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you know this guy picked the right wife if he managed to talk her into driving out to the desert to camp by a phone booth and answer calls from strangers all night haha shame they took this out. i don't think the conference line someone set up with the number is even working anymore, where you could call in and chat with people

god i fucking love California

Hi, it’s a shame of people would make a long truck out there, but didn’t bring a microphone to record the voice of the person calling in. I realize there’s an FCC law against recording people or you have to have a beep every 45 seconds. If it were me, I would attach a small microphone to the earpiece to record the peoples voices and just start the phone call by getting a “model release” from them, basically with them, giving you permission to record the audio of their voice.

It was just a few months after my high school graduation and my older brothers decided to get me and go out to the Mojave...to see a ringing phone booth. I thought they were crazy. We drove to the middle of surrealwhere, chat with Charlie and got directions (this might have been something akin to following the 'second star to the right'). We continue on a straight line on the sand road, following the utility poles and phone line. It is near sunset and there, in the distance, is this old-school superman style phonebooth. We drive up to it. There is no way that this can happen. There is no one else in sight. There is no noise other than the desert wind...and the ringing of a phone.

It was nice to see it there even though it’s gone now. I enjoyed the video. Good old days

I have a question? Did that phone just ring for no reason? If so what did the caller say? Who were they trying to reach?

I visited three times 1997, 1998, 1999. Im on one of these videos, 1999 was definitely the busiest of course. Day trip once stayed in a tent twice. Got shot towards by joyriders and found scorpions under our tent in the morning. At one time I had a logbook of the calls, but may have lost it in an early 2000's move.😢But yes, it rang non-stop. HI LAURIE 👋

Happy 25th Anniversary!

Amazing video

How neat is this video. I’m glad it’s preserved on UA-cam

Company 415 September 63 , good time

I used to have this on Minidisc, so glad to find it again online

historically cozy

As a telephone installer and technician for many many years, I am saddened that I never got the chance to go out and check out this phone booth, I am actually in the Albany, New York area which is only 35 Mi east of Amsterdam, New York where you took your first phone call! This is one of the nicest informative videos I have ever seen, right down to the music and the captions, so nice to know you were a part of an amazing Venture that no longer exists, the romance and the Intrigue of a phone booth to communicate with the rest of the world in the middle of a desert is just absolutely amazing to me! so very sad that it is no longer there.😢

Company 075 april/june 1984 , Thanks for sharing brought back some great memories from a place and time far far away !

I think I graduated right before this, thanks for sharing it brings back great memories, I was company 85-178

This phone booth should've been cared for like a shrine. Too bad people vandalized it! My guess is, people littered the place up - resulting in removal of the phone booth?

Is it still there?

I would have screwed with the callers by telling them they had reached area 51 and then asked them for their agent code number, after that things would have gotten crazy!

I think it’s there for the matrix exit.

I add my thanks to the poster. I was in D&B in 1968, so related to much of what was in this video. As others noted, it's about time D&B got some notoriety for what we did! :-)))

when did they remove the famous phone booth? et call home 05/03/2023

Thank you . This is awesome stuff !!!

wow ... came here via Art Bell

RTC San Diego Feb. 19-May 14 1964.

Wow I started at RTC for boot camp 1 month prior in SD. What a time.

im so happy this was documented , I remember calling back in the 90s it was so awesome ,as one guy was telling me some story about how one of hes relatives worked out the mines and so forth , was awesome. shame it was removed. as I understand you can still call the same number but its not the same experience.

I was there. Company 85-209. Thanks for posting. Brings back many memories.

man thank you so much for sharing

They weren't happy with just removing the booth they had to destroy it too.... Just put it in a museum.

Thank you again for sharing!

I will make a new phone booth

Every one that wants this to happen say i

I might move their and set up a shop for all of yall to hang out in i would run it for free if im allowed to use my food License their i will sell cold drinks and food every one still gets to do every thing they use to i will just provide cold ac and food and drink

Why all the junk in you SUV?

Jim Hopper?)

1975 NTC San Diego Co 922 Drill Team

That's Crazy Lol Interesting

I’m not understanding the fascination with this. I read the story about when and why it was put there.An interesting read but that’s it .It looks like a great place to go riding around.Muddin’,four wheeling.

What an amazing video. Thank you for sharing.

Many Thanks to the guy who posted this video. I’ve been checking online for years. Just an FYI I’m the Trumpet soloist. Thanks brotha Great memories. Much appreciated. 🙂

answering this is like ham radio. You never know who is on the other end.

It’s cool to see this channel is still active

The number now is a Cicada 3301 puzzle: good luck.

Delighted to watch/see/find this. I saw an item on the NZ News one night. I quickly jotted down the number and keyed it into my cellphone. Whenever I was about and had a minute, I'd hit the number. One night in Invercargill, after leaving the Lone Star Restaurant, waiting for my then fiance, now wife of 20 years to get to the car, she was talking to a friend, I hit the number & viola! finally success. After that, so many wonderful connections. A film producer and crew, stopped for a cup of tea, on way to do a documentary about lava tubes, a couple from L.A. out in the desert with their VW beetle for the weekend, a camera shop owner from Las Vegas, camping with his daughter, and another guy who kindly scratched my name inside the booth vicariously, just for me. It was fantastic to have these kind people to describe just what they could see. The Joshua trees, lights of Las Vegas. So sad that it was pulled down and destroyed. I had hoped that the booth, (and my name) would have been preserved in some sort of museum. At least it exists still here and in my memory. Thank You!

You can see me at the 30 minute mark. I was the soloist, and also bugler for the ceremony on Preble Field.

I had this tape in about 1984. What it did for me was nothing short of amazing. I didn't even realize what had changed inside me until one night I stood up to someone who thought they could take advantage of me. I put him in his place within minutes and he immediately backed off. I completely shocked myself. It made such a difference in my life. I owe many thanks to Dr. Pulos.

I remember I dated this big hairy man I always found his to be off

It's a fucking travesty that it's gone now.

Thanks for sharing your video. The Mojave phone booth is long gone, but the line is still in place. I wonder... has anybody tried connecting via a Beige Box? Just because it would be cool to use that twelve-mile stretch of line for something, even temporarily.