 Item number SCP-556 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-556 is stored in a secure hangar at site. No materials containing any ink, dye, or paint may enter the red zone established in a 50-meter radius around SCP-556. In the case of a runoff incident from accidental introduction of raw material into SCP-556, the containment area must be locked down for a minimum of 48 hours pending reevaluation of SCP-556 via remote exploration. Personnel working within the red zone of SCP-556 must be paired at all times, and any missing personnel are to be reported immediately. Description SCP-556 is the recovered wreckage of Varig cargo flight PPVLU, a Boeing 707-32-3C that crashed approximately 320 km east northeast of Tokyo, Japan, on January 30th, 1979. At the time, the aircraft was carrying 153 paintings when a Foundation listening post picked up an anomalous Mayday signal from the flight. Officially, the aircraft disappeared without a trace, and no wreckage was ever discovered. Foundation assets were able to recover SCP-556 mostly intact, at a depth of 0.5 meters, on 0.979, and transported the wreckage to site where it remains today. The exterior of SCP-556 has sustained extensive damage, consistent with a high-speed impact into water, followed by exposure at crush depth. Despite this, the interior of SCP-556 is mostly intact, and was in fact discovered dry at time of recovery, and 86% covered by a layer of paint. Spectroscopic and chemical analysis has shown this layer to be a mixture of the paint on the paintings, carried by PPVLU on its last flight, with traces of human DNA. The paint forms a continuous, static scene, depicting a large industrial complex in which several human figures are being data-expunged. At time of discovery, no physical remains of the cargo or the six crew members could be found. An initial survey showed that the painted scene contained 68 uniquely identifiable individuals, of which several have shown incredible similarities to descriptions and photographs of the missing crew. Addendum 556-1, translated excerpt from the damaged cockpit voice recorder, CVR, recovered from SCP-556. R. Unintelligible, coming up from the cargo hold. Unintelligible. M. Unintelligible. Got. Unintelligible. Close the- Unintelligible. R. Unintelligible. Unintelligible. Unintelligible. Unintelligible. Screaming. R. Unintelligible. Mayday. This is- Unintelligible. Going down near- Unintelligible. Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. Unintelligible. Screaming. Cut off. End of transcript. Loss of onboard power. Addendum 556-2, on- Unintelligible. An attempt to transfer the paint from the interior of SCP-556 to another medium was made. SCP-556 subsequently data-expunged, within a 200-meter radius. Subsequent analysis now shows 217 unique individuals within the scene, and covers of the cabin walls has increased to 91%. Further attempts to remove the paint have been suspended, pending further investigation into the incident. Addendum 556-3, on- Unintelligible. A class D maintenance worker with extensive tattoos over 46% of his body accidentally walked within the red zone of SCP-556, and was immediately data-expunged. Current figure count within SCP-556 now stands at 218, with paint over 92% of the cabin walls. Class D personnel must now be screened for body tattoos before being allowed within SCP-556's containment area. Lesson complete. If you missed the previous orientation, go watch SCP-555, Corpse Magnet. Right now. Or for the complete course, watch this playlist.