Item #: SCP-829
Level 3/829
Object Class: Safe-Kerveni
Classified
SCP-829-A photographed the day after SCP-829.
Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-829-A and SCP-829-B are to be stored within a concrete-lined aircraft hangar at Site-327. SCP-829-B is not to be removed from its biohazard container so as to prevent any advanced polymer formation. Standard anti-contaminant quarantine procedures will apply to SCP-829-A and SCP-829-B's containment hangar. Only Level 3+ Personnel are allowed to access SCP-829-A and B.
Foundation webcrawlers are to monitor and replace any references to twenty-one Concordes having been created with the disseminated cover that only twenty were produced; the twenty-first (217/F-BVFG) will assume the identification and livery of SCP-829-A. All individuals involved with British Airways Flight 3075 are to be amnesticized of SCP-829 and the passengers of the flight.
Description:
SCP-829 is the designation for a temporal event that occurred during British Airways Flight 3075 on March 2nd, 1993. Details surrounding the SCP-829 event can be found in the Item History below.
SCP-829-A is a FA/BAC Concorde supersonic airliner (210/G-BOAD) that was the subject of SCP-829. It appears to be non-anomalous, but is considered to be anomalous by proxy in order to study SCP-829.
SCP-829-B is a viscous non-Newtonian fluid with a composition of water, amino acids, and other organic compounds. The method of 829-B's creation through polymer and DNA reduction is currently unknown.
Item History:
SCP-829 occurred at 1:21 PM GMT, seventeen minutes after takeoff. Immediately before the event, Speedbird 3075 notified Heathrow Air Traffic Control (H-ATC) that they would be flying on IFR due to low-to-no visibility; conflicting with weather reports that had come in greatly favoring VMC over IMC. H-ATC attempted to ascertain the state of Speedbird 3075, but all communication requests were unresponsive. Only the phrase "Control, how do you hear me?" was transmitted from Speedbird 3075 to H-ATC before the plane disappeared off of radar.
Speedbird 3075 (now SCP-829-A) re-appeared on radar at 11:53 AM EST. JFK Intl. Air Traffic Control (J-ATC) informed 829-A of radar contact and to go around, but SCP-829-A did not respond and performed a landing on Runway 31L. J-ATC issued a temporary shutdown of Runway 31L following 829-A's non-compliance with further taxiing off of the runway. After visually identifying SCP-829-A from information forwarded by Heathrow, JFK Intl. contacted the Foundation under Rule 4, Subsection B of airport incident policy. Preliminary testing of SCP-829-A revealed that it was highly irradiated; after two days of hourly decontamination service, 829-A was deemed safe enough for MTF Δ-9 ("Baggage Claim") to be inserted with full protection gear.
Any subsequent pertinent information will be appended as addenda once fully reviewed.
Addendum 01: INITIAL EXPLORATION
» Initial Exploration Log «
MTF OPERATION LOG
The following log was compiled during initial exploration of SCP-829-A by MTF Δ-9 ("Baggage Claim"). Due to the ionizing radiation, Foundation body cameras were inoperable; personnel were instructed to verbally describe the interior of SCP-829-A.
Personnel assigned to MTF Δ-9 at the time of the log's recording:
- Researcher Pierre Miller
- Researcher Aurey Standish
- Researcher Neil Haldane
[MILLER]
Comms control, this is Miller. How do you read me?
[COMCON]
Loud and clear. You may proceed with the insertion process.
[MILLER]
We're on the tarmac, approaching the instance currently. Haldane, you'll be right behind with the equipment, correct?
[HALDANE]
Standish and I have got the canisters.
[MILLER]
Good.
[COMCON]
Delta-Nine, we see you taking the stair unit up. We will not be able to keep visual contact once you are inside the craft, do you understand?
[MILLER]
We understand, comms control.
There is a lengthy pause as Researcher Miller operates the door to SCP-829-A. The three researchers enter the airplane.
[STANDISH]
It's dark as hell in here.
[COMCON]
Could you be more specific, Standish?
[STANDISH]
Yes, when there's a lack of light in an area, it pr-
[MILLER]
Knock it off.
[STANDISH]
Sorry.
[MILLER]
He's correct though. There's poor visuals in here. We'll be using the auxiliary flashlights; turning them on now.
The click of the flashlight activation can be heard.
[HALDANE]
Jesus…
[STANDISH]
What the?
It is assumed at this time that the researchers make their way through the plane.
[COMCON]
Delta-Nine, what's going on? Are you alright?
[MILLER]
We're- we're fine.
[STANDISH]
Uh, control, how many passengers were on the flight?
[COMCON]
One-hundred and two.
[STANDISH]
Well. Shit.
[MILLER]
Comms control, we can only account for maybe a third of those passengers.
[COMCON]
Please advise?
