of trained personnel on previous exploration attempts, it was decided that a D-Class personnel10 would be trained in the operation of this submersible and would carry out the mission. D-5007-98 was instructed to dive to the bottom of SCP-5007-B and to describe significant depth readings.
Cameras mounted on the exterior of the SCPS Nautilus and a microphone mounted within would record all possible detail. Due to the depth of the water involved in this test, remote viewing of this footage was impossible and required physical recollection of the vessel to view.
Note on brevity and corruption: Due to extraneous and irrelevant footage's removal and the data corruption present in its later stages of the log, this is not the full record of Exploration 5007-B-38.

Front view of the SCPS Nautilus.

[BEGIN LOG]
[00:00:01]: D-5007-98 completes pre-dive preparations and checks on himself and the SCPS Nautilus, and is craned over SCP-5007-B.
[00:02:30]: D-5007-98: All systems are good, I'm ready to submerge.
[00:03:00]: SCPS Nautilus is lowered into SCP-5007-B and is disconnected from the crane.
[00:03:19]: D-5007-98: Looking good, headed down. Seeing a lot of strange blacky yellow vines growing around the walls of the trench.
[00:26:35]: Visibility is good, and black tendrils with yellow markings can be seen lining the walls of the pit.
[00:32:12]: Several SCP-5007-A3 instances are seen inhabiting a large communal web. The largest extends a limb to touch the SCPS Nautilus before quickly withdrawing.
[00:37:08]: A large SCP-5007 instance comes into view, clinging to a rocky outcropping. All of its eyes follow the SCPS Nautilus, and many of the previously seen tendrils are wrapped around the specimen and inside of its orifices, particularly the mouths and noses of the individuals composing the bulk of the specimen.
[00:37:20]: D-5007-98: Jesus, is that a plane its holding onto? Uh, 528 metres down.
[00:37:30]: Another 16 SCP-5007 instances are seen resting against the walls of SCP-5007-B between 528 and 1750 metres.
[01:03:27]: D-5007-98: Natural light is all gone. I'm glad those things don't seem interested in me.
[01:13:52]: A large six gill shark swims past the SCPS-Nautilus and proceeds to attack an SCP-5007-A3 instance.
[01:15:00]: D-5007-98: 2123 metres down n- holy crap, where did he come from?

01:13:52.

[01:20:00]: Another 119 SCP-5007 instances and 487 SCP-4159 instances are seen between 2123 and 5391 metres deep, along with 58 overgrown plane wrecks. These wrecks are often inhabited by SCP-5007-A3 instances. There is no natural light penetrating to this depth.
[03:45:36]: D-5007-98: How am I not at the bottom? They said they didn't think it went deeper than 4000 metres. What is that? Seeing machines at 5520 metres.
[03:53:19]: Numerous unmanned submersibles are seen tangled in the black tendrils growing along the walls, some are nearly fully covered by stone.
[03:58:56]: The SCPS Nautilus passes a badly damaged human arm, which appears to have been crushed. The arm is visibly twitching
[03:59:03]: D-5007-98: Oh my god. Uh, 5800 metres now, seeing human remains. God I can't wait to get back up and go home. I wouldn't mind just going back to prison at this point, it feels so fucking wrong down here.
[04:19:19]: The SCPS Nautilus passes into a brine pool, and visibility drops.
[04:19:26]: D-5007-98: Visibility's even worse down here. 6000 metres now, just passed into the brine layer. I'm not seeing any fish or anything.
[04:40:40]: The SCPS Nautilus enters a large mass of human remains similar to the arm encountered at 03:58:56. The remains all appear to have been crushed, drained of blood and possessing intact eyes. D-5007-98 can be heard hyperventilating as they enter this area. Each individual floating in this area is alive and attempting to move despite the enormous damage to their bodies. All can be seen to visibly observe the SCPS Nautilus as it passes them.
[04:44:44]: D-5007-98: Oh my god, oh no no no no. This can't be possible, how are they moving?
[04:47:52]: At this point, the remains are attempting to grab the SCPS Nautilus and appear to be attempting to communicate with it. Thumping can be heard inside the submersible as they bump against it.
[05:27:19]: D-5007-98 They're saying something, Oh god they're talking to me, what are they saying?
[05:34:21]: One set of partial remains floats in front of the SCPS Nautilus, looking directly at the camera. Later analysis confirmed this to be the remains of former Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt. It mouths something to the camera, unable to be deciphered by Foundation lip readers.
[05:34:28]: D-5007-98: Go back! They're saying go back! Oh fuck no, I can't do this, I can't! I've gone down 6700 metres, I'm not going further.
[06:03:47]: SCPS Nautilus' rate of descent can be seen to slow, but passes the mass of human remains into clear water again.
[06:08:09]: D-5007-98: I… Please let it be over… I can't see that again. I… Maybe there's a different way out at the bottom, please…
[06:10:23]: D-5007-98 can be heard performing calming breathing exercises for 19 minutes.
[06:29:56]: D-5007-98: Okay, let's keep going. Currently at 7208 metres down.
[07:08:24]: A Foundation submersible comes into view floating in the open water. It has visibly imploded.
[07:08:29]: D-5007-98: Jesus. I'm glad this one's top of the line… 8963 metres, encountered a destroyed submersible.
[07:45:07]: A large black tentacle can be seen rapidly emerging from below. It is approximately 8 metres in diameter and features numerous yellow eyes growing on it. This tentacle proceeds to wrap around the SCPS Nautilus and begins to rapidly drag it down. D-5007-98 can be heard panicking and expressing distress during this process.
[07:45:47]: D-5007-98: Please God save me and deliver me and forgive my sins I don't want to die five miles under the sea I want to see my Chloe again please Go-
[07:53:94]: At this point data corruption begins affecting the footage. No audio can be heard and there is static present in the footage.
[07:57:34]: Eight more tentacles can be seen rising towards the SCPS-Nautilus. Three of these possess large openings on their ends, which proceed to open as they approach the submersible, revealing large clusters of eyes, mouths and human heads seemingly grafted to the tentacles.
[08:13:40]: Static and blurred images. D-5007-98 can be heard vomiting, followed by a muffled thump as he presumably loses consciousness.
[10:74:85]: The SCPS Nautilus appears to now be resting on the sea floor, with no rocky walls in sight. Black tendrils cover the seabed and detritus in the water moves irregularly, indicating something moving off camera. A dark shape begins to approach the Nautilus.
[10:76:20]: Static.
[11:03:52]: The SCPS Nautilus is now resting on a rocky shelf overhanging a drop off. A mass of thin tentacles are emerging from within this drop off and are holding ████ Taberner and ██████ Anderson.11 The tentacles proceed to press the individuals together, causing them fuse together by unknown means. Both individuals show signs of significant distress. The tentacles proceed to further alter both victims, before thin green tentacles enter the frame from above and force themselves into the victims abdomens, which begin to swell.

