Item found on runway at Osan Air Base, Gyeonggi Province, June 29th.
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Item #: SPF-418
Storage Location: Cold Storage, Osan Air Base
Threat Level: Negligible
Description: SPF-418 is a mutated human-insect hybrid currently in a state of comatose. Its body consists of a large louse (Pediculus humanus) sparsely covered with recessed humanoid features, including digits, eyes and hair.
SPF-418 was recovered by Air Force personnel from the wreckage of a fighter jet. Personnel engaged briefly with the item before transferring it to its current storage location. The following is USAF documentation describing the incident:
USAF File: D610-28a
Date: Jul 5, 1952
Filed by: Capt. John Cartwright
Item found on runway at Osan Air Base, Gyeonggi Province, June 29th.
In the early hours, my squadron were disturbed by an unaccounted F-86 Sabre circling above the base. Personnel collected on the runway to observe the craft, when it suddenly dove down towards the tarmac and crashed.
Lieutenant Cooper Benning approached the jet, describing a large insectoid injured within the pilot seat. It exited the craft and vocalised erratically before being incapacitated by Benning's sidearm. The downed creature emitted approximately 4,000 lice from its chest cavity, one of which infected Private Eric Sullivan with a strain of smallpox.
The item was taken in for examination and the appropriate authorities were contacted. An autopsy was later carried out by Dr. Macklesfield. The creature measures approximately 5 feet 7 inches from antenna to lower tarsus. Partial clothing on the body matched the uniform worn by Korean guerrillas; patches indicated the rank of "combat officer" or private. The creature had sustained lacerations and internal trauma from the crash, later suffering five bullet wounds to its thorax and head. Metabolic and neurological functions have not ceased. Minor vocalisations occur irregularly.
Analysis of the F-86 Sabre showed evidence of previously incurred damage from anti-aircraft weaponry. It is hypothesised that the subject hijacked the already downed jet and somehow flew it all the way to Osan Air Base unhindered. Aerial data suggests the subject may have flown over 550 miles in the damaged aircraft to reach its final destination.
Agents later visited SPF-418 in temporary storage for assessment and experimentation. Tissue analysis connected the subject's condition to genetically modified, disease-carrying lice currently being used in extant SPF/USAF operations. Due to the item's inertness and the Force's shambolic presence in the Korean Peninsula, it has been decided that SPF-418 will remain at Osan Air Base until further notice.
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