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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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NAVPER 323 (Revised April 1943) B FINISHED FILE PERS-3216 REPORT OF COMPLIANCE WITH ORDERS *(See notes below)* --- Aviation Supply Depot, Pearl Harbor *(Ship or Station)* 9 September 1946 *(Date)* From: J. D. C. NEWHOUSE XX (LINE) USN *(Typewrite or print rank and name)* File No. 177283 To: BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL, Via Commanding Officer. Subject: Report of compliance with orders. Reference: (a) Order No. Pers-3161-JMJ-1A, dated 7 August, 1946 issued by BuPers --- 1. Reference (a) was received on 19 August, 1946 I [was detached from] NASD, Philadelphia on 19 August, 1946 *(Date of detachment)* I [reported] Aviation Supply Depot, Pearl Harbor on 9 September, 1946 *(Date of reporting)* 2. (a) I sailed from United States to duty outside continental limits thereof on 9 Sept., 1946 *(this item to be inserted only if applicable)*. (b) I arrived in United States from duty outside continental limits thereof on ______, 19____ *(this item to be inserted only if applicable)*. --- *(Signature)* Forwarded by GEORGE M BRYDON CAPT SC USN Supply Officer in Command --- NOTE (a).—It is a matter of special importance to officers’ records that this form be made out with care and accuracy and forwarded to the Bureau of Naval Personnel promptly. In the case of aviation and staff corps officers, a copy marked DUPLICATE should also be forwarded. (b).—In cases of delay counting as leave, the forwarding of this form does not dispense with the requirement of forwarding Form BNP 321 (Report of Leave of Absence), which should be forwarded in addition to this form. U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16—20071—4

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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.