SCP-3046

Hallucinogenic

Special Containment Procedures

All individuals reported to be infected by SCP-3046 are to be located and administered specialised hallucinogenic suppressants, and the infected individual and individuals aware of the infection are to be administered Class A amnestics and are to be put under surveillance for two months. If the individual continues to display signs of infection, the individual is to be terminated to prevent further awareness of SCP-3046.

In order to prevent staff from being infected, Foundation-wide distribution of photochromic visors is in effect. The Foundation's Scientific and Medical Departments are currently collaborating on a joint project to devise procedures to biologically, genetically, or technologically alter human eyes, specifically corneas, crystalline lens, and retinas, to remove the appearance of diffraction patterns. To date, no methods of achieving this result have been effective, but efforts are ongoing.

Description

SCP-3046 is a Class X cognitohazard that affects individuals who observe diffraction spikes¹ when observing a light source of 1100 lumens² or brighter, for longer than three seconds. Despite the fact that observation of any light source can result in contracting infection of SCP-3046, reports of its effects on the civilian population are low in number, with monthly cases averaging between three and five individuals. Upon activation of SCP-3046, the diffraction pattern of the light being observed instantaneously changes colour to a bright red, regardless of the colour of the light being observed. Approximately fifteen minutes later, the affected individual begins to experience alterations in their eyesight. Multiple affected test subjects have reported different effects, such as:

Change of colour of any objects, rooms, or people in the direct vicinity of the affected subject, as well as the subjects' irises.

Alteration of objects in the vicinity of the affected subject, including colour change and liquidation.

Appearance of humanoid shadows that form into three-dimensional creatures, with skin consisting of different textures and various anomalous effects.

Presumably cognitohazardous or intense subliminal images, which can cause infected individuals to become extremely violent and resistant to physical force, as well as [DATA EXPUNGED].

In approximately ██% of test subjects of SCP-3046, subjects have reported effects on the surrounding environment rather than images displayed in their eyesight. Effects have included certain or all objects within view changing colour, or melting in a fashion similar to wax. Despite these effects, subjects are able to interact with objects in a regular fashion, although efforts are hindered due to the visual effects of SCP-3046.

History: SCP-3046 was brought to the attention of the Foundation by Technician ████, who was stationed at Site-██ for maintenance. While observing one of the lights due for repair in Chamber ███, Technician ████ squinted his eyes while observing the light, and immediately noticed the diffraction pattern in the lights change colour to a bright red after 3 seconds, exited Chamber ███, and reported the occurrence to the nearest supervisor.

Interviewed: Technician ████

Interviewer: Dr. █████

[BEGIN LOG EXCERPT]

<15:23> Dr. █████: So, you observed one of the lights in Chamber ███, then what?

<15:23> Technician ████: You know how when you squint at a light, those little beams of light that stretch out of the light bulb?

<15:23> Dr. █████: Yes, I am aware of diffraction spikes, go on.

<15:23> Technician ████: Well, after a while, those lights suddenly turned bright red! I blinked a couple of times and the lights turned back to normal, and…

<15:24> Dr. █████: And what?

<15:24> Technician ████: What the hell? What’s going on?

<15:24> Dr. █████: Please calm down and explain what you’re experiencing.

<15:24> Technician ████: The whole room has turned green! Even you! What the fuck?!

[END LOG EXCERPT]

Closing Statement: Technician ████ became aggressive after the conclusion of the interview, and had to be sedated by security. Technician ████ is now being held in [REDACTED] for further review. Testing of SCP-3046 and its anomalous properties has begun.

Addendum 3046-1: On ██/██/2017, Dr. █████, one of the heads of the SCP-3046 research team, reported brief visions of [REDACTED], located in the Andromeda Galaxy. Foundation deep space assets have been dispatched to the coordinates for further analysis and investigation regarding SCP-3046's origin. In addition, request to resume testing of SCP-3046 to determine potential sentience/sapience in currently pending. See Addendum 3046-3 for further details concerning results of deep space analysis.

