I heard they eat rats.
An image from SCP-050-EX.
Item #: SCP-050-EX
Object Class: Explained
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-050-EX is stored in a standard Non-Anomalous Item Locker at Site-75. Viewing of SCP-050-EX is strictly prohibited.
Description: SCP-050-EX are eight film reels containing 'Lights in the Sky', a 1951 North Korean melodrama propaganda film directed by Woon-gyu Na and produced by Korean Art Film Studio, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's primary state-ran film institute.
The film follows a widow named Son Yeon-sil, played by Moon Ye-bong, who falls in love with a farmer, played by Woon-gyu Na, during the Korean War.
SCP-050-EX was previously thought to have induced the following ideals in those who viewed all eight reels in succession:
- Sympathy for the citizens, military and governing bodies of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea);
- The belief that the United States and the United Nations Command were the agitators of the Korean War;
- The belief that the United States and the United Nations Command committed atrocities to the people of Korea during the Korean War;
- The belief that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea were the victims of the Korean War.
Subjects not briefed on SCP-050-EX universally refered to the item as the cause of these beliefs. Amnestic treatment targeting memories of SCP-050-EX was believed to be effective in neutralising all anomalous activity.
Discovery: SCP-050-EX was discovered in 1973 during an inventory of items seized from the Korean People's Committee for the Abnormal (GoI-822). The item was hypothesised to be one of many anomalies created by the KPCA for the purpose of establishing an army of highly obedient paranatural soldiers with which to establish global domination.1
Its anomalous nature was proposed by Junior Researchers H. Jones and G. Westbrook, who traced the origin of their growing communist sympathies to a staff screening of SCP-050-EX. Personnel present for said screening were subsequently interrogated, all revealing anomalous beliefs linked to SCP-050-EX.
The object was then transferred to the Department of Continuity for further research.
Addendum 050-EX.1 - Abridged Test Logs:
| Purpose | Action | Outcome | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Replicate SCP-050-EX's compulsion effect. | Duplicate the entirety of SCP-050-EX via contact printing. | Viewing all duplicated reels in succession still induces the same effect. | SUCCESS |
| Alter SCP-050-EX's compulsion effect. | Copy Foundation propaganda film onto duplicated reels, screen to D-Class personnel. | All subjects' opinion of the Foundation did not positively change; opinion has worsened. | FAILED |
| Alter SCP-050-EX's compulsion effect. | Screen Foundation propaganda film within SCP-050-EX's original film reels. | See above. | FAILED |
| Alter SCP-050-EX's compulsion effect. | Store Foundation propaganda film in SCP-050-EX's original film canisters for 24 hours, screen within original film reels. | See above. | FAILED |
| Alter SCP-050-EX's compulsion effect. | Alter correctly translated subtitles for SCP-050-EX to those relating to the Foundation and its employees; e.g. "Korea" to "Foundation", "Son Yeon-sil" to "Dr. Jane Smith". | See above. | FAILED |
| Alter SCP-050-EX's compulsion effect. | Edit SCP-050-EX's visuals and plot to relate to the Foundation, screen with altered English dub. | See above. | FAILED |
| Alter SCP-050-EX's compulsion effect. | Previous English dub screened to subjects administered influence-enhancing drugs. | See above. | FAILED |
| Alter SCP-050-EX's compulsion effect. | Recreate film shot-for-shot, all mentions of Korea replaced with Foundation. Screened in original film reels. | See above. | FAILED |
| Alter SCP-050-EX's compulsion effect. | Screen Korean-language Foundation propaganda film on duplicated reels. Subjects administered influence-enhancing drugs. | See above. | FAILED |
| Alter SCP-050-EX's compulsion effect. | Duplicate the entirety of SCP-050-EX via anomalous methods. Copy Foundation propaganda film onto duplicated reels. Screen to subjects administered influence-enhancing drugs. | See above. | FAILED |
Addendum 050-EX.2 - Reclassification to Explained: Item has been reclassed as Explained and all testing discontinued. Offending staff have received disciplinary action. This file has been locked under Level 4 credentials.
