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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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REPORT OF LEAVE OF ABSENCE NAVPERs-321 (REV. 1-49) READ CAREFULLY THE INSTRUCTIONS PRINTED BELOW REPORT PERS-3-4 --- TO: Chief of Naval Personnel FROM (Commanding officer) Chief, Bureau of Aeronautics SHIP OR STATION BuAeronautics, Navy Dept. Wash. D. C. DATE: 20 Oct 1949 --- In conformity with requirements of U. S. Navy Regulations, I report the following leave of absence taken by: NAME (Last) (First) (Middle) GRADE AND CORPS FILE NO. NEWHOUSE Delbert Clement LT USN 177283/1350 --- NOTICE: Complete either A or B; do NOT use both for same leave A. TOTAL NO. OF DAYS LEAVE INCLUDING ANY TRAVEL TIME Inclusive dates: 30 Sep 1949; 14 Oct 1949 B. DELAY COUNTING AS LEAVE OR LEAVE BETWEEN STATIONS 15 (Total number of days, excluding preparation period of 4 days and excluding allowance for travel time from old to new station via shortest usually traveled route.) LEAVE CREDIT REMAINING AS INDICATED ON OFFICER’S LEAVE RECORD (NAVPERs-329) 43 --- UNDER ORDERS OF BUPERS DISP. 261713Z --- Signature of officer who took leave *O. C. Newhouse* Signature of commanding officer *J. H. Bettinger Jr.* DATED September 1949 --- INSTRUCTIONS 1. This report will be made at expiration of leave by the immediate superior of the officer to whom the leave is granted and forwarded immediately to the Chief of Naval Personnel. Care must be taken to insure that correct number of days leave are reported. 2. The day of departure from station or duty counts as a day of duty; the day of return as a day of leave, except when such return is made before 0900, in which case it shall not be counted as a day of leave. This refers to leave taken when not detached from ship or station (see Article C-6313 BuPers Manual). 3. In cases of authorized delay counting as leave, this form is to be submitted in addition to one copy of each set of basic orders with all endorsements thereon, as required by BuPers Manual Article C-5409(4). --- U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16—52637-3 Note: The stamp "C-2" appears in the lower right portion of the document, overlapping the "LEAVE CREDIT REMAINING..." section. It is not part of the structured text but is preserved as a visual annotation in the original image. Since it is not textual content in the form of a field or instruction, it is not included in the Markdown transcription above. If required to be noted, it can be added as a comment or footnote, but per instructions, only transcribed text is included.

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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.