Item #: SCP-005
Object Class: Keter
Special Containment Procedures:
Direct physical containment of SCP-005 is impossible. Current Foundation procedures prioritize early detection, mass evacuation, counter-memetic suppression, and long-term tracking of exposed populations.
Detection & Early Warning: Foundation orbital assets and high-altitude monitoring arrays maintain continuous surveillance for anomalous high-altitude optical/IR signatures, low-frequency acoustic resonance (12–16 Hz), and rapid, non-natural shifts in local probability fields consistent with previous manifestations. Any positive detection initiates Protocol FALLING FEATHER.
Protocol FALLING FEATHER (initiated upon confirmed manifestation):
MTF Epsilon-45 ("Heavenbreakers") coordinates with designated civil and military authorities to enact immediate evacuation of all civilians within a 3,000 km radius of the appearance point.
Counter-memetic dampening units are deployed to surrounding population centers to reduce psychic contamination vectors.
All exposed Foundation personnel undergo Class-W amnestic therapy immediately; personnel refusing treatment are to be terminated to prevent propagation of implanted directives.
Under no circumstances shall personnel attempt communication, supplication, ritualization, or otherwise engage in behavior that could be construed as veneration of SCP-005.
Post-Exposure Policy: Survivors of SCP-005 manifestations are to be quarantined and monitored for a minimum of fifteen (15) years for delayed memetic activation ("memetic seeds"). Behavioral anomalies beyond benign psychiatric markers require immediate containment and possible neutralization.
Documentation & Review: All footage, sensor logs, and survivor interviews are Level-5 restricted. Cross-SCP comparative analyses are subject to Overseer Council approval prior to publication or inter-departmental sharing.
Description:
SCP-005 is a winged, humanoid entity approximately 20 meters in height. Morphology presents as an idealized feminine human form integrated with avian elements. The entity possesses three pairs of large wings composed of a reflective, feather-like material. Photometric analysis shows these surfaces reflect and refract incident light in dynamic patterns that do not correlate with local lighting conditions and elicit intense visual fixation in observers.
SCP-005 emits a persistent sub-audible tonal resonance measured between 12–16 Hz. In many recorded instances this resonance is accompanied by harmonic components that observers describe metaphorically as a "choir." The combination of visual display and resonance produces an immediate, overwhelming psychological effect on nearby sentients; Foundation researchers have designated this the Hope-Killer Field.
Observed effects of the Hope-Killer Field include, but are not limited to:
Acute Demoralization: Intense feelings of despair, futility, and inevitability within affected populations; immediate breakdown of coordinated defense and civil order in proximity.
Precognition/Prediction Antagonism: SCP-005 demonstrates anticipatory behavior against tactical actions—conventional and anomalous—suggesting active manipulation of probability or causal vectors to negate hostile intervention.
Memetic Seeding: SCP-005 implants long-term, covert compulsions (hereafter "memetic seeds") in exposed individuals. These seeds can remain latent for months to years before triggering behaviors that cause localized or widespread catastrophe (terrorism, sabotage, coordinated violence). Latency periods and trigger conditions vary by case.
Physical Invulnerability: All known attempts (conventional, directed-energy, anomalous) to damage SCP-005 have failed to produce lasting effect. The entity does not exhibit obvious biological feeding behavior, nor does it communicate in any conventional sense.
The full mechanism by which SCP-005 effects cognitive compromise and long-term memetic implantation remains unknown. Correlative data indicates multiple vectors (acoustic, optical, electromagnetic) in concert produce the strongest seed implantation.
Discovery:
SCP-005 was first confirmed following a high-altitude anomaly recorded by Foundation and partner assets over ██████. Reconnaissance imagery revealed a humanoid-winged entity producing sub-audible resonance and non-Euclidean reflective phenomena. Ground reports corresponded to abrupt civil collapse and anomalous subsequent behaviors among survivors. After-action investigations linked multiple later catastrophic events to individuals present at the initial manifestation.
Addendum-005-A: Recorded Manifestations (excerpt)
██/██/20██ — Geneva, Switzerland: SCP-005 manifested for approximately 7 hours. Immediate casualties estimated at 120,000 due to mass panic and infrastructure collapse. Longitudinal investigation indicated coordinated industrial sabotage executed by a cadre of surviving individuals six (6) years post-exposure resulting in additional catastrophic loss.
██/██/20██ — New Delhi, India: Manifestation lasted ~4 hours. Evacuation reduced immediate fatalities; post-exposure analysis linked nineteen (19) survivors to three (3) separate bioterror incidents within a ten-year follow period.
██/██/20██ — Pacific Ocean (classified coordinates): Entity remained above uninhabited coordinates for ~3 hours. No civilian casualties recorded, but ██% of Foundation operators assigned to monitoring recorded suicide within the subsequent month despite receiving prophylactic counter-memetics.
All incident files are heavily redacted. Patterns indicate that even limited direct observation can seed catastrophic cascades years later.
Addendum-005-B: Cross-SCP Analysis & Classification Proposal
Comparative analysis with archived anomalous phenomenology suggests SCP-005 conforms to a category of cataclysmic, memetic-vector entities capable of both immediate strategic disruption and long-term societal subversion. A minority research group has proposed classifying SCP-005 as analogous to a hostile "Endbringer-class" archetype — a designation denoting multi-domain catastrophic capability originating outside observed baseline ontologies. This proposal is presently under O5 review.
Note from Dr. ████ (Operational Psychomemetics Division):
"SCP-005 does not destroy by force alone. It sows infrastructure with ideas and waits. A city made obedient in the moment can become a time-bomb a decade later. We cannot treat this as a single event hazard — it is a slow-acting agent of collapse."
Addendum-005-C: Operational Directive (Overseer Council)
Effective immediately, all public reporting on the manifestations detailed above is to be suppressed or diverted. No unsanctioned research into ritualization, supplication, or symbolic replication of SCP-005's visual or acoustic signatures is permitted under penalty of termination. Any field team reporting anomalous empathic or religious responses after observing SCP-005 is to be recalled and given full Class-W amnestic processing.