Comments on: A California Titan Missile Base http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base Geography at its Finest Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Robert Blanchard http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base/comment-page-1#comment-104044 Robert Blanchard Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:33:56 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base#comment-104044 Robert Blanchard is at Fishinsolitude@aol.com Thank you Robert Blanchard is at Fishinsolitude@aol.com
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]]> By: Robert Blanchard http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base/comment-page-1#comment-104043 Robert Blanchard Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:31:41 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base#comment-104043 Outstanding comments on these old "cold war" era sites. I too, like some others, would like very much to see these sites and explore them for myself. If anyone has info about how to "get in", please email me. Thank you Robert Blanchard Outstanding comments on these old “cold war” era sites. I too, like some others, would like very much to see these sites and explore them for myself. If anyone has info about how to “get in”, please email me.
Thank you
Robert Blanchard

]]> By: Ryan Wahlund http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base/comment-page-1#comment-103414 Ryan Wahlund Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:31:13 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base#comment-103414 Does anyone know who I would contact to get permission to visit the Beale site near Chico CA? I'm involved with a national security project where we are using a deep penetrating radar to locate various underground structures. Any information would be helpful. Does anyone know who I would contact to get permission to visit the Beale site near Chico CA? I’m involved with a national security project where we are using a deep penetrating radar to locate various underground structures. Any information would be helpful.

]]> By: Interview with a Titan 1 Connoisseur - Bearings http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base/comment-page-1#comment-98357 Interview with a Titan 1 Connoisseur - Bearings Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:24:37 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base#comment-98357 [...] A California Titan Missile Base [...] [...] A California Titan Missile Base [...]

]]> By: Rob Kettenring http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base/comment-page-1#comment-97371 Rob Kettenring Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:27:06 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base#comment-97371 I too had taken many trips out to "the silo's" in the mid to late 80's. we would go down in groups with home made rappelling equipment. What a great and scary time we had. The first few times we went in was through the main elevator shaft with spiral stairs. Shortly after, the sealed the shaft with concrete. We got in through various ways. Every time they sealed one up, we would always find a new way in. It was very intense when we would shut off all of our flashlights & walk down the "tube" hearing the clang clang of the steel plates as we walked. We would start to lose our sense of balance in the complete blackness. Once we were down there & we heard another group of kids, who weren't with us, coming down one of the tubes in the distance. So we all climbed up into one of the ventilation shafts & waited for them to pass under us. We jumped down yelling & screaming. Scared the crap out of all of them, as they ran screaming down the halls. One night while coming out, and crossing the field going back to our hidden cars, we got chased by a couple of quads & 4x4's. It was easy to hide in the dark though. Wish we would have gotten pictures, though. Gooooood times!! I too had taken many trips out to “the silo’s” in the mid to late 80’s. we would go down in groups with home made rappelling equipment. What a great and scary time we had. The first few times we went in was through the main elevator shaft with spiral stairs. Shortly after, the sealed the shaft with concrete. We got in through various ways. Every time they sealed one up, we would always find a new way in. It was very intense when we would shut off all of our flashlights & walk down the “tube” hearing the clang clang of the steel plates as we walked. We would start to lose our sense of balance in the complete blackness. Once we were down there & we heard another group of kids, who weren’t with us, coming down one of the tubes in the distance. So we all climbed up into one of the ventilation shafts & waited for them to pass under us. We jumped down yelling & screaming. Scared the crap out of all of them, as they ran screaming down the halls. One night while coming out, and crossing the field going back to our hidden cars, we got chased by a couple of quads & 4×4’s. It was easy to hide in the dark though. Wish we would have gotten pictures, though. Gooooood times!!

