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SCP-2499 after discovery

Item #: SCP-2499

Object Class: Safe

Containment Procedures: SCP-2499 is self-contained within the observation and testing room at remote field office 72-A. Containment does not require any special procedures and the object poses no apparent threat. Knowledge of and access to SCP-2499 is to be kept to Class-4 or personnel or higher.

Description: SCP-2499 is an inert mass of unknown material roughly in the shape of a teapot, measuring approximately 2.6m, 1.6m, 1.3m in length, width and height respectively.
SCP-2499 is uniformly purple and appears to "hover" approximately 80cm from the ground. SCP-2499 appears to be fixed in space and cannot be moved or affected by any known force. Attempts to move SCP-2499 with hydraulic rams capable of exerting up to 200 tons of force normal to the object's surface have resulted in a failure in the apparatus, and/or the land around it.

On closer inspection, the surface of SCP-2499 is not round, rather it is composed 4,608 flat, triangular faces, intersecting at sharp edges and vertices. The properties of the material SCP-2499 is composed of are unknown. SCP-2499 is completely indestructible by any currently known means. Attempts to drill into it with tungsten-carbide, diamond, laser and ████████-tipped drills have all failed to result in any impression whatsoever.

SCP-2499 does not conduct nor transfer momentum, does not appear to have any measurable mass, and is completely frictionless. The surface of SCP-2499 does not react chemically in any way with any substance known. Application of superacids/bases, SCP-████ or ████████████ have not resulted in any detectable change. SCP-2499 does not conduct heat nor electricity - for these purposes it can be considered a perfect thermal and electric insulator.

The object appears to completely absorb all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum, and re-emit them as a consistent purple hue of uniform intensity in all directions regardless of the level of ambient lighting. This has the following effects:

  • SCP-2499 appears to faintly glow with its own light when poorly illuminated
  • SCP-2499 appears to "sap" light when brightly illuminated
  • SCP-2499 appears opaque when scanned by x-ray, or any other instrument calibrated for electromagnetic radiation
  • SCP-2499 does not cast a shadow

The purpose field office 72-A is to prevent knowledge of SCP-2499 from spreading, and to study it by all practical means.

Examination by electron microscope at 500,000x magnification revealed a perfectly flat, smooth surface with no residual material from the environment. Nothing can stick to SCP-2499, including all known adhesive compounds. Currently known ultraflat materials can be adhered to by means of molecular bonding forces, however this does not occur with SCP-2499. No residues nor airborne particulates accumulate on the surface of SCP-2499, they merely glance or slide off due to gravity.

Inspections by scanning tunneling microscope at ████████████x magnification revealed no atomic structure of any kind. The surface of SCP-2499 appears as a flat boundary, with its edges and vertices appearing perfectly sharp at any level of magnification. Testing by proton bombardment at 0.9992c from a miniaturized on-site particle accelerator revealed no conclusive results as to the nature of the material the object is composed of. The surface of SCP-2499 does not react with sub-atomic particles like ordinary matter. All tested particles are reflected, losing no kinetic energy. It is theorized that SCP-2499 has infinite hardness, and infinite compressive, tensile, bending, and shear strength.

Each year, SCP-2499 drifts at a rate of approximately 1.93cm in a SSE direction and lower by 0.23cm. It is noted that this is the exact speed and opposite to the direction of continental drift and tectonic uplift in the area.

Addendum-01: SCP-2499 was discovered during a routine patrol by remote exploration & scouting party Gamma-22 on July 7, 2009 in ████████████████████████████