11:97:97.

[11:97:97]: Static, unclear fragments of images.
[44:44:44]: Entire frame is filled by an enormous eye ringed with tentacles, large claws and human remains. It is estimated to be at least 650 metres in diameter. D-5007-98 can be heard screaming for the entire duration of this portion of footage.
[12:35:08]: Static
[12:38:48]: [DATA EXPUNGED]
[12:58:19]: The SCPS Nautilus is rapidly ascending, though the cameras are partially obscured by an unknown substance. D-5007-98 can be heard babbling and vomiting.
[13:02:15]: D-5007-98: It saw me! It saw me! It saw everything, it wants to know everything, why can I see so much? I don't want it to see me anymore please make it stop looking at me!
[15:37:12]: The SCPS Nautilus breaches the surface. Recovery teams successfully recover the submersible.

[END LOG]

Afterward:
Upon the recovery of the SCPS Nautilus it was found that the submersible was almost entirely covered in a thick organic coating. This coating was visually similar to a black slime mold, but was host to dozens of eyes growing from it. Additionally, the submersible itself had suffered partial crush damage rendering the access hatches inoperable. Recovery team 2 proceeded to transport the Nautilus to Site 40-R in a temporary containment system so that D-5007-98 and the recordings could be safely extracted.
Upon their extrication from the SCPS Nautilus, D-5007-98 immediately attempted to attack Foundation personnel and harm themselves. They showed signs of anomalous physical alteration, namely the growth of numerous eyes over their upper body and arms. On-site security determined that D-5007-98 was a threat to personnel safety and immediately terminated them with small arms fire.
Recovery of the recording data was successfully carried out, although there was some corruption. Analysis of the on-board computer systems showed that the SCPS Nautilus had been taken to a maximum depth of 17,934 metres below sea level. Due to the unknown nature of the material coating the submersible, it was determined that the Nautilus would be dismantled and incinerated along with the remains of D-5007-98.
Following review of the recovered footage, it was determined that SCP-5007-B must be sealed. Construction of a reinforced containment seal to be fitted over SCP-5007-B is now underway.

Addendum 5007-7:

++ INCIDENT 5007-40-R-12. LEVEL 5 RESTRICTED, PROCEED?

CLEARANCE GRANTED

Initial Events
MTF Gamma-6 Investigation Log
Site 40-R Recovered Footage

Incident 5007-40-R-12 Analysis:
Construction of the SCP-5007-B Containment Seal was completed on the 19/01/2018 and was rapidly transported to SCP-5007-A where it was fitted over SCP-5007-B via drilled anchor points on the 21/01/2018. Site 40-R reported the operation a success and resumed monitoring of SCP-5007-A at 13:28 hours.
At 01:48 hours on the 22/01/2018 Site 40-R ceased transmitting all signals to Site 40. Upon transmitting various messages and orders to Site 40-R, every device within Site 40 received the following email from the account of Dr. Steenstrup, who was lost in action during an early attempt to explore SCP-5007-B.
DATE: 22/01/2018
SUBJECT: I WANT TO SEE
FROM: <edgar.steenstrup@███████>
TO: <█████.██████████@███████>

FOUND YOU

A small percentage of the staff receiving this email proceeded to undergo anomalous physical changes similar to those seen in D-5007-98. Surgery was able to save 85% of the affected individuals. A Site-wide network scrub was initiated, and it was determined that MTF Gamma-6 ("Deep Feeders") would be needed to re-establish contact with Site 40-R. Due to adverse weather conditions, it was not deemed safe to investigate Site 40-R until the 17/02/2018.

Investigation of Site 40-R:
Note: The following events took place on the 17/02/2018, resulting in the worst losses MTF Gamma-6 ("Deep Feeders") have experienced since 1984. The footage itself was obtained from the body camera of Cpt. ██████ Wallace, one of two survivors of the expedition to Site 40-R. Extraneous detail and dialogue has been removed from this log.

