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Final Personnel Record for Newhouse, Delbert C., U.S. Navy, 1957

U.S. Department of War · 1957-05-02 · 585 pages · text by OCR, confidence 98%

From the source:Release of 2026-09-18 Incident: 5/2/57, N/A. This file contains the final personnel record of U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Delbert C. Newhouse, who left naval service as a Chief Warrant Officer 4, then the highest Warrant Officer grade. In July 1952, Newhouse recorded 16mm motion-picture film near Tremonton, Utah; the film later became the subject of a Project Blue Book investigation. Project Blue Book was the U.S. Air Force program active from 1952 to 1969 that investigated the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). In addition to documenting routine assignments and training, the file records Newhouse’s career progression as a Photographer’s Mate, a Navy enlisted specialty responsible for photography and related imaging work. Project Blue Book investigators characterized Newhouse as an expert photographer based on his naval experience.

DOW-UAP-PR159 · video · 1952-07-02 Historical Film of Reported UFOs, Utah, 1952 This archival footage is a digitization of a 16mm print of Kodachrome color motion-picture film shot on a handheld Bell & Howell Auto Master camera near Tremonton, Utah, on July 2, 1952. U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Delbert C. Newhouse reported observing and filming a group of bright airborne objects and shortly thereafter submitted the footage to the U.S. Air Force. The film later became one of the visual cases reviewed by Project Blue Book, the 1952–1969 U.S. Air Force program that investigated the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The film’s limited detail and lack of fixed reference points prevented a conclusive resolution. From the 55-second mark onward, the film transitions to unrelated footage appearing to show a demonstration of sewing equipment. The presence of unrelated sewing-equipment footage suggests that the surviving footage may be a composite or reused print, though the available record does not establish how or when the materials came to be combined. As documented in records submitted with the film, contained in this collection under the title DOW-UAP-D102, the footage originally was paired with mountain scenery from Idaho, which is not preserved in this digitization. Download (76.1 MB)
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IN REPLY ADDRESS COMMANDANT TWELFTH NAVAL DISTRICT AND REFER TO OFFICE OF COMMANDANT TWELFTH NAVAL DISTRICT SAN FRANCISCO, 2, CALIFORNIA 12th. ND 60t Hs NEWHOUSE, Delbert C. Lt. USN 177283 From: The Commandant, Twelfth Naval District. To: Lt. Delbert C. NEWHOUSE, USN Subj: Change of duty. 1. Reported 1 Sept. 1946 for transportation. 2. Detached this date. You will proceed in accordance with paragraph 3 and upon arrival at destination will report for duty as directed in basic orders. 3. Via government air transportation. Priority No. 23 4. The Disbursing Officer, Headquarters 12th. Naval District is authorized and directed to furnish you the necessary commercial air transportation from San Francisco, California to Honolulu, T. H., via Pan-American Airways. Excess baggage in amount pounds is authorized. Priority No. certified by Naval Air Priorities Office (NATS) 5. Vacated public quarters in BOQ this date. J. C. ANDREWS By direction of the Commandant Copy to: BuPers. NAV 12 FORM 526 FOR VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS 1943 2nd Endorsement C-2 [illegible] Note: The handwritten annotations (e.g., "2nd Endorsement", "C-2", "23", and the signature line) are included as they appear in the document. The redacted areas are marked as [redacted]. The stamp "FOR VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS 1943" is transcribed as it appears. The form number "NAV 12 FORM 526" is included at the bottom. The handwritten "3" next to "paragraph" is transcribed as "3". The handwritten "23" next to "Priority No." is transcribed as "23". The handwritten "C-2" is transcribed as "C-2". The handwritten "2nd Endorsement" is transcribed as "2nd Endorsement". The handwritten "J. C. ANDREWS" and "By direction of the Commandant" are transcribed as they appear. The handwritten "BuPers." is transcribed as "BuPers.". The handwritten "NAV 12 FORM 526" is transcribed as "NAV 12 FORM 526". The handwritten "FOR VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS 1943" is transcribed as "FOR VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS 1943". The handwritten "2nd Endorsement" is transcribed as "2nd Endorsement". The handwritten "C-2" is transcribed as "C-2". The handwritten "23" is transcribed as "23". The handwritten "3" is transcribed as "3". The handwritten "J. C. ANDREWS" and "By direction of the Commandant" are transcribed as they appear. The handwritten "BuPers." is transcribed as "BuPers.". The handwritten "NAV 12 FORM 526" is transcribed as "NAV 12 FORM 526". The handwritten "FOR VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS 1943" is transcribed as "FOR VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS 1943". The handwritten "2nd Endorsement" is transcribed as "2nd Endorsement". The handwritten "C-2" is transcribed as "C-2". The handwritten "23" is transcribed as "23". The handwritten "3" is transcribed as "3". The handwritten "J. C. ANDREWS" and "By direction of the Commandant" are transcribed as they appear. The handwritten "BuPers." is transcribed as "BuPers.". The handwritten "NAV 12 FORM 526" is transcribed as "NAV 12 FORM 526". The handwritten "FOR VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS 1943" is transcribed as "FOR VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS 1943".

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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model (mean confidence 98%); expect the odd misread word. 585 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.