Clearance Level 3
Contained Anomaly: CTA-004
Object Class: Impetus
Containment Procedures: The area around CTA-004 is to be routinely patrolled by Corporation MF-11-X52 "Techies." In the event of digital disturbances affecting the local population, the population is to be administered with amnestics and is to have their digital technology removed or rewired. Testing on CTA-004 using digital technology is only permitted with 3/5 approval from the Corporation Security Council.
In the event of a manifestation of CTA-004-1, all affected viewers are to be placed in quarantine immediately and given a mental evaluation before returning to their duties.
Description: CTA-004 is a large digital broadcast tower measuring almost 280 meters tall and 2-3 meters wide. It is located between 10-30 miles outside the area of ███████, California. It is unknown when the tower first appeared, but it is believed to have been broadcasting digital signals since 2009 AD.
When any piece of digital technology, such as television, mobile phones, or radios are placed within the range of CTA-004 (believed to be within 150-300 miles), the technology will receive varying levels of disturbance originating from CTA-004. The disturbances generally include:
- Cryptic messages
- Disturbing/gross imagery
- Corrupted children's movies/TV
- Nonsensical text
In most cases, usually after around 10-20 minutes of disturbances, a cognitohazardous entity known as CTA-004-1 will manifest within the disturbance. The entity, when viewed, inflicts severe mental distortion upon the viewer. The viewer, now designated CTA-004-2, will often develop inexplicable episodes of rage, psychosis, and aggression after around 4-5 minutes of viewing. Once CTA-004-1 has manifested, it will not disappear unless the CTA-004-2 instance is killed, or the piece of technology it manifested in is destroyed. Disabling the power supply of the device will not affect CTA-004-1's presence within it, unless the aforementioned conditions are met.
Addendum CTA-004.1: Video disturbances manifested by CTA-004.
CTA-004 DISTURBANCE A
DATE: 3/14/24
NOTE: No manifestation of CTA-004-1 occured during the disturbance.
[BEGIN LOG]
00:00:10: The title card for the "broadcast day" is shown. Programs include [DATA EXPUNGED]
00:01:00: The first "broadcast" is displayed, which is a crudely-drawn cartoon, presumably made for children.
00:03:41: The broadcast begins to deviate from the main "plotline" of the cartoon, with increasingly disturbing plot points appearing in the broadcast.
00:07:31: The broadcast dissolves into random nonsensical dialogue uttered by the characters, with subtitles reading [DATA EXPUNGED]
00:13:16: A highly disturbing and gory video of [DATA EXPUNGED] is shown, relating to the aforementioned cartoon. Viewers of the broadcast begin to feel highly uneasy, with some reporting intense feelings of nausea and dread.
00:19:23: The screen begins horribly distorting as various pieces of images are shown, as what is believed to be some sort of chanting appears as background noise. The image is currently under investigation by the CTA Department of Digital Anomalies.
00:24:17 The video inexplicably cuts out. At this point the viewers begin to feel intense nausea and begin vomiting, while others feel intense feelings of dread, one reporting that they feel as if they were "being watched."
[END LOG]
CTA-004 DISTURBANCE B
DATE: 3/14/24
NOTE: All viewers involved have undergone heavy mental evaluations after viewing.
[BEGIN LOG]
00:00:10: Once again, the title card for the broadcast day is shown. Text appearing on the title card reads "SPONSORED BY [DATA EXPUNGED]
00:01:00: The first broadcast begins, this time being a commercial for a product called "Wonder Blast," which is a toy once again aimed at children.
00:02:47: A "demonstration video" of the product is shown, at which the video cuts to a video of the child using the product, where text appears reading "The fun never ends with [DATA EXPUNGED]," at which the child is grabbed and taken by [DATA EXPUNGED] before the video inexplicably cuts out.
00:03:14: The commercial cuts out with an end card reading "Thanks for watching!"
00:03:25: The second broadcast begins, titled "Stargazing for Kids!"
00:03:34: Various stars are shown on the screen, stating that "These are the brightest stars in the night sky! Look out for them while stargazing!"
00:05:17: The video's music cuts out as it cuts to a star ominously titled "entry point," at which the video begins to dissolve in a similar fashion to Disturbance A. Viewers begin to report similar feelings from before, mainly the feeling that something was watching them.
00:07:34: A video is shown on screen showing a large group of unidentified creatures entering through "entry point," believed to have been manifested by CTA-004-1.
00:11:38: CTA-004-1 manifests on screen, causing the viewers to deteriorate into instances of CTA-004-2. The device is promptly destroyed by Corporation operative █████ Williams.
[END LOG]