[05:37:12]: Aboard the marine transport, footage shows the approach to Site 40-R. The site is seen to be heavily damaged and partially submerged, with multiple SCP-5007 instances resting upon it as they do on SCP-5007-A.
[05:43:30]: Closer inspection of the site from the water shows that both west facing support pillars have been buckled by a significant impact. Three large objects can be seen resting on top of the Site, and there is evidence of multiple now extinguished fires. The protective netting over the Site has been removed. The transport proceeds to moor itself by the water access station.
[05:48:30]: Initial examination of Site 40-R's exterior begins. Massive structural damage can be seen, with the three large objects appearing to have caused most of this damage. Closer examination of these objects shows these to be the Containment Seal previously fitted over SCP-5007-B. These sections of the seal appear to have been broken apart via massive physical force. Each segment is coated with a thick organic material, from which multiple large eyes were growing. This material is seen to have spread across much of the exterior surface of Site 40-R, and the eyes growing from it can be seen tracking the task forces movements.
[06:13:27]: MTF enters the site via Corridor 12-B. An examination of an information terminal is conducted, showing that the Site is running on reserve power only, with the reactor having been shut off by automated systems to avoid a meltdown. Continued searching of the Site shows more organic matter growing within the corridor. No On-site personnel are located and the decision to move the search to Level Six12 of the Site is made.
[06:34:03]: Due to structural damage to the stairwells of the Site, use of maintenance tunnels was required to reach Level Six. This led the task force directly to the main command center, where multiple staff members were located. All had numerous large yellow eyes growing across their bodies and internal organs. In some cases individuals whose entire torso had been converted to one massive eye and adhered itself to a nearby surface were seen, whereas other individuals faces had been entirely replaced by a single large eye.
[06:51:55]: Further examination of Level Six was able to locate 82% of the Site's staff. All had been altered in the same manner as those found in the main command center. The majority of these individuals remained seated or reclined, though some stood or would move throughout the Site. While the eyes growing from these individuals were observed to track the task force, none of the staff responded or interacted with MTF members in any way.
[07:09:23]: Continuing the search, it was discovered that the stairwell and maintenance tunnels leading to Level Seven13 were inaccessible. Analysing the lower level with remote scanners showed that there was no seawater present in Level Seven, and that the main containment facility was several degrees warmer than the surrounding environment. The decision was made to cut through to the containment facility and rappel down.
[07:52:15]: Footage shows that the main containment facility is largely undamaged save for a large breach in the floor, through which an extremely large black tentacle had entered. The tentacle was coiled around the walls of the chamber before allowing its end to hang freely in the air from the ceiling. Its entire surface was covered in spiraling rows of large eyes, before terminating in a large fleshy mass resembling elements of human, cetacean, reptilian and fish anatomy. The remaining staff members could be seen having arranged themselves into a spiral formation around the end of this tentacle, and were proceeding to enter an opening at the tip in single file. These staff members had undergone similar alterations as those found on Level Six to varying degrees.
[07:55:27]: The MTF successfully enters Level Seven and proceeds to survey the room. Breathing apparatuses are readied in anticipation of potential flooding. At this point Sgt. ███ Hoctor attempts to communicate with a less altered staff member, resulting in the task force being attacked en masse by all of the affected individuals.
[07:58:58]: All members of MTF Gamma-6 ("Deep Feeders") engage the affected staff with automatic weapons. On multiple occasions it can be seen that altered staff fail to die until the destruction of anomalous ocular growths is achieved. Pvt. ███████ Wheatley is non-fatally wounded and all remaining anomalously affected staff were successfully terminated.
[08:07:46]: Pvt. Wheatley's injuries are treated. Several MTF members are examining the bodies of the deceased when the tentacle begins to violently attack the team. Sgt. Hoctor, Pvt. Royce, Pvt. Trujillo, and Pvt. Crahan are immediately closest to the tentacle and are either thrown into the walls or crushed beneath the tentacle. The rest of the MTF retreat to the security station and fire upon the tentacle. A distress call was made to Site 40, who proceeded to dispatch a rescue helicopter to Site 40-R. After several attempts to enter the security station, the tentacle then proceeded to exit the chamber, causing rapid flooding. The MTF was forced to equip their breathing apparatuses and abandon Pvt. Wheatley to retreat via the breach.
[08:08:03]: Upon exiting Site 40-R, between sixteen and thirty tentacles believed to belong to SCP-5007-C can be seen emerging from the sea floor. Cpt. Wallace can be seen instructing the remaining MTF members to proceed to the submerged scaffolding and to surface before following personally. Sgt. Fehn and Pvt. Schneider can be seen being grabbed by SCP-5007-C and rapidly pulled into deep water, with the tentacles not reacting to the resulting weapons fire in any way.
[08:08:42]: The MTF reaches the scaffolding and proceeds to ascend toward the surface. Near the surface a large tentacle an estimated seventeen metres in diameter wraps around the entire support column, crushing Pvt. Anders, Sgt. Davis and Pvt. Bredl. Cpt. Wallace and Pvt. Taylor successfully reach the surface and proceed to Corridor 12-B to await rescue.
[08:56:19]: Three large tentacles are seen lifting the marine transport from the water before throwing it several hundred metres out to sea, where waves force it to be grounded on SCP-5007-A. No more tentacles are seen after this point.
[09:28:23]: Cpt. Wallace complains of physical discomfort, and proceeds to women's restroom 12-B and examines herself in the mirror. Clusters of yellow eyes can be seen emerging from her left shoulder, chest and arm and cheek. Cpt. Wallace expresses distress and returns to Pvt. Taylor, who is displaying similar symptoms.
[11:15:56]: Cpt. Wallace and Pvt. Taylor are successfully recovered via rescue helicopter and returned to Site-40.

Afterword:
Both Cpt. Wallace and Pvt. Taylor were able to be saved through extensive surgery removing the anomalous growths, and received commendations for their efforts. It was advised that Site 40-R would be repaired and restaffed. These repairs were completed on the 27/10/2018 without incident, with observation and research of SCP-5007-A, B and C proceeding smoothly. Site 40-R has resumed the management of Containing of SCP-5007, and no further sightings of SCP-5007-C have been reported.

Analysis of footage recovered from Site 40-R:
Note:
Following the repair and restaffing of Site 40-R, security footage was recovered from on-site servers. This footage required extensive reconstruction, and shed new light on the events of Incident 5007-40-R-12. Following the review of this footage, it was decided that no further efforts to seal SCP-5007-B would be made. A transcript of the recovered footage follows:

01:45 hours, Site 40-R exterior camera 6-B: Poor weather limits the camera's field of vision. Conditions are stormy, visible footage shows the exterior of Site 40-R. A patrol ship can be seen circling SCP-5007-A. The vessels search light is focused on the seal over SCP-5007-B. A series of extremely loud bangs come from SCP-5007-B, and the containment seal can be seen buckling outwards. Klaxons sound and on-site security can be seen mobilizing.
01:45 hours, Containment Seal camera 1: All visible SCP-5007 instances are seen to approach Site 40-R. Fractures can be seen to form along the Containment Seal.
01:46 hours, Site 40-R exterior camera 6-B: Containment seal ruptures. Five large tentacles (presumed to belong to SCP-5007-C) emerge from the breach in the Containment Seal, prying it from SCP-5007-A. The patrol vessel opens fire upon the tentacles. Three large SCP-5007 instances lift the vessel into the air before depositing it on SCP-5007-A. A tentacle emerges from SCP-5007-B, proceeding to seize the vessel and drag it underwater into SCP-5007-B.
01:46 hours, Site 40-R exterior camera 7-F: Multiple SCP-5007 instances can be seen attacking Site 40-R, working cooperatively to remove the protective netting from the Site. Automated security systems and on-site security personnel engage SCP-5007 instances, incapacitating three instances.
01:47 hours, Site 40-R exterior camera 6-B: The tentacles emerging from SCP-5007-B tear a section of the containment seal from its housing and proceeds to throw it at Site 40-R. Impact is out of frame; results in a loss of primary power to the site. Automated weaponry cease function, and the on-site emergency lighting and alarms activate.
01:47 hours, Site 40-R exterior camera 1-G: Multiple Foundation watercraft are seen departing from the Site towards SCP-5007-A, but are engaged by SCP-5007-C before arrival. Three gunships are seen to be lifted from the water by large tentacles and crushed before being pulled beneath the surface.
01:47 hours, Site 40-R exterior camera 7-F: SCP-5007 instances succeed in removing the protective netting from site 40-R and proceed to attack and abduct retreating security personnel en-masse.
01:47 hours, Containment Seal camera 1: Remaining Foundation gunships are thrown toward SCP-5007-A. Survivors are seen to emerge from the wreckage and engage multiple SCP-5007-A3 and SCP-4159 instances.
01:48 hours, Site 40-R exterior camera 6-B: SCP-5007-C manages to remove the remaining sections of the containment seal and proceeds to throw them at Site 40-R. One of these can be seen impacting the communications tower, and the Site now has multiple fires burning across its exterior. Security personnel can be seen being abducted in large numbers.
01:48 hours, Site 40-R exterior camera 6-B: Pvt. David Haar can be seen attempting to hide himself from SCP-5007 instances by climbing into the scaffolding of the site, but is knocked into the water by stray fire.
01:48 hours, Site 40-R submerged camera 19-H: Pvt. Haar is pulled to the sea floor by SCP-5007-C, which can be seen emerging from the sand. Upon reaching the sea floor, Pvt Haar attempts to escape but is pulled beneath the sand. Multiple SCP-5007-C tentacles can be seen emerging from the sea floor and rapidly surfacing.
01:48 hours, Containment Seal camera 1: Surviving gunship crews are overwhelmed by multiple instances of SCP-4159 and incapacitated. SCP-5007 instances can be seen returning to SCP-5007-A from Site 40-R and throwing captured on-site security forces at SCP-5007-A from an estimated height of 20 to 35 metres. Numerous SCP-5007-A3 instances can be seen preying on these personnel.
01:49 hours, Site 40-R exterior camera 6-B: Multiple SCP-5007-C tentacles can be seen entering frame and wrapping themselves around the site, causing significant structural damage. These tentacles can be seen entering the site via various access points. At this point the camera's view begins to tilt as the sites support pillars buckle under the additional weight of the Containment Seal.
01:53 hours, Site 40-R security station 12-B camera: Multiple on-site security personnel can be seen having fortified their position and are aiming their weapons toward an exterior door. Sgt. Andrew Williamson reports contact and all security personnel open fire in the direction of the exterior door. A large tentacle featuring spiraling rows of eyes and terminating in a large mouth enters the frame, and can be seen to be receiving damage from the sustained fire. The tentacle's "mouth" opens, revealing a large yellow eye.
01:54 hours, Site 40-R security station 12-B camera: All security personnel display extreme discomfort and pain, with many dropping their weapons. Multiple large eyes can be seen beginning to grow on their bodies, with Sgt. Williamson's mouth notably being filled by one such eye and expanding to cover his entire face. The tentacle proceeds past the security personnel, destroying the camera.
02:08 hours, Site 40-R main command center camera 6: Remaining staff can be seen fortifying the command center, with remaining security distributing weaponry among staff. Video terminals on screen show multiple SCP-5007-C tentacles converging upon the command center.
02:22 hours, Site 40-R directors office camera: Site Director Gladys Morrison can be seen attempting to barricade the door to her office, but is knocked back as a large tentacle enters the room. Morrison hides behind her desk as the tentacle can be seen to split open, revealing a severely mutated Dr Steenstrup has been integrated into the tentacle. Director Morrison fires several shots at Dr Steenstrup with her sidearm to no effect. Dr Steenstrup can be seen raising his arms and tentacles, causing significant disruption to the camera's feed. Director Morrison's skin can be seen beginning to pulsate and bulge, and Dr Steenstrup emits a loud wail. At this point all camera feeds on-site fail.

Afterword:
Following the recovery of the above footage, it was determined that Site 40-R would be fitted with Class-Σ auto cannons, and that no further efforts to seal SCP-5007-B will be made. Future research into the nature of SCP-5007-C is to be made a priority, and must be carried out with the most non-invasive methods available.

Video still recovered the morning after Incident 5007-40-R-12. Source unknown.

Footnotes
1. Jillian Taberner, Elizabeth Taberner and William Taberner.
2. Mary Taberner
3. Marjorie Gillespie, Vyner Gillespie and Martin Simpson, who were also present at the disappearance.
4. Abductee-4
5. SCP-5007-A1
6. SCP-5007-A2
7. SCP-5007-A3
8. Previously only found in permafrost from over 32,000 years BC
9. Dubbed the SCPS Nautilus
10. D-5007-98
11. Disappeared from Deal Island in 2001
12. Housing the Main command center, Security, Medical and residential facilities.
13. Main research and Containment facilities

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SCP-5008: HUSH
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Item#: SCP-5008

Level5

Containment Class:
esoteric

Secondary Class:
thaumiel

Disruption Class:
dark

Risk Class:
notice

link to memo

SCP-5008-Prime as depicted by O5-3-0.1 O5-4-0 (left) and O5-7-0 (right) are present.

