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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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OFFICERS ORDER MEMORANDUM NAVPERs 1152 (Rev. 5-59) --- RANK CHPHOT W4 NAME (First, Middle Initial) Delbert C. NEWHOUSE CORPS [Redacted] USN [Redacted] USNR [Redacted] FILE NO./DESIGNATOR 177283/8311 ORIGINATING PERS B721 DATE 24 Feb 60 DATE OUT BY 29 Feb CONTROL NO. C21081 --- VIA *Pacific Fleet Photo - Triangulation Group* *Fleet Camera Group Pacific* *Contractor* --- LETTER ORDERS - [ ] PLAIN - [x] AIR MESSAGE ORDERS - [ ] DEFERRED - [ ] ROUTINE - [ ] PRIORITY --- TYPE OF ORDERS - [ ] CHANGE OF DUTY - [x] RAD - [ ] NEW APPT. - [ ] RECALL - [ ] RECALL & RAD - [ ] APPROVAL OF ACTION - [ ] AUTHORIZATION --- ORDCAN [ ] ORDCOR [ ] ORDMOD [ ] CONTREAT [ ] UNDELORDCAN [ ] UNORDCAN [ ] FURORDMOD [ ] CONPRES DU --- ISSUED BY LETTER DATED MESSAGE TIME GROUP --- DETACH - [x] DIRDET - [ ] HERDET - [ ] RELDET - [ ] RELDIRDET - [ ] COMPCOURDET - [ ] DIRMAKETRANS - [ ] UPON REPORTING OF - [ ] DIS TREAT - [ ] GRAD - [ ] DECOM. - [ ] ON OR ABOUT - [ ] ON OR BEFORE - [ ] ON OR AFTER --- FROM - [x] DUTY - [ ] DUINS - [ ] DIFOT - [ ] DIFOTINS - [ ] TEM - [ ] TEMINS - [ ] TEM DIFOT - [ ] TEMDIFOTINS - [ ] STAFF - [ ] ADDU - [ ] RESPON PAY AS --- Form 2 Wnt Inside --- TO: - [ ] PROUS - [ ] PROPORICH - [ ] (PRO) IMREP - [ ] REPT ON 1. [ ] PROREP - [ ] PRO SUCH-TRANS BUPERS - [ ] COM 12 TRANS - [ ] REPT ON OR BEFORE --- Para 1 eff 1 Apr 60 (by SecNav) Para 2 on 31 mar CHPHOT W4 Para 3 on 1 Apr trf rank/ENW4, Sec 1293, 1315 & 1371. It having been detm served sat rank LT adv to LT & pay CHPHOT W4, Sec 6151 as amnd Delete paras 8 & 9 Sep code 569 --- DELREP --- 2. - [ ] COMPTDEM DIRDET - [ ] PROREP - [ ] PRO SUCH-TRANS BUPERS - [ ] COM 12 TRANS - [ ] PROPORICH --- DELREP --- CHECK IF APPLICABLE - [ ] GOVTRANS-DIRVAIL - [ ] GOVAIRPRI - [ ] IMMUNQUIRED - [ ] STUDENT NAVAL AVIATOR - [ ] CRITICAL HOUSING (AREA) - [ ] FLYING CLAUSE - [ ] COMLTRANS AUTH-OUTUS - [ ] BAGAIR - [ ] PASSQUIRED - [ ] STUDENT FLIGHT SURGEON - [ ] ORG. RES. (UNIT) - [ ] SECNAV FIND --- CC AND INFO ADDRESSEES B721 B52(2) B1314 B115 --- DETAIL/PLACEMENT OFFICER LCDR W. Q. DAMON, USN/SM EXTENSION 42961 --- FINISH FILE PERS-B741 ---

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