Addendum 3046-2: Experiment Log of SCP-3046’s Visual Effects

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D-Class personnel were located to Chamber 45 for testing, and instructed to observe the diffraction patterns of the overhead light for a certain period of time, and report the effects of SCP-3046. After each test of the anomalous effects of SCP-3046, test subjects were sent to medical bay for retinal scans and eye transplants to determine any anomalous physical changes as well as continuation of anomalous visual effects.

Subject	Test Results	Conclusion
Subject D-3046-1	D-Class personnel instructed to observe bright light for 3 seconds. After fifteen minutes, subject reported the testing room turning into a bright red. New items introduced into the testing area were reported to remain the same colour for roughly fifteen minutes before experiencing the same effects as the testing room. In addition, subject’s irises took on a subtle red hue.	Subject underwent retinal scan after discovery of colouration of irises, but no anomalous changes were discovered in subjects’ eyes. Subject was sent to medical bay for eye transplant surgery. After procedure was complete, subject reported a bright red tint in their peripheral vision. Replacement eyes experienced similar iris colouration as previous set of eyes, which were discarded by incineration.
Subject D-3046-4	D-Class personnel, handcuffed, instructed to observe bright light for 4 seconds. After fifteen minutes, subject reported his handcuffs melting off his hands, reminiscent to melting wax. Despite this transformation, subject could not separate his hands, nor interact with the ‘residue’ from the melting handcuffs, and irises changed into a pale white colour.	Retinal scan did not reveal any anomalous changes, and after recovering from eye transplant surgery, subject reported being unable to see his body, but retained ability to interact with objects, albeit with minor difficulty.
Subject D-3046-23	D-Class personnel instructed to observe bright light for 6 seconds. After fifteen minutes, subject reported a humanoid shadow, roughly 2 meters in height, appearing in the testing chamber, moving on the wall opposite the subject. After fifteen minutes, the shadow was reported to peel off the wall, forming into a three-dimensional entity, now referred to as SCP-3046-1. Subject reported the SCP-3046-1 instance to have a leather-like texture all over its body, but could not physically interact with it. No movement was observed from SCP-3046-1. After fifteen minutes, SCP-3046-1 reportedly dissipated into a gas, causing subject to lose eyesight indefinitely. Subject’s irises turned into a bright purple.	Retinal scan revealed detached retinas, and subject reported being colour-blind post-surgery.
Subject D-3046-35	D-Class personnel instructed to observe bright light for 7 seconds. After fifteen minutes, subject reported that, when looking through only the right eye, the test chamber transformed into an alleyway, located in [REDACTED]. Subject reported two men entering the alleyway and exchanging drugs, before leaving in opposite directions. Despite the change in scenery, subject could not walk beyond the 5x5m test chamber walls, remaining trapped in the alleyway. When exiting the test chamber, subjected reported being able to travel throughout the city, but movement was confined to the layout of Site-██. Subject’s irises turned into a bright orange.	Retinal scan performed on subject revealed minute levels of retinal decay and slight nerve damage, and subject fell into a coma shortly after eye transplant surgery.
Subject D-3046-61	D-Class personnel instructed to observe bright light for 9 seconds. After fifteen minutes, subject reported his field of vision being obstructed with an image of a deceased woman floating in deep sea, later revealed to be the subject’s wife, who fell unconscious and drowned several years prior. After fifteen minutes, subject reported the test chamber warping in a kaleidoscopic fashion, after which subject fell into a catatonic state. Subject’s irises turned into a sky blue.	Subject expired prior to retinal scan, and anomalous colouration of irises ceased. Despite subject expiration, pupil dilation continued until subject was incinerated due to protocol.
Subject D-3046-72	D-Class personnel instructed to observe bright light for 9 seconds. After fifteen minutes, subject reported her field of vision being obstructed with an image of a small infant completely wrapped in veins with the exception of the chest, from which a large syringe was protruding out of the chest cavity. After fifteen minutes, subject suddenly died; autopsies reveal the cause of death to be a heart attack. Irises turned into a sky blue.	After subject expired, anomalous colouration of irises ceased. Despite expiration of subject, EEG scan displayed continuation of brain activity after subject expiration, which ceased after 15 minutes.
Subject D-3046-153	D-Class personnel instructed to observe bright light for 12 seconds. After fifteen minutes, D-Class personnel reported [DATA EXPUNGED]. After █ casualties, subject was terminated by gunshot. It is unknown whether subject was submitted to intense subliminal messaging, or exposed to unknown cognitohazardous or infohazardous images. Irises turned into a bright yellow before becoming aggressive towards staff.	After termination, deceased subjects eyes were promptly removed and preserved in a specialised solution, consisting mainly of formaldehyde. After 1 hour, preserved eyeballs dissolved instantaneously, and solution reached boiling point, regardless of room temperature. Solution was incinerated.
Subject D-3046-███	D-Class personnel instructed to observe bright light for ██ seconds. [DATA EXPUNGED], similar to SCP-███. This effect also occurred in every previous test subject, resulting in [DATA EXPUNGED].	After the results of Test ███, testing of SCP-3046's anomalous effects has been suspended until further notice.

