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Date: █████ ██, 2004
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: One Kamov Ka-226 helicopter, with Foundation pilot and aerial photography and survey equipment.
Procedure: Helicopter flown over dome at low altitude to survey the top. Not intended as test.
Results: Helicopter crashed upon approaching dome. Telemetry from helicopter indicated seizure of an unspecified drivetrain component, followed by a catastrophic compressor failure. Later observations show that the helicopter flew directly into the area of effect.
Date: ████ █, 2004
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: Standard Foundation Remotely-Controlled Sensor and Communications Platform (FRCSCP).
Procedure: FRCSCP piloted into anomaly.
Results: FRCSCP failed after proceeding approximately four hundred meters into the area of effect, with degradation of function evident at one hundred meters. Retrieval failed due to separation of steel cable; excessive rust determined as cause.
Date: ████ █, 2004
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: FRCSCP equipped with monofilament nylon retrieval line.
Procedure: FRCSCP piloted into anomaly.
Results: FRCSCP failed 396 meters into anomaly. Retrieval commenced with monofilament line; analysis of the platform showed age-related failure of structural elements and mechanical and electronic systems. Rust and corrosion were evident on ferrous elements, metal whiskering was observable between electronic elements under microscopic examination. Analysis of failed semiconductor components showed excessive electromigration.
Date: ████ █, 2004
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: One mechanical wristwatch, produced by Omega; one spool monofilament line.
Procedure: Wristwatch thrown approximately six meters into effect and retrieved 24 hours (objective time) by researcher.
Results: Wristwatch calendar showed that approximately seventy days of subjective time had passed. SCP-XXX's effects determined to relate to rapid passage of time, rather than mechanical decomposition.
Date: ████ ██, 2004
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: Test rig assembled by researchers, consisting of large-gauge sectioned titanium tubing, attached to titanium wheels and pushed into effect from outside its radius; test platform attached to end. Unlimited extension allowed by adding more tubing. One age-hardened mechanical clock with aluminum casing.
Procedure: Clock set up and secured to test rig; platform inserted to one thousand meters from the dome and left for 24 objective hours.
Results: Age-hardened clock failed after approximately ten thousand years of subjective elapsed time. Clock casing was pitted and eroded. Erosion effect is theorized to originate from rapid Brownian motion of atmospheric gases; pitting appears to be caused by dust particles entering the effect from above and impacting the clock surface extremely (subjectively) rapidly.
Date: ███████ █, 2004
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: Test rig, age-hardened mechanical clock.
Procedure: Test rig inserted to four hundred meters from the dome and retracted 24 objective hours later.
Results: Test platform and tubing extensively eroded and pitted, and wheels seized. Age-hardened clock completely destroyed, with a small amount of dust and larger pieces remaining on the test platform.
Date: ███████ ██, 2004
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: Test rig, age-hardned mechanical clock with silicon carbide casing.
Procedure: Test rig inserted to two hundred meters from the dome and retracted 24 objective hours later.
Results: Test rig separated from test platform. Test platform and age-hardened clock observed to be completely destroyed by telephoto photography. Testing using age-hardened clocks halted due to excessive fabrication and material costs.
Date: █████ █, 2005
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: Reconstructed test rig, one rat in aluminum cage.
Procedure: Test rig inserted into anomaly.
Results: Rat exhibited rapid aging effects and expired approximately 120 meters in. Rapid mummification ensued. Rat discarded.
Date: █████ █, 2005
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: One D-class test subject.
Procedure: D-class instructed to walk towards the dome.
Results: D-class subject exhibited rapid aging effects, becoming unable to continue approximately sixty meters in. Instructions broadcast by megaphone to return, but subject expired approximately ten meters into return trip. Rapid mummification ensued. Subject remains completely gone after thirty subjective days.
Date: ██████ █, 2005
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: One pneumatic test launcher; samples of various materials.
Procedure: Samples launched to within one hundred meters of the dome and observed via telephoto camera.
Results: Diamond cube (obtained via [DATA EXPUNGED]) shown to have highest resistance to aging, as expected. Diamond cube closely followed in resistance by tungsten carbide cube. Outgassing theorized to contribute to evaporation and corrosion effects as aging effect increases.
Date: ██████ █, 2005
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: One pneumatic test launcher; samples of various materials.
Procedure: Samples launched at dome.
Results: All samples appeared to evaporate within 25 meters of the dome.
Date: █████████ ██, 2005
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: One chemical test launcher (.338 Lapua Magnum); one tungsten carbide penetrator.
Procedure: Test launcher fired at dome; observed via high-speed telephoto camera. Test repeated at various angles to the dome and propellant loads, to vary speed.
Results: Tungsten carbide penetrator evaporated approximately 15 meters from the dome. Extensive analysis of results theorized by Foundation scientists to indicate a selective reversal and modification of the time dilation effects covered under special relativity. Attempts to characterize the modification mathematically have failed, as results seem to vary non-linearly based on the mass of the penetrator, the speed, the angle at which the projectile approaches the dome, and other possible unknown factors, possibly stochastic.
Date: ███ ██, 2009
Setup, Materials, and Equipment: One compulsator-powered fixed railgun, constructed on a nearby hill. One saboted penetrator, constructed of tungsten carbide with a diamond core, with a diameter of ten centimeters.
Procedure: Site surrounded with high-speed telephoto cameras, transmitting via wired network to a remove recording system. Site evacuated. Railgun fired at an angle towards dome.
Results: High-speed camera footage showed lowered erosion as the penetrator approached the dome, approximately consistent with predictions based on projectile speed. Tungsten carbide cladding completely evaporated by five meters from the dome, with diamond core largely intact at zero meters. Upon making contact, the dome vanished, with the penetrator continuing unimpeded. Surveillance showed the university, mostly intact; analysis of the images appeared to indicate that several subjective days had passed inside the dome. Students and faculty could be seen walking outside the university buildings. One building appeared to show significant structual damage; a sign reading "помогите" (translation: HELP) had been constructed from building materials on one lawn, and could be seen from the air. The penetrator continued at normal subjective speed into university grounds. The dome reappeared on penetrator impact with the ground, with its radius larger than previous by approximately three meters, with expansion of effect evident. Site re-established for observation; testing discontinued.