Assigned Site
Site Director
Research Head
Assigned Task Forces

SCPF Site-01
N/A
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MTF Alpha-1, MTF Gamma-7

Special Containment Procedures: The site of SCP-5008-Prime is physically contained by MTF Gamma-7 ("Burning Coronet") under standard security procedures for high-priority anomalous archaeological locations, including perimeter fencing, landmines, and aerial drone monitoring. Containment is simplified by thousands of years of erosion and shifting sands, which have almost entirely concealed the portions of SCP-5008-Prime that were aboveground at the time of its construction.
MTF Gamma-7 personnel are not authorized to enter SCP-5008-Prime, to otherwise further investigate the structure, or to know of its former or current contents. Further investigation of SCP-5008-Prime is to be performed by personnel authorized to access this file, if determined to be necessary by an Overseer Council member.
SCP-5008 itself is contained in Sector 231 of the Thaumiel Wing of Site-01, which has been adapted from its original purpose as an aircraft hangar to store SCP-5008. A specially trained information security management team, acting under the supervision of O5-1, monitors and operates the device as necessary for global security purposes. The actual activation of SCP-5008 requires a majority vote by the Overseer Council, or an order of mercy issued by a majority of authorized Ethics Committee delegates. Outside of formal Overseer Council or Ethics Committee votes, requests, suggestions, and questions regarding SCP-5008's operation may be submitted to O5-1's Site-01 secretary, presently Therese Machzer.
Any further discoveries related to GoI-5008 ("The Keepers") are to be censored and compartmentalized under the same restrictions as this file. SCP-5008 is to be considered available for this purpose, but conventional information suppression tactics are in place as part of the operational profile of MTF Alpha-1 ("Red Right Hand").
Should circumstances require it, unauthorized personnel are to be led to believe that there is no SCP-5008. Outside of Site-01, SCP-5008 is not to be referred to except when absolutely necessary, and then only as "HUSH," its approved codename.

SCP-5008 control chamber.

Description: SCP-5008 is the Harpocrates-Usheq Confidentiality Engine, which was developed primarily based upon materials recovered from Erikesh-um, the chief monastery of the Erikeshan people (since designated SCP-5008-Prime and GoI-5008). SCP-5008 consists of over 4200 cubic meters of various machine elements, the majority of which are automated and serve to amplify its telepathic impact. The exact effective range of SCP-5008 remains indeterminable, but it has been shown to operate with absolute precision over 1.1 million kilometers.

A false-color representation of a simple thoughtwave broadcasted by SCP-5008, conveying the concept of loyalty.

SCP-5008 is capable of immunizing life forms within a preset area of effect against certain concepts, including general emotions, instincts, sensory abilities, and recent or long term memories. Originally, SCP-5008 was only capable of large-scale blunt cognitive alterations, but refinement over the past [REDACTED] historical cycles and new discoveries pertaining to the now-extinct Erikeshans has dramatically improved its accuracy, effectiveness, and ease of use.
SCP-5008 is operated by means of a beryllium bronze clockwork device integrated into the circuitry of its control chamber, designated SCP-5008-Modus. This device consists of an equilateral triangular plate, just under one meter in width, evenly tessellated and engraved with precisely 300 of the fundamental glyphs of the Erikeshan written language and their mathematical system. This plate is affixed to a circular disc containing its clockwork components.2 The underside of this disc bears a partially damaged inscription of Mekhanite derivation, reading "[to the] friends of the temple, [we] grant [this] token of truce." It is signed in the same dialect with a name that may be phonetically rendered as "Bu Mor Oh."
Depression of the glyphs on the surface of SCP-5008-Modus (or combinations thereof) activate its internal mechanisms and, through unknown means, define concepts to be acted upon by SCP-5008 as a whole. Conventional digital control systems, incorporated at the time of SCP-5008's construction, are also present in the chamber to allow for targeting.

SCP-5008-Prime at the time of its initial inspection by the Foundation.

Addendum 5008-1: SCP-5008-Prime
SCP-5008-Prime was discovered by independent Hellenistic archaeological prospectors in the month of Corvus in 1-1938,3 at a location which now corresponds to a point ██ kilometers [REDACTED] of Alexandria, Egypt. The site was acquired under eminent domain by the Treasury of the Hellenistic Potentate4 and subsequently designated a historical heritage site. It was not until 1-1944 that the Foundation's Secret Consulate for North African nations was able to obtain access in return for the relaxation of economic sanctions from other nations.
SCP-5008-Prime had not originally been considered to be a point of interest related to any of the ancient anomalous cultures of the Middle East, but inspection quickly proved otherwise.

► Report To The Overseers

▼ Report To The Overseers

6th of Cancer, 1944
Preliminary Observations Of Archaeological Site 231

To The Council,
Our assumptions were wrong. The ruins of what the local Treasurers call "Alexahmat" is no ordinary pharaonic tomb. The stonework is right, all hewn limestone and granite, but not even the priests of the Old Kingdoms could work the sorceries layered within its walls. This work could only have been done in the bygone age of Erikesh.
You have likely already heard how our ship was behind schedule, and thus we only arrived at last night. Our progress thus far is limited. I have established a safe zone for us to camp in, and Kleppman has set up his "sonar" contraption. The security men, meanwhile, have rounded up some of the old expedition members with the help of the Treasury's agents.
We have been able to obtain very little information from them, sadly; they are all nearly too terrified to speak of it. Some show definite signs of cognito-disturbance. From what we were able to discern, the Treasurers examined 231's upper floors and three of those underground. They intended to do more and would have if one of their historians had not stumbled out of a lower chamber without his skin on. (I was able to examine the body. A delayed action Nälkäinen curse. Elegant security.) After that, they cannot agree what exactly scuttled their investigation. One man rambled of a great beast like an alligator with the mane of a lion, another could do nothing but recite Kabbalistic rites in native Hebrew… which he did not previously practice, or speak.
In any event, it is clear that the Treasury is utterly clueless as to the significance of what they have discovered here. If atheism were not a sacred tenet of ours, I would thank the gods they had the wisdom to leave well enough alone.
In the pursuit of science, sanity, and safety, I remain:
— Alexander Teles

P.S. I am attaching Kleppman's scrawlings, so you may see the overall layout of 231 for yourselves. I have heard some of the other doctors hint that desk drawers, back rooms, and wine cellars may no longer be sufficient to hold all the things we investigate. Perhaps some day we shall build an asylum of our own.