"After the results of Test 35, investigation into possible ties between SCP-3046 and the RAINBOW ASTRA programme are currently underway." - O5-█.

Addendum 3046-3: Deep Space Exploration Log 3046-1

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On ██/██/2017, Foundation deep space assets relayed several images of dilapidated structures of extra-terrestrial origin. The structures appear to be what once was an alien metropolis, with structures resembling churches and vast expanses of housing and farmland. Observing the extent of the damage, as well as the durability of materials used, it can be estimated that the area was abandoned roughly ████ years ago. Request for deployment of remote-operated drone, DPD-077, granted by O5 Council.

On ██/██/2018, a launch pod containing remote-operated drone DPD-077 was ejected from BARRIER Unit 87. The atmosphere is dusty and red, and the landscape is dotted with what can be assumed to be large cities, visible from the BARRIER Unit.

[SIGNAL ESTABLISHED]

The launch pod, containing DPD-077, lands 1km outside one of the larger cities discovered, and opens before the immediate exit of the drone. The camera turns in a 180 degree angle, panning from left to right as travels down a large pathway towards the centre of the city. As the drone looks around the nearby area during its travel, it inspects several houses in what is presumably one of many residential areas, which have been noted to have varying degrees of structural damage.

As DPD-077 enters one of the houses, it finds an extra-terrestrial humanoid seated on an object resembling a chair, now designated as an SCP-3046-2 instance. The anatomy and skin of the SCP-3046-2 instance is similar to that of humans, but lacks facial features aside from eyes, which have green irises and appear to be stained with blood. The SCP-3046-2 instance remains seated for approximately 27 minutes without moving, blinking, or acknowledging the presence of DPD-077. Further analysis reveals the instance is in a condition similar to that of a vegetative state, and after a quick inspection in the room the being is located in, DPD-077 recovered two crudely torn and bloody eyelids roughly 2 metres from the being. Additional inspection of several different houses reveal other SCP-3046-2 instances in similar positions, some seated, some standing. None of the discovered instances have responded to outside stimuli, seemingly stuck in a vegetative state, and a total of 9 pairs of eyelids have been discovered by DPD-077.

After 30 minutes, DPD-077 arrives in the centre of the city, surrounded by broken structures, with caved in ceilings and shattered windows, and hordes of additional SCP-3046-2 instances are present in the capital, all facing a large structure in the distance, metal in appearance, resembling an observatory. DPD-077 observes its surroundings for several hours, entering and investigating additional structures, before travelling towards the observatory. As it makes its way towards the observatory, DPD-077 drives past a structure resembling a church, with a bell tower and engraved symbols carved into the stone. A large cable with a radius of 2 metres stretches from the back of the church to the observatory. In addition, several dead SCP-3046-2 instances are outside, appearing to have been the victims of sacrificial rituals. Several of the instances are nailed to the walls along the outside of the church with what appear to be metal bolts, with similar foreign symbols engraved on their foreheads. After several minutes, DPD-077 continues towards the observatory, and arrives after 119 minutes, finding the thick, steel door slightly ajar.

