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Item #: SCP-5118

Object Class: Neutralized

Special Containment Procedures (Archived): Due to its current height and size, SCP-5118 poses no threat to the Veil. Should the height of the object decrease below the stratosphere, an exclusion zone for aircrafts is to be created. Satellite photographs of SCP-5118 are to be removed from the internet and confiscated. Amnestics are to be provided where necessary.

Description: SCP-5118 was a flaming orb of plasma, 6.4 centimeters in diameter, that was suspended within Earth’s upper stratosphere.

SCP-5118 appeared to be constantly descending at a rate of 17 m/s; videos showed this change in location and velocity whenever they were captured. However, SCP-5118’s location within the stratosphere had not changed from where it was found upon its initial discovery.

Addendum: On 12/16/2009, a large celestial body was discovered on course to contact Earth within 5-6 days. National space agencies also discovered the body, and reported the information. This was seen as a non-anomalous occurrence.

Within 3 days of discovery, the celestial body was seen decreasing and increasing in speed and size at random intervals. The Foundation intervened and disseminated a disinformation campaign that claimed the object came into contact with a rogue asteroid and was destroyed. Due to the object’s increasing size and speed, it contacting Earth’s surface could have potentially caused a mass extinction event.

A nuclear bombardment commenced on the object; it was unimpeded and continued toward the planet. Upon entering the upper atmosphere, it began decreasing in speed and size before coming to a complete stop in front of SCP-5118. Surveillance drones of SCP-5118 revealed the celestial body to resemble a Golden Retriever (Canis lupus familiaris) composed completely of a blue, plasma-like substance. The entity picked up SCP-5118 in its jaws and quickly exited Earth’s atmosphere.