]]> By: Peter Hymans http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base/comment-page-1#comment-92051 Peter Hymans Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:13:59 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base#comment-92051 Herb Sissom...can you email me, please....see above. Thanks, Peter Herb Sissom…can you email me, please….see above.
Thanks,
Peter

]]> By: Peter Hymans http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base/comment-page-1#comment-92050 Peter Hymans Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:10:14 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base#comment-92050 I would love to talk with anyone who had experience working on any of the Beale bases, especially 851-B (the Sutter Buttes) and Lincoln sites. Peteemail@aol.com is where to reply. Has anyone been inside the 851-B site? Pictures, information on what's been salvaged? My son is doing a report for school and would really like up to date information. Thanks. I would love to talk with anyone who had experience working on any of the Beale bases, especially 851-B (the Sutter Buttes) and Lincoln sites. Peteemail@aol.com is where to reply. Has anyone been inside the 851-B site? Pictures, information on what’s been salvaged? My son is doing a report for school and would really like up to date information.
Thanks.

]]> By: David Greer http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base/comment-page-1#comment-91560 David Greer Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:51:18 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base#comment-91560 My father and uncle worked on liquidating the equipment out of the Lincoln Ca. site after it was decommissioned. My uncle actually lived down there for months answering and making phone calls all day selling and soliciting buyers for the usable items. My father was already in the equipment liquidation business liquidating heavy equipment from the also decommissioned Auburn Dam project and he and his brother worked together sharing leads and resources to liquidate equipment from both projects. I grew up in Auburn Ca. and have always found the site fascinating as I would often drive past and my imagination was piqued by the stories of my uncle living down there wheeling and dealing "death parts" as it were. My father and uncle worked on liquidating the equipment out of the Lincoln Ca. site after it was decommissioned. My uncle actually lived down there for months answering and making phone calls all day selling and soliciting buyers for the usable items. My father was already in the equipment liquidation business liquidating heavy equipment from the also decommissioned Auburn Dam project and he and his brother worked together sharing leads and resources to liquidate equipment from both projects. I grew up in Auburn Ca. and have always found the site fascinating as I would often drive past and my imagination was piqued by the stories of my uncle living down there wheeling and dealing “death parts” as it were.

]]> By: Jaydn http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base/comment-page-1#comment-68787 Jaydn Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:29:19 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base#comment-68787 As late as 1990 we were still exploring the site north of Chico, CA. My experiences were very similar to david's, post #4 above. Small groups would venture up and find our way into the complex. We would frequently bring a CD player and sit in the large control rooms, leaving the music at one end and sitting at the other. The acoustics were amazing. Really exploring is hard to describe. Scary and exciting at the same time. Without the benefit of a layout diagram we never really knew where we were going and it seemed like much more of a maze than I know can see from existing diagrams. The missile silos were partially flooded with water and all of us would imagine what it would be like to slip and fall in. A truly horrifying thought! It would take hours to get help. We never dared go in daylight, so strangely enough some of the day-time pictures that have turned up were actually quite revealing for me. Here are some of the best I've found: http://news.webshots.com/album/557872339cfnyzB And here are some aerial views as well: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott_r_holmes/347176182/ Comparing those with a current view from Google Maps satellite view shows the significant clean up that has taken place. As late as 1990 we were still exploring the site north of Chico, CA. My experiences were very similar to david’s, post #4 above. Small groups would venture up and find our way into the complex. We would frequently bring a CD player and sit in the large control rooms, leaving the music at one end and sitting at the other. The acoustics were amazing.

Really exploring is hard to describe. Scary and exciting at the same time. Without the benefit of a layout diagram we never really knew where we were going and it seemed like much more of a maze than I know can see from existing diagrams. The missile silos were partially flooded with water and all of us would imagine what it would be like to slip and fall in. A truly horrifying thought! It would take hours to get help.

We never dared go in daylight, so strangely enough some of the day-time pictures that have turned up were actually quite revealing for me. Here are some of the best I’ve found:
http://news.webshots.com/album/557872339cfnyzB
And here are some aerial views as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott_r_holmes/347176182/
Comparing those with a current view from Google Maps satellite view shows the significant clean up that has taken place.

]]> By: Peter Hymans http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base/comment-page-1#comment-60458 Peter Hymans Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:20:38 +0000 http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/a-california-titan-missile-base#comment-60458 James Lynch: I want a copy of the powerhouse photo and to dialogue with you. Peteemail@aol.com Thanks James Lynch: I want a copy of the powerhouse photo and to dialogue with you.
Peteemail@aol.com Thanks

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