Entering the structure, the room is revealed to be full of various pieces of non-functional machinery, and a massive silo constructed with welded pieces of metal with a hole through the roof, which indicates the structure was re-purposed for space travel. DPD-077 locates an elevator, and begins to descend to the bottom of the patchwork silo. Upon reaching the bottom, the door opens, revealing a mass of SCP-3046-2 instances, huddled together and all staring up at the hole in the roof. The floor of the silo has a large, symbol crudely carved into it, similar to the symbols found on the church. The cable connected to the church is at the back of the observatory, sticking out of a crudely cut hole in the wall, not plugged into any machinery, but instead dripping a bright green liquid onto the floor of the silo, unto a pile of torn eyelids. As, DPD-077 makes its way back to the elevator, the on-board microphone picked up faint footsteps, but no SCP-3046-2 instances have moved from their place, continuing to look at the sky. DPD-077 makes its way back to the church for additional investigation without any recorded deviations from any of the SCP-3046-2 instances.

DPD-077 enters the church, revealing eight rows of empty pews, and a large stone lectern at the back of the church. Nailed on the back wall by its hands is a large, dark green extra-terrestrial being, now referred to as SCP-3046-3. SCP-3046-3 is significantly taller and skeletal than the SCP-3046-2 instances, with a human-like skeletal structure visible through its dark green skin, which is entirely covered with engraved symbols. Visible burns are apparent all over SCP-3046-3, but no additional damage is observed. The cable from the observatory is attached to the back of its neck, seemingly being the source of the green liquid. DPD-077 looks outside through one of the shattered windows, and finds a mass of SCP-3046-2 instances outside, staring directly at SCP-3046-3. Their irises have changed from black to a bright green, and a faint choir is picked up by the built-in microphone, coming from all directions. The camera turns to find SCP-3046-3, off the wall in front of DPD-077, with a bladed tool in its hand.

[SIGNAL LOST]

Addendum 3046-4: Retrieved Global Occult Coalition Database Entries

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On ██/██/2018, Foundation agents retrieved two Global Occult Coalition database files during an investigation into the destruction of a Global Occult Coalition base, found in a specially designed vault buried under wreckage.

Threat ID: LTE-9742-NACL (“Starship”)

Authorized Response Level: 4 (Severe Threat)

Description: Subject was a rocket that originated from deep space, according to footage from orbital satellites, although its true origin is unknown. The rocket, painted with a black paint with a light absorption of 99.7%, was comprised of metallic and stone-like elements, with a bright green liquid in what is assumed to be the fuel tanks. The rocket itself was designed with cockpit or any sort of technology, aside from the rockets themselves, which emitted bright green smoke upon crash-landing. Despite the heat emitting from the rockets, the surrounding snow did not melt at any point between crash-land and liquidation.

Liquidation: Nearby Global Occult Coalition base, stationed 23km from crash site, mobilised an individual Topol-M (RT-2PM2) ground-to-ground vehicle, which fired at subject from a safe distance, resulting in the complete liquidation of the subject, with no resulting debris found, aside from approximately 0.21mL of the green liquid, which was taken back to base and incinerated without testing. Review of footage is underway to determine origin point of subject before entering the atmosphere.

Appendix 1: After hourly sanitation and maintenance of incinerator after incineration of green liquid, several members reported a strange effect on the diffraction spikes observed when squinting in the direction of the internal light. Investigation is underway, and liquidation of possibly anomalous equipment is scheduled at a later date.

Threat ID: KTE-9473-Blitmorph (“Sightkiller”)

Authorized Response Level: 5 (Immediate Threat)

Description: Subject is a cognition hazard that originated from the green liquid found during the liquidation of LTE-9742-NACL-Blaecca (“Starship”). After incineration of the green liquid, several members reported anomalous effects when viewing the internal light inside the incinerator. After 15 minutes, the infected members reported several, unknown images before their irises changed colour, resulting in sudden aggression and lethal force towards other GOC members. Satellite 6X-4 "Alahena" fired its high-powered plasma-based laser at the infected base, resulting in the destruction of the base and loss of all personnel stationed there. Despite this action, communications from bases located in Europe, China, and New Zealand report similar effects occurring in personnel.

Liquidation: At this time, liquidation of the threat is not possible by physical means. In order to prevent spread of the infection, termination of aggressive personnel, as well as destruction of the source of infection. Staff are advised not to stare directly at bright lights.