[MILLER]
Most of the passengers we can see are still seated. They… appear to be sleeping, almost as if they're in a coma. No external injuries noted.
[HALDANE]
Unresponsive too. I attempted to wake one, even shined my flashlight in her eyes. Her pupils remained dilated.
[COMCON]
Understood. It's been logged. Anything else of note, Delta-Nine?
[STANDISH]
Who wants to tell them?
[MILLER]
I can.
[MILLER]
Comms control, the interior of the plane is coated in this thick, sludge-like substance.
[STANDISH]
It's very sticky — makes it hard to maneuver.
[MILLER]
It's of an orange-greenish color, but we don't know if the flashlight is affecting its visual appearance or not. Can we get a bio-collection team after we're finished to properly analyze the substance?
[COMCON]
They've been queued up, Delta-Nine. Please use your canisters to collect some of the material if possible.
[HALDANE]
On it.
[MILLER]
The substance is all throughout the plane, but appears to be… collected in locations where the passengers have been. It's, well, hrm —
[STANDISH]
Hey, stay sharp. I think we've got a live one!
[MILLER]
Comms did you hear?
[COMCON]
We heard.
[STANDISH]
Who was sitting in… seat 43B?
[COMCON]
Give us a second, Standish.
A voice is heard off of A. Standish's external mic.
[PASSENGER]
Where- where am I? Where are- hello? Hello?
[HALDANE]
Jesus, he's thrashing around like crazy.
[COMCON]
43B was sold to one William Oparin.
[MILLER]
Mr. Oparin? Can you hear us?
[STANDISH]
You forgot the speaker, Miller.
[MILLER]
Crap. You're right.
[MILLER]
Mr. Oparin? Can you hear us?
[OPARIN]
Who's there? Who are you? Where am I?
[MILLER]
Mr. Oparin, please calm down. I'm Pierre Miller, I'm with the British Airways medical team.
[OPARIN]
I- I can't see- you. It's bright… so bright… where am I?
[HALDANE]
Doesn't seem as worked up anymore.
[MILLER]
Mr. Oparin, you're still onboard your flight.
[OPARIN]
It's been so long. It called out to me, singing. I was due. The spark.
[MILLER]
Who? Can you tell me what you're seeing, Mr. Oparin?
[OPARIN]
It's bright. The sunlight brings forth a new term. I- I've been waiting so long. The sea… of us…
[HALDANE]
He's not here.
[STANDISH]
I think we should move him. Get him to one of our docs.
[MILLER]
You may be right, Standish. Comms control, can we-
[OPARIN]
Oparin starts screaming loudly.
[STANDISH]
Urgh!
[MILLER]
Mr. Oparin, please, I need you to calm down. Mr. Oparin?
[HALDANE]
I'm going to move him.
[MILLER]
Mr. Oparin!
[OPARIN]
It burns… the heat, the sky is red… the light… it's bright, oh, so bright, it's bright.
[HALDANE]
I'm- I'm stuck!
[MILLER]
Haldane?
[HALDANE]
Miller, Standish, help! I'm fucking stuck, my hands are fucking glued to him.
[STANDISH]
I can't separate them. Miller?
[MILLER]
I'm pulling!
[OPARIN]
My children. My progenitors. They were unwilling to accept their fated days…
[HALDANE]
Pull harder for fuck's sake! God, man, c'mon!
[MILLER]
It's not working. Standish, get the chemical remover, quick.
[OPARIN]
I don't! No. No. No! Help, someone help! I'm being pulled apaaaAAAAAAAAA—
[STANDISH]
I've got it!
[HALDANE]
He's liquefying! Goddammit, Standish, hurry up, he's liqu-
The feed from N. Haldane's mic cuts out.
[MILLER]
Haldane?
[STANDISH]
Haldane! Haldane?!
There is a pause.
[MILLER]
Comms control, uh.
[MILLER]
Haldane's gone.
[COMCON]
Repeat that?
[MILLER]
Haldane is gone. Him and Oparin turned into the… substance.
[STANDISH]
I'm sorry, Neil.
Silence.
[COMCON]
Delta-Nine. Get out of there as soon as possible. We're monitoring things and the Caulli levels in there are starting to spike.
[STANDISH]
Collected some of the material. Let's go.
[MILLER]
Yeah. Let's… yeah.
N. Haldane's mic re-activates.
[???]
I remain. I remain. Life..?
[???]
Standish… Miller…. Standish… Miller… Standish…
[???]
Where am I?
N. Haldane's mic cuts out again, permanently.
Addendum 02: FURTHER ANALYSIS ON SCP-829-B
» Carbon-14 Dating Test «
Several radiocarbon dating tests of the SCP-829-B fluid taken directly from the Haldane and Oparin coalescence estimates it to be approximately 3.7 billion years old.
Continued testing of the anomaly is required.