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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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Departed: Phila Pa. on August 21, 1946 Arrived: Garibaldi, Oregon on Aug. 27, 1946 (Privately owned automobile) Departed: Garibaldi, Oregon on Nov. 26, 1946 Arrived: San Francisco, Calif. on Nov. 27, 1946 (Commercial transportation) Philadelphia Pa. to San Francisco, California - 3079 miles 7. 27 (G.O.M.T. TM 14-510 page 356-) 3079 miles ———— @ 4¢ per mile 127 16 3079 miles ———— @ 2¢ per mile 63 58 3079 miles ———— @ 2¢ per mile 63 58 TOTAL CLAIMED: $254.32 Above travel was performed by private conveyance and commercial transportation. I certify that all travel performed by my dependents was at my own expense, no portion thereof being made by Government conveyance or transportation requests. The reimbursement requested herein is in accordance with paragraph 3 of the Secretary of the Navy’s Letter of 23 Dec. 1943. I hereby designate San Francisco, California as the point to which travel is desired. I hereby certify that the above account is just and true in all respects and that the penalties for presenting a false claim are known to me. I certify, except as noted hereon, that no prior claim has been presented by me or any member of my family for the reimbursement for transportation of dependents as claimed herein that no transportation in kind has been furnished therefor. Delboft C. Newhouse Lt. SC, USN Totals (to be carried forward to continuation sheet, if necessary) TOTAL AMOUNT OF VOUCHER (not to be used when totals are carried forward to continuation sheet) **When subvouchers required by regulations were not obtained, state fully the circumstances showing reason for omission. 16—23954-1

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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.