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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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[figure] DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL WASHINGTON 25, D. C. IN REPLY REFER TO 177283/8311 Pers-B115j-rgw-1 4 October 1950 28 Nov. 1950 From: Chief of Naval Personnel To: CHPHOT Delbert C. NEWHOUSE, USN Naval Photographic Center Naval Air Station Anacostia, Washington, D.C. Via: Commanding Officer Subj: Change of duty 1. When directed by your commanding officer in October 1950, you will regard yourself detached from duty at the Naval Photographic Center, Naval Air Station, Anacostia, Washington, D.C., and from such other duty as may have been assigned you; will proceed to San Francisco, Calif., and report to the Commandant, Twelfth Naval District, for transportation to Barbers Point, T.H., and upon arrival report to the Commanding Officer, Naval Air Station, for duty. 2. You are hereby authorized to delay for a period of ten days (provided no excess leave involved) in reporting at San Francisco, Calif., in compliance with these orders, such delay to count as leave. Keep the Bureau of Naval Personnel advised of your address. 3. Travel via government transportation is directed outside the United States. Class TWO priority is certified for travel via government aircraft. 4. Cost of travel is chargeable to 1711453.18, MPN 1951, expenditure account 74110, object class 029. Copy to: CNART ———— USNADO, 12th N.D. T.I., San Francisco, Calif. OP 54 ———— 1/5/50 Paid $ 118.00 on PR # 446 ComPRNC ———— which has been charged on the pay record. ComTwelve ComFourteen ComServPac (3) CO NAS,BarbersPt,TH ComNAB,FourteenthNavDist Jacket copy "QUAL" Pers Bills 124559 B11183 161270 E111a 148200 B115j Upon reporting, forward to Defors a copy of these orders. (Chief Corps Officers an additional copy to cognizant Bureau) via new Commanding Officer with all endorsements. NADO, 12th ND. San Francisco, Calif. Paid Mileage: $242.40 PV No. 5488 From Washington, D.C. to San Francisco, Calif. IDELLE SULLENS, LT., SC, USNR, For E. D. SPENCER, LT., SC, USN 538868 H. V. GUNDRY, LTJG, SC, USNR For E. D. SPENCER, LT, SC, USN J. W. ROPER USNADO, 12th N.D. T.I., San Francisco, Calif. 1/27/50 Paid $ 246.90 on PR # 428 which has been charged on the pay record. H. V. GUNDRY, LTJG, USNR For E. D. SPENCER, LT, SC, USN 21865 Note: The handwritten signatures and annotations (e.g., "Ivelle Sullens", "H. V. Gundry", "J. W. Roper", and the various payment and routing notes) are transcribed as they appear, preserving their placement and content. The document's layout, including the seal, headings, and paragraph structure, is maintained. The redacted areas are not present in the provided image, so no `[redacted]` placeholders are used. All visible text, including the source URL at the bottom, is included.

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