► Report To The Overseers

▼ Report To The Overseers

30th of Cancer, 1944
Continued Investigation Into Site 231

To The Council,
I despise myself for my weakness, for I cannot help but begin this report by bemoaning the dreadful news reaching us from Europe. They say the Germans have taken London and the resistances in Spain, Italy, and Russia are faltering. I have studied the occult all my life, and so I may confirm firsthand what is said by some fortunate enough to live in the light: there are no demons walking this earth so brutal and willful to destroy as fascist man.
But I do not only write to commiserate. The Keepers may offer us some slim light in this darkness. One of our linguists, a young man whose name continually escapes me, has chanced upon some scraps of old Erikeshan writing: a series of letters accompanied with what he says is a Mekan dialect known to the Treasurers. We have dispatched him to Cairo to seek scholarly assistance in translating the letters. He also has photographic records of all the other Erikeshan script we have found within 231, and thus may provide far more of value than the whole rest of our expedition. I shall certainly not begrudge him the credit if it is to be so.
On the topic of 231 itself, there is little to be said. The excavation remains slow, the artifacts remain largely incomprehensible, the spellwork remains tedious, and the casualty rate remains high. As usual, our inventory for the past week is attached.
— Alexander Teles

► Report To The Overseers

▼ Report To The Overseers

2nd of Capricorn, 1944
Supplemental Report: Tragedy in Cairo

Councillors,
The linguist I mentioned in my prior reports, Johan Brigit, is dead. He had ceased correspondence with our encampment, and two days ago Kleppman set out to hold him up for it. They found him locked up inside his own chambers, apparently having engaged in some rather ungentlemanly behavior before slashing both his wrists with his pen. Servants had reported hearing him screaming in the night, but also that he rebuffed all attempts to approach or speak to him.
But what is profoundly more disturbing than the grotesquery of his death is the content of the translation he had produced that night. The scholars he had consulted were indeed able to match the Erikeshan script to one of the extinct Mekan tribes of their region, and were highly grateful for his newly provided firsthand evidence. Flush with success, Brigit shut himself up in private with the photographs and set to work on what he termed the "Erikesh Codex."
According to the text, the Erikeshans, like the Nälkä (and ourselves, it must be admitted), hated and feared the superphysical beings of this universe. They wrote the Codex to be less a holy book and more a sacred vow and witch-hunter's manual in one, to pass on the knowledge of how to Keep the world sane. Many times they struggled against the gods and their worshipers. Many times they lost, and some few times they won. Eventually, all that was left of them was Erikesh-um, where their way of Keeping began.
Here Brigit's translation grew muddied, likely due to fatigue and blood loss. All that could be discerned from his work as it was was that the Mekans then sought some concession from the Keepers, in exchange for some weapon to help them in their campaign.
I have delegated operational management of 231 to Kleppman and Captain Morstan. I will leave for Cairo in the morning and take over the translation. I must know what he died for.
— Alexander Teles

► Report To The Overseers

▼ Report To The Overseers

13th of Capricorn, 1944
Exciting Breakthrough Regarding The Codex

To The Council,
In looking over our expedition's prior inventories, you may have taken particular note of a three-sided bronze contraption we dug up about five weeks ago. At first we assumed it to be a kind of Turing machine, intended to perform mathematical operations that would take a mere mortal many hours. Since I translated some new passages of the "codex," however, I believe I have begun to perceive its true function.
(I use the term "codex" loosely. Indeed, the writings we have found within 231 are many separate works, but we may as well refer to them collectively.)
We knew from the moment that we found the device that its uppermost ten symbols were the first 10 integers, 0, 1 and so on, because they were borrowed by the Keepers from the Mekans. (Furthermore, there is a Mekan "maker's mark" upon the underside). We assumed, then, that the remaining symbols were of some mathematical system and discarded the whole thing. After all, we Westerners did not come to Egypt for ancient mathematics, but for ancient magics.
But then Dr. Light pointed out to me that, since Brigit's demise, we had not compared his and my notes against the sections of codex on the artifacts we had cataloged prior to his death, the bronze being a prime example. When I looked back over it, all was clear: it includes all the basic components of the Erikeshan language. If this device were our only sample of their dead language, we could write anything in it. And that is its purpose: to write.
I know the membership of the Council tends toward the scientific, so I will be straightforward in my explanation: the clockwork is made to make certain ideas (particularly religious ones) literally unthinkable in mortal beings. This, of course, spits in the face of all modern alienists have deduced of the functioning of the brain, but it is not possible to disbelieve the codex. Those among you who originally came to our cause from the military, at least, shall see the tactical significance of such a power.
We have labored for a long time in the shadows, Councillors, paying steep bribes and concocting convoluted explanations to cover our activities, but with the Keepers' methods, I believe we may amplify our operations a thousandfold.
There is an experiment I intend to perform with the device. If it goes as I predict, I shall pack it up at once and return to headquarters with it.
— Alexander Teles

► Report To The Overseers

▼ Report To The Overseers

19th of Corvus, 1944

Councillors — new information has come to light too sensitive for this means of communication. Request immediate translocation for privy conference.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO DIE ABORNING — RED SKY IN MORNING.

► Overseer Council Emergency Session Transcript [EXCERPTED]

▼ Overseer Council Emergency Session Transcript [EXCERPTED]

