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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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OFFICER'S ORDER MEMORANDUM TO: BU PERS (Att. Pers: B115) 1. It is requested that the below named person be issued orders as indicated: 25 APR 1951 RANK NAME (First) (Middle Initial) (Last) CORPS FILE NO. & DESIGNATOR OR CLASS CHPHOT Delbert C. NEWHOUSE XX USN □ USNR 177283/8311 AT Naval Air Station Barbers Point, T.H. c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. DATE 4-25-51 ORIGINATING PERSON B1159 TYPE OF ORDERS FIRST ORDERS CHANGE OF DUTY APPROVAL OF ACTION COTA DATE OUT BY 4-26 CONTROL NUMBER 032431 ORDCAN ORDCOR UNDELIVERED LETTER AIR PLAIN DISPATCH NL ROUTINE PRIORITY UNORDCAN CONPRESDU Issued By ORDMOD CONTREAT Letter dated FURORDMOD REPEATED FOR Dispatch, Time Group COMPLIANCE DETACHED DIRDET DECOM ABOUT 1 May 1951 HERDET COMPCOURDET DETRELBY RELDET DIRMAKETRANS UPON REPORTING OF RELDIRDET DISTREAT RELBY INACT 1. TO: PROREP PROWDELREP PROIMREP PROPORICH REPT ON X DUTY TEMINS DUFLY INS TEM DUFLY TEMFLY INS DUINS TEMFLY STAFF AS: Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan-Korea c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. X DUTY TEMINS DUFLY INS TEM DUFLY TEMFLY INS DUINS TEMFLY STAFF AS: Photo Technical Officer, Aviation Supply Branch, Yokosuka, Japan DELREP X DUTY TEMINS DUFLY INS TEM DUFLY TEMFLY INS DUINS TEMFLY STAFF AS: Photo Technical Officer, Aviation Supply Branch, Yokosuka, Japan 2. TO: DIRDET COMPTEM-DIRDET PROREP X DUTY TEMINS DUFLY INS TEM DUFLY TEMFLY INS DUINS TEMFLY STAFF AS: Photo Technical Officer, Aviation Supply Branch, Yokosuka, Japan REF; Op-553 Memo serial 43-51 of 4/24/51 X DUTY TEMINS DUFLY INS TEM DUFLY TEMFLY INS DUINS TEMFLY STAFF AS: Photo Technical Officer, Aviation Supply Branch, Yokosuka, Japan DELREP GOVTRANS DIROUT X DUTY TEMINS DUFLY INS TEM DUFLY TEMFLY INS DUINS TEMFLY STAFF AS: Photo Technical Officer, Aviation Supply Branch, Yokosuka, Japan SPECIAL CLAUSES PERDIEMAUTH CARBAGAIR HERDESNAVAV SUPCORGREESERV PASSQUIRED GOVAIRDIRVAIL CONASAERO CEPVOL GREESERVTWELVE CHARGEPSANDTR GOVAIRAUTHVAIL HERDUFLY RETAPPLIM AUTHTRAVNOPENSE CHARGENAVRES BAGAIR HERDUFLYDORSE SERVCOMPTERN IMMUNQUIRED OTHER T&P: QUAL: 124554 161270 148200 "CC" AND INFO ADDRESSES CNO (Op-54); (Op-553) COMNAR FOURTEEN COMAIRPAC COMFAIR JAPAN COMFAIR JAPAN COM14 T&P: QUAL: 124554 161270 148200 DETAL OFFICER P. K. BLESH BY DIRECTION T&P: QUAL: 124554 161270 148200

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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.