Documents / Official release

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)
Open the PDF at page 166 Original source ↗
OFFICER FORM From: NEWHOUSE, Delbert Clement LT 17728 Aviation Supply Depot *(Claimant's name in full)* *(Rank)* *(File No.)* *(Duty Sta.)* To: Officer-in-Charge, Terminal Leave Disbursing Office. Via: (1) Disbursing Officer (2) Commanding Officer (3) Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers 3216A) Subj: Claim for settlement for accrued leave. Refs: (a) Armed Forces Leave Act 1946. (b) BuPers Circular Letter 193-46. --- 1. In accordance with the provision of reference (a) I hereby submit claim for accrued leave due me, if any. 2. To the best of my knowledge and belief I have had leave in the amounts and during the fiscal years since 1 July 1939 as indicated below: No. of Days Fiscal Year No. of Days Fiscal Year [redacted] [redacted] 12 1946 30 1943 4 1947 35 1945 3. In accordance with the provisions of reference (b) I have computed that my total leave credit on 31 August 1946 was 110 days. It is requested that the Chief of Naval Personnel verify [redacted] the above total leave credit and by endorsement of this letter so inform the addressee. 4. I entered into present continuous active duty as a commissioned or warrant officer on 1 September 1942. 5. On 31 August 1946, I was serving in the rank of Lieutenant. 6. I have [redacted] had enlisted service since 8 September 1939 and I have [redacted] appended hereto as an enclosure a statement of such service together with supporting documents. I have not submitted any other claim for settlement for accrued leave. --- *Signature of Claimant* D.C. Newhouse --- End 1 AVIATION SUPPLY DEPOT From: Disbursing Officer Pearl Harbor, T.H. *(Ship or Station)* To: Officer-in-Charge, Terminal Leave Disbursing Office. Via: Commanding Officer. 1. The rate of pay of the above claimant on 31 August 1946 was $9.583 per day. 2. He was receiving subsistence allowance at the rate of $1.40 per day. 3. His rate of rental allowance was $3.00 per day. *Signature of D. O.* D.F. SULLIVAN ENS.(SC)USN 584673 Symbol No. --- End 2 To: Officer in Charge, Terminal Leave Disbursing Office. Via: The Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers 3216A). 1. Forwarded. *Signature of Commanding Officer* K. A. GRAHN, CDR SC USN --- End 3 To: Officer-in-Charge, Terminal Leave Disbursing Office. 1. Examination and verification of the claimant’s record indicated that on 31 August 1946, he had a total of 39 days accrued leave standing to his credit for his officer services. --- LOUIS E. DENFELD --- 14ND-GEN-35 PH—10-10-46—17,500

Not linked to a story yet.

About this file

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.