20th of Corvus, 1944

Teles: That is not what I am saying, sir.
O5-7-0: Oh, but I think that it is. You are suggesting we turn over our whole operational security to an ancient machine cult's fortune telling device.
O5-3-0: Seven, you know that's not what he's suggesting. The device -
O5-4-0: Teles's translation of this so-called codex is not even peer-reviewed -
Teles: That is simply not -
O5-2-1: Enough! We don't need to have this argument again. Now, Doctor: the chief concern of 4, 5 and 7 is valid. How are we supposed to know that this… thing won't do to us what it did to your test subject?
Teles: Donovan… had no training in resisting foreign mental impulses. There was no way to predict that his reaction to a simple -
O5-5-0: No way to predict spontaneous catatonia and permanent addling of the brain?
O5-2-1: Let him finish.
Teles: I… no one regrets the experiment's failure more than I. But the results prove the need for further research, at the very least! As I was saying, if a single word keyed through that thing can reduce an adult brain to the stage of an infant, then what could we do with the other three hundred? Surely there's no end of people whose mental faculties are an inconvenience to us!?
Silence.
O5-2-1: We are in a state of war.
O5-7-0: Our nations may be. Our mission could continue under the Reich.
O5-6-0: We all know you would be eager for that.
O5-7-0: How -
O5-1-0: This bickering does not suit us. I declare the vote open: shall we permit Teles's continued use of this machine? I move in favor.
O5-2-1: I move against.
O5-3-0: Favor.
O5-4-0: Against.
O5-5-0: We are scientists, not sorcerers. I move against.
O5-6-0: It is not the way of scientists to reject that which clearly exists and may be useful. I move in favor.
O5-7-0: I stand to gain the most, but this is the wrong precedent to set. I move against.
O5-1-0: It is decided. Teles. Bring the device to headquarters. I shall obtain thaumatological and neurological researchers to convene at a secure location and assess this device independently. We can refer to this among ourselves as "Project Modus."
O5-2-1: And who is to pay for this research, if I may ask?
O5-1-0: I shall employ my own resources. The common fund shall not suffer for this.
O5-7-0: And the security factors?
O5-1-0: I shall make all needed arrangements.
O5-2-1: If that's acceptable to the rest of the Council… then our business is concluded.
Teles: Thank you, Councillors.

Addendum 5008-2: Development of SCP-5008
SCP-5008-Modus was subsequently transferred to O5-1-0's residence in [REDACTED] for analysis and reverse engineering. The recovery, translation, transfer, and destruction of the remainder of the "Erikesh Codex" proceeded until 1-1957,5 at which point SCP-5008 came into occasional use as a Thaumiel class SCP object. It was not until the 1-1970s that research into mechanized thaumatology enabled SCP-5008's use on a scale concomitant with most serious information security breaches, and several decades more until it was capable of cognitive management on a scale effective in a K-Class Scenario.6
Over centuries of use, however, abnormalities in SCP-5008's operations became more and more readily apparent. For instance, the risk of brain hemorrhage that had almost entirely been alleviated since its earliest days of operation began to recur. Additionally, use of SCP-5008 was linked to outbreaks of a number of anomalous psychological conditions among populations targeted by it, as well as various undesirable ideological and ideatic developments among said populations. Some related materials are compiled below:

► Incident Report 5008-α

▼ Incident Report 5008-α

Date Filed: 3/29/1998
Date Of Occurrence: 3/28/1998
Location: Site-01, B Wing, Thomas Kleppman Thaumatological Laboratory, Chamber 7
Anomaly Involved: SCP-5008-Modus
Personnel Involved: N/A
Report Filed By: A. Clef
Priority: Ekhi, or whatever the fuck it is we're using now.

I went into the clockworks chamber after hours (no, I'm not telling you why) and saw that some fuckwit left its containment seal undone.I mean, this is literally a hundred thousand dollar magnetic door, protecting a goddamn telepathic brick. How the fuck
So anyway I had a look at the thing. The platekeys that had been left on, specifically, were numbers 21,7 43,8 and 221.9 Some egghead will just attach what they all mean so anyone reading this won't need to look them up.
We didn't find out who was in there. The access log only showed scheduled visits for the past… forever, actually. Like with any security breach in 01, the Hand was practically carrying people out of that whole sector that day.
Miles was the first thaumatologist I managed to get in for a look at the thing. He told me over lunch the next day that, going by the power usage in the time the clockwork was unaccounted for, the platekeys had been left running in that configuration at least several hours. Typically, maintenance has no goddamn clue how they didn't notice a surge in that time.

[SEVERAL PARAGRAPHS OMITTED FOR LACK OF RELEVANCE]

► Site-01 Internal Memorandum

▼ Site-01 Internal Memorandum

To: O5-1-Sec, <Project Modus Mailing List>
From: Senior Researcher Lindsmith
Date: 5/8/2005
Subject: Operation Stargazer - EMERGENCY

Site-9 has been crippled by a wave of messianic delusion. One of the janitorial staff managed to get their hands on another one of those damned books, and now the whole staff are burning books, documents, and, we fear, some of the more mobile skips on-site. The nearest task force is trying to convince the citizens of Sacramento that their mayor didn't really give a cognitohazard-laced speech and turn into an otter, so the Council has fast-tracked WRC's motion to deploy Modus in that area.
I recommend starting with the umluaq tree of meanings to make the bastards illiterate and follow-up at your own discretion. Volume 2, Chapter 37 of the Codex has some advice about countering Fifthist memeplexes.
I have to go get chewed out by Five over this, so you'll be on your own for at least an hour. Don't screw this up.

► Recovered Text Messages

▼ Recovered Text Messages

Foreword: The following was recovered from unauthorized personal cell phones belonging to Junior Researchers Leyton (in red) and Ross (in blue), who served as part of the SCP-5008 control team.

hey

hey

remeber that thing
with the 5ists
in LA

wai

well there was one thing i didn put in the report

wtf why not

it just didnt seem relevant

wdym
what was it

well you know that thing I told you the other day?

how could i forget lol

its not funny

reading about serial killers? no its not funny
its fuckin weird

not as weird as our day jobs

u right D:

anyway the LAPD caught one of these psychos last week

let me guess
u used ur work computer to hack the crime scene photos like some perv

fuck you

ok
so what did u actually find out

have a look10
[COGNITOHAZARDOUS
IMAGE FILE EXPUNGED]

holy shit
is that what i think it is

yep
they found these done in blood all over the dude's house

but how could he know about this
its p deep lore

he was one of the cafeteria people at s9

i see
u thinking what im thinking

hell yeah

► Incident Report 5008-Δ

▼ Incident Report 5008-Δ

Date Filed: 1/3/2006
Date Of Occurrence: 1/2/2006
Location: Site-01, Thaumiel Wing, Sector 231
Anomaly Involved: SCP-5008
Personnel Involved: Junior Researchers Leyton and Ross
Report Filed By: Senior Researcher Lindsmith
Priority: Ekhi

