Item #: SCP-001 Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: There is no means to contain SCP-001 yet found that
does not risk a potential ZK-Class Reality Failure scenario and subsequent
destruction of the observable universe. (See: Containment Protocol ZK-001-Alpha)
Current procedures are limited to the absolute containment of information regarding
SCP-001. No data regarding the nature or description of SCP-001 shall be provided
to any personnel with the sole exception of the senior member of O5 Command.
(Currently O5-█) All data collected in regard to SCP-001 shall be stored in
encrypted form via [REDACTED], with the decryption key split into thirds. Each
member of O5 Command shall memorize one third, and only one third, of the
decryption key. Data shall only be decrypted on a network-isolated eyes-only
terminal to be read only by the senior member of O5 Command, and then only after
unanimous consent of O5 Command.
Leaking of data about SCP-001, through espionage, telepathic leakage, original
research or [REDACTED] must be contained by any and all means available to the
Foundation. The senior member of O5 Command, as the one person with authorized
knowledge about SCP-001, is the final arbiter on containment.
Foundation personnel of Level two or higher who discover data about SCP-001 in the
course of their normal duties may be given a Class A Amnestic after debriefing
rather than being terminated. This is subject to O5 approval on a case-by-case
basis.
Description: [DATA EXPUNGED] Addendum: Containment Log 001-Alpha
Date: 01/12/19██
Incident: Documents appear on Internet site [REDACTED] servers seized and authors
traced to [REDACTED]. Resulting explosion explained as gas leak. Monitoring has not
shown any further propagation of documents.
Date: 03/31/19██
Incident: Script with possibly compromising information optioned for production by
██████ ████. Pictures. Original scriptwriter [REDACTED] agents successfully replace
script with one re-written without [REDACTED]. Film is produced with title ███
██████ and grosses $27 million its opening weekend.
Date: 06/19/19██
Incident: Novel outline describing [REDACTED] submitted to [REDACTED] by best-
selling author █████ ████. Attempt to neutralize author unsuccessful, leading

to high profile hospitalization. O5 authorizes the use of Class A Amnestic to

prevent more attention to case. Outline recovered and destroyed.
D█te: o5/2█/20█z
Ask yourself if you want to know.
If the answer is no, then you need to stop reading now. If you go and report this
unauthorized file to your superiors, act contrite, and claim that you only read to
this paragraph, you might get away with a Class A Amnestic. If you’re lucky. And if
the O5s aren’t particularly paranoid at the moment.
So you want to know what SCP-001 is? The first answer is that it is was a
placeholder, a theoretical designation for the prime cause, the ultimate reason for
all the paranormal crap we deal with on a daily basis. SCP-001 is why we have to