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Item #: SCP-5851

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: The 'Forgotten Soldier's Ghost' type is an easy to contain anomaly that usually, when caught, only requires a containment cell with a locked door and a secured window, though this measure is required out of precaution. In actual practice, the anomaly is quite docile for the period of time that it will exist within foundation facilities, with only one reported incident of breakout or violence by any occurrences of this anomaly since observations began.

During testing in ███████ one captured subject was allowed to walk around the hallways of the facility, and was reported to have been oblivious in the extreme to the world around it, unless being directly talked to by on-site personnel. Even when brought to the facility entrance the subject did not appear to respond at all to the chance of escape.

Due to the singular instance of violence by an instance of the anomaly, procedure has been subsequently changed to disallow any removal of any instance of the anomaly from its cell outside of transportation or if relocation to an interrogation chamber is necessary. Firearms have proven incapable of causing harm to the Anomaly, with bullets seemingly passing through the subjects without touching the subject. It has been found that melee weapons, such as batons or stun sticks, are capable of incapacitating the anomaly for a brief period.

Primary difficulties presented to any team that is required to capture one of these anomalies is found in attempting capture the anomaly before it 'returns to dust'. As such direct, verbal, communication with the subject will be required to hold the subject's attention while other personnel apprehend the subject. It is also recommended in the case of a failed capture attempt, that personnel have at least one outdoor dust brush for collection of subject remains for analysis.

Description: SCP-5851, also known as 'The Forgotten Soldier's Ghost' is a humanoid anomaly that appears in military graveyards and memorials, specifically in areas or at memorial sites dedicated to 'The Unknown Soldier', which represents casualties of armed conflict who are unidentified, and in some instances, civilian memorials of a similar nature.

Instances of the anomaly are typically male, and appear to be human, with height ranging from approximately 1.52 meters to 1.8 meters in most cases. Age of the subjects tends to be approximately 18 to 30 years of age, though these are approximations, and instances of subjects who could be as young as 14 have been noted, though they are seemingly rare.

The anomaly when seen is reported to have what is described as a form of ethereal appearance, though under questioning no witness has been able to provide a description in any greater detail that does not contradict itself. The most detailed description comes from staff in facilities where the anomaly is or has been held, describing the subjects as being subtly transparent and appearing to reflect light in a manner marginally different to other baseline human subjects, though film and CCTV footage taken of the subject is unable to correlate this phenomenon.

The subjects were first noticed by the foundation in the mid 1960's, with sightings in Germany, Belgum, and France. The first official report of this phenomenon was reported in 196█ by an observation team that was attempting to track a separate entity [REF SCP-████]. The team on site came across the subject while they were waiting for their primary objective when they saw the subject dissolve into a dust like substance that was carried away from the memorial by an unnatural wind. One team member who was sent to investigate the subject's dissolution reported that a part of the memorial had also seemingly dissolved.

A second incident during 196█ in Volgograd was reported by an agent inserted into a KGB investigation squad for an unrelated case when they observed a similar incident to the one reported by the first team, though they were unable to perform any observation in detail due to the location of their objective.
This incident, including the damage to a mural on the Mamayev Korgan was reported to the Foundation.

Several reports following these incidents were reported by either foundation staff or reported in local news outlets that were being monitored, leading to the assignment of Dr McCare, attached to a West-European research reserve at the time to the investigation.

Through the 1970's Dr McCare and his team performed between 15 and 20 observations of this phenomenon, all reporting a similar chain of events in each instance [REF Attachment A]. These observations outlined a basic chain of events that each sighting of SCP-5851 has followed, with variation in times between when each stage begins and ends.

In 1979 McCare ordered a team to attempt to approach and capture an instance of the anomaly. When approached the entity was reported to be in a confused state and unaware of its surroundings, baring the memorial it had appeared close to. Upon reaching speaking distance with the subject, a member of the team was instructed to attempt communication with the subject, which responded in a dazed manner [REF Field Recording 1], but indicated to the team that it understood what they were saying. McCare once this information was relayed to him then ordered the team to attempt to apprehend the subject, which it did not resist.

Upon returning to █████████, McCare ordered the subject be placed in a high-security containment cell and observed for any actions. After a 48 hour period of the subject being in the cell, in an apparently dissociative state, McClare ordered a researcher into the subject's cell to perform a verbal interrogation. [REF Interview A 1979-58511]. After a brief interview, in which the subject was able to identify itself, the subject dissolved into a fine substance that's described as being like ash or dust.

After the first interrogation Dr McCare oversaw several subsequent captures and interviews of SCP-5851 instances. During the period of 1981 to 1985 McCare noted an increase in the frequency in reported sightings, particularly in Western Europe [REF Attachment B].

During following interrogations of the anomaly, McCure's team noted the primary concentrations of the anomaly tended to be in areas related to casualties of the first world war or minor wars that resulted from the conflict. Archivist David Grant began performing research for McCure in 1979 and was able to discover a trend among interrogated instances of the anomaly.

According to Grant's research, the instance of an anomaly would occur within a period of 24 hours after the death of direct family members or friends. The trend for family of the anomaly instances indicated that these would be family members who were alive before the anomalies actual death [REF Attachment C]. As a result of his observation

This, Archivist Grant theorised, appeared to coincide with both the reported military units of the anomaly instances and indicated that primarily the growth in instances of the anomaly was matching the rate in which the 'great war' generation was beginning to decline, due to age. Dr McCare contested this with his own 'Great Shock' theorem

In 1985 Dr McCare, using interviews and data provided by Archivist Grant, pushed forward what is now known as his 'Unknown Soldier's Ghost' theorem [REF Attachment D], outlining the basic structure of the basic facts of known sightings and interrogations, as well as speculation based off of Archivist Grant's archival research.

After review from an internal authority, the Foundation has put several procedures into effect in containment memo #5851-06-1991 [REF Attachment E], as well as closing down Dr McCure's primary investigative operation, due to his death in a traffic collision on 27/3/1991 [REF Attachment F]. After review, the Foundation decided that future policy towards instances of SCP-5851 is to consist primarily of extraction of the anomaly to a series of 'dummy memorials' that would be dissolved after the subject is terminated rather than causing a part of the original memorial to dissolve with the subject.

Addendum:

As part of procedures put into place in memo containment memo #5851-06-1991 [REF Attachment G], several additional interviews and voice memos related to the project have been attached in the event of a change of anomaly disposition, this order has been expanded after incident #5851-10-2002-1, when an instance of the anomaly at containment facility █████ managed to escape the facility, killing a pair of guards [REF Interview B 12/10/2002-1] and attempted to return to the original gravesite that it was captured in, dedicated to fallen and missing KGB agents during the cold war.

+ Attachment A
+ Interview A 1979-5851-1
+ Attachment C
+ Attachment D
+ Attachment E
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