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Object consists of seven large creatures whose mobility and metabolic processes are anomalous to their composition.
The creatures have similar behaviour to caterpillars, but their body is made completely of rock. Their method of metion appears to be to hasten and direct long-term geologic phenomena so that they translate into movement. Their motion is much slower than most living beings, being too slow to observe on human scale, but very noticeable when watched through timelapses. The smallest creature measures 20cm and the largest measures 233cm.
The creatures attempt to eat rocky materials, having a marked preference for igneous rocks. Analysis shows the ingested materials undergo changes within their bodies, in a system analogous to digestion. There is no excretion.
The creatures fell on several areas on Brazilian territory between late 1990 and early 1991 and were quickly aquired by DPA representatives once their anomalous properties were apparent. They are presently allowed to stay in secure cells with abundant igneous rocks, as a lack of 'edible' material causes them to attempt to destroy their containment units.
Update 15/10/2000: The objects have undergone massive structural changes and their body now resembles raw iron ore. No signs of movement have been detected since this change. The anomalous properties may have spontaneously ceased.
Update 30/02/2002: As there have been no changes to the objects and they no longer display anomalous properties, they are to be placed together in a secure vault.
Update 17/7/2019: Objects started emitting very high quantities of radiation. Before teams could be dispatched, localized explosions happened with each of them as the focus. The roof of the secure vault they were kept in was destroyed; the walls held. No sign of the creatures remained. Radiation background is small and likely to recede within five to ten years, but archival efforts are greatly affected.
High-speed cameras captured seven winged beings flying from the site immediately after the explosion. As they did not show on radar, they are believed to have no physical mass. Images from observatories are being analysed for further information.
Object consists of seven large creatures whose mobility and metabolic processes are anomalous to their composition.
The creatures have similar behaviour to caterpillars, but their body is made completely of rock. Their method of metion appears to be to hasten and direct long-term geologic phenomena so that they translate into movement. Their motion is much slower than most living beings, being too slow to observe on human scale, but very noticeable when watched through timelapses. The smallest creature measures 20cm and the largest measures 233cm.
The creatures attempt to eat rocky materials, having a marked preference for igneous rocks. Analysis shows the ingested materials undergo changes within their bodies, in a system analogous to digestion. There is no excretion.
The creatures fell on several areas on Brazilian territory between late 1990 and early 1991 and were quickly aquired by DPA representatives once their anomalous properties were apparent. They are presently allowed to stay in secure cells with abundant igneous rocks, as a lack of 'edible' material causes them to attempt to destroy their containment units.
Update 15/10/2000: The objects have undergone massive structural changes and their body now resembles raw iron ore. No signs of movement have been detected since this change. The anomalous properties may have spontaneously ceased.
Update 30/02/2002: As there have been no changes to the objects and they no longer display anomalous properties, they are to be placed together in a secure vault.
Update 17/7/2019: Objects started emitting very high quantities of radiation. Before teams could be dispatched, localized explosions happened with each of them as the focus. The roof of the secure vault they were kept in was destroyed; the walls held. No sign of the creatures remained. Radiation background is small and likely to recede within five to ten years, but archival efforts are greatly affected.
High-speed cameras captured seven winged beings flying from the site immediately after the explosion. As they did not show on radar, they are believed to have no physical mass. Images from observatories are being analysed for further information.
