 Item number SCP-1344 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures All instances of SCP-1344 are to be kept at Site-44 in a primary inanimate object containment unit, with an isolated Type-S habitation unit situated next to it. Testing procedures for SCP-1344 are to be authorized by the Level 3 Senior Researcher currently attached to this project, and are to only utilize visually impaired D-Class personnel with residual vision below 20%. Personnel deemed eligible are to be briefed on the positive effects of SCP-1344 on their vision to reduce the chances of an attempted removal by SCP-1344 by the subject, and on the permanent nature of exposure to SCP-1344. These personnel used in testing are to be considered permanently attached to the SCP-1344 project and relocated to its attached habitation unit. New test subjects are only to be assigned to SCP-1344 upon either the death of the previously assigned subject or after the removal of SCP-1344 from the assigned subject's face. Currently, no instances of SCP-1344 are in use for testing. Description SCP-1344 refers to a collection of five goggles of various types, all exhibiting anomalous behavior when worn by a human being. Site-44 currently holds the following instances of SCP-1344. SCP-1344-01 Swedish-style swimming goggles SCP-1344-02 AN-6530 Aviation Goggles SCP-1344-03 Brand Welding Goggles SCP-1344-04 Brand Paintball Goggles SCP-1344-05 Uncrafted Goggles, with the design aesthetic common to the steampunk subculture. All SCP-1344 instances contain two holoteloscopy needles, approximately 48mm long and 2mm thick, hidden and recessed in the frame. Each side of the frame contains one of these needles. Instances of SCP-1344 show no anomalous behavior unless worn by a living human being. After approximately 5 seconds, both needles will extend and pierce the subject's eye, moving through the conjunctiva, sclera, and the interior of the eyeball before embedding themselves in the optic nerves. Though this process does not appear to cause any physical pain or discomfort in the subject, the psychological repercussions are as expected. Subjects will, unless sedated, invariably attempt to remove the instance of SCP-1344 on their face. If allowed to perceive a removal, a subject will extract their eyeballs in their entirety from the ocular orbit. This provokes the expected physical responses. Once successfully removed, both needles retract, releasing the subject's eyeballs. Safe removal of SCP-1344 is only possible through an invasive medical procedure that leaves the patient blind. However, if the instance of SCP-1344 is not removed under its initial anomalous effect manifests, the subject's vision is gradually restored to a minimum of 50%, with a cap at 85%, over a period of 3-5 minutes. Subjects that do not remove an instance of SCP-1344 report seeing ores with an average estimated diameter of 8.7 cm, and a varying coloration, hovering in place over the heads of both the majority of human beings and other mammals subjects are exposed to. These orbs move with the persons or animals in question. Tests of various species of insects, arachnids, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds have yielded no results. It is unknown why this phenomenon is only reported with the majority of human beings as opposed to all other mammals. It is noted that multiple SCP objects have been observed to have orbs of their own as well, including SCP-1875, and the products of SCP-158 testing. Research entered the exact criteria for the manifestation of this phenomenon's ongoing. Addendum 1344-A-01 Excerpt from testing log 1344-T-2-0-0-5-0-3-1-2-A March 12, 2005 Test lead Senior Researcher R. L. Erlich Employee Code FRS-000532 Time start 10-31 Subject DA-242-1-2 Results Viewed, estimated orbs size, coloration, test lead comments 1-Adult Bank Ball 1-Centimeter A fluctuating mixture of red and blue approaching purple 1-Adult Speckled Trout No orb reported 1-Adult Sydney Funnel Web Spider No orb reported 1-Adult Burneese Mountain Dog 12-Centimeters White 1-Adult Giraffe 3-Centimeters Red D-13727 5-Centimeters Yellow, with occasional shifts to blue D-234-10 10-Centimeters White D-63261 20-Centimeters Pink, with frequent flashes of white Largest size encountered up to this point Implications unclear Junior Research Assistant No orb reported Addendum 1344-A02 Recovery and preliminary containment notes Following an incident at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Unit attached to Washington D.D. International Airport, Foundation agents recovered a previously open package addressed to a PO box in ██ Massachusetts, containing all known instances of SCP-1344. After administration of Class-B amnestics, the box and its contents were taken into Foundation custody for provisionary containment, included with the instances of SCP-1344 with a note transcribed below. Hey, John, don't know if I can call you that, but I'm not good at formal stuff, so I modded this batch for you like you asked. Don't know what good I'll do you, but they work like you want them to, I think, lol. Anyway, I know you asked me to deliver them to you personally, but no can do on that one. My mom's sick and I can't leave her for a while, so I went ahead and sent them through USPS instead. Hope you don't mind. If you do, feel free to pay me less or something. It's my mom, you know? Let me know what you think. Moving off the package's return address, a Foundation recovery team will dispatch to the author's location where it encountered a ████ PD crime scene. Cobra inquiries reveal both residents to be deceased. Further details concerning this incident can be accessed through the proper channels. Please refer to your site's appointed Interagency Relations Officer for more information. The identity of John is presently unknown, though investigations are ongoing.