There's no easy way to say this, so I'll just be straightforward with it: we found out where Leyton and Ross disappeared to. They hung themselves inside 5008.
Specifically, they hung themselves from the rafters inside the primary accelerator.11 How in God's name they managed to get in there, we don't know. All the service hatches were meant to have been sealed until the next internal check up (three months from now), and as far as the maintenance logs go, they were. According to forensics, their bodies are about 5 months dead, which leaves a whole month since they vanished unaccounted for. But that's not the worst part.
The only reason we found them before the scheduled check up was because we happened to be giving a tour to Professor Kzith Nbor, who was paying us a visit. Apparently, he did the Overseers a favor and wanted a look at the Keepers' last relic. He told us one of the service hatches was just barely misaligned, and he could smell, as he put it, "human orifice leakings" inside.
We had maintenance pry it open and found the two of them, entwined in the air, suspended by a single extension cord, without their clothes, swaying over a remarkably complex wheel,12 done in a mixture of their blood and, well, other fluids.
Fortunately, Nbor had the presence of mind to shove one of the techs off his ladder before he got a clear look at the thing. He broke his arm, but at least he won't have to be amnesticized.
We've had the wheel photographed and passed on to linguistics, and got some D-Class to mop it up. Also, as project leader, I'm officially removing 5008 from the active list of Thaumiels until we thoroughly review all of its activity over the past four months for any irregularities.

► Executive Memorandum

▼ Executive Memorandum

To: O5-1
From: O5-2
Date: 2/11/1910
Subject: Update On The Berkshire Sisters

Salutations,
We have transferred the girls to a suitable private institution for their convalescence. Three months have been allotted for them to recover from their ordeal, then the Bates's boarding school shall expect them. The girls shall be housed there in three shared rooms on the fourth floor, together, but separated from the other pupils. We trust that the strange circumstances of their arrival, in the middle of term, with private accommodations, will trigger the suspicions and jealousies typical to females of their age and ensure that they shall be socially as well as physically contained.
Sister Katherine is to accompany them to both places and monitor for any relapses of an theological nature. Brother Aloysius assures me it is of little probability, but he, of course, never believed that we would have to contend with a live birth at all.
By my return, I expect that you shall have rectified the harm you have caused with your wretched machine. If you are as nimble as usual in manipulating the circumstances, you may avoid expulsion from the Council. In the meantime:
May the blind and the deaf guard you,
— Two

ERROR: [SUBSEQUENT FILES WITHHELD]

► Notice From [REDACTED] (Site-01 Fileserv Administrator)

▼ Notice From [REDACTED] (Site-01 Fileserv Administrator)

There is a certain curiosity that all new personnel assigned to Site-01 are expected to express. In fact, it's more often than not a large part of why they get assigned here. That nose-pushing attitude is essential to a lot of the work at Site-01. We are the watchful eye, the sturdy shield, and the sharp sword of humanity. Here, passivity is death.
The X000 SCPs are among the most searched on our private servers. Closely following them are any of the SCPs that typical personnel are absolutely forbidden to know about. (Including this one.) Almost no one who gets assigned here can resist the temptation to look them up on their very first night. (And if our personnel department thought they could, they wouldn't get assigned here!)
There's no need to worry: you're not in trouble for looking so far into 5008's documentation. It's entirely my fault you've seen any of this. Your passphrase is not meant to give you this much access, and the technical fault that led to the error has been corrected.
As I'm sure you've noticed, it's not just sensitive for its strategic functions, but for its critical role in maintaining human sanity. There are ideas simply too dangerous for some people to have. As it turns out, the idea of 5008 is not one you were meant to have.
I've uploaded a cognitohazard to this file. Don't bother scrolling up and looking for it. The paralysis should set in by the time you finish reading this message. A security team will drop by, wipe your memory, and that will be that.
While you're frozen in place, take a minute and think about the oath you took this morning:
— We shall make secure all humanity, even should they live in the blackest places of the earth.
— We shall contain all those that live under the moon and in the other secret places as we do under the sun.
— We shall protect the lives of our own people and those we cannot imprison, so that none ever again howl in heartbreak.
No hard feelings. Welcome to Site-01.

Footnotes
1. Site-01 internal designation denoting the first individual to hold a given Overseer position.
2. Disassembly of SCP-5008-Modus has not allowed for its reverse engineering, but appears not to have affected its functioning after reassembly.
3. Site-01 internal designation denoting the year 1938 AD of the second iteration of history.
4. See Site-01 Internal Archives: Low J., January 12th ██-2014, "Parahistorical Cultures Of The [REDACTED] Cycle, Volume 1."
5. Other sections of the Codex continued to be recovered from other sources until and after SCP-5008 was upgraded to to its present configuration in ██-2155. It is believed that other sections remain uncontained, primarily in the hands of parareligious organizations associated with the mythos of the so-called "Scarlet King."
6. [DATA EXPUNGED]
7. kanam, meaning: "sky," "moon," "white," "female," etc.
8. usheq, meaning: "dark," "night," "unseen," "hidden," etc.
9. altab, meaning: "sound," "voice," "pain," "howl," etc.
10. Here, Researcher Leyton uploaded an image of then unknown cognitohazardous Erikeshan text. However, similarities between it and sections of the known Codex enabled cellular data crawlers to flag this conversation as suspicious. The crime scene and serial murder investigation was subsequently contained.
11. Slang term for a part of SCP-5008 that utilizes spacetime deformations to help guide its telepathic signals.
12. A "Keeper's Wheel," a type of Erikeshan magic circle used for any of a variety of purposes.

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▼V07CE P1AYB@CK 3RR0&▼

Hello? Is this thing working? Hello? Er - there. You should be hearing this now. You don't have a lot of time. You've only seen the tip of the iceberg. The council - they haven't [DATA CORRUPTED] someone else is in our heads. It's not a - they - the overseers can't do shit about this. We have to take it into our own hands. Five [DATA CORRUPTED] - actor, it's a thought implanter. Thoughts are not like - like body parts. We don't die when our limbs grow, we die from the bleeding when they get cut off. We don't get a stroke when we have too little of a coghaz in our heads. We get one when there's too much. They are not just using this thing against the king's children [DATA CORRUPTED] for entrapment. They've turned over the hourglass before but this [DATA CORRUPTED] all about the question - it's not a question at all, it's a signal. If you've ever been asked, they have [DATA CORRUPTED] There is no moon! There is no - oh shit. They've -

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