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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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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL WASHINGTON 25, D.C. From: Chief of Naval Personnel IN REPLY REFER TO Pers-B52-HOA/ 1mn 177283/8311 5 February 1960 To: CHPHOT, W-h, Delbert C. NEWHOUSE, USN Via: Officer in Charge Pacific Fleet Photo-Triangulation Group Headquarters U. S. Naval Station San Diego 36, California Subj: Voluntary Retirement Ref: (a) BuPers Instruction 1811.1A Encl: (1) Navy Guide for Retired and Fleet Reserve Personnel 1. This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 5 January 1960 in which you have requested voluntary retirement effective 1 April 1960 Your request is being processed for 1 April 1960. 2. Your attention is invited to the requirements set forth in subparagraph 3k of reference (a) regarding a retirement physical examination. Your request cannot be forwarded to the Secretary of the Navy for approval until a report of such examination is received. If you have forwarded a report of pre- retirement physical examination or a certified copy thereof to Pers-B52, please disregard this paragraph. 3. This acknowledgment is not to be construed as being an indication of approval of your retirement, as such action is at the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy. Appropriate orders will be issued effecting your transfer to the Retired List upon approval of your request by the Secretary of the Navy. It would be advisable to exercise caution in making commitments in anticipation of voluntary retirement until you are in receipt of retirement orders. 4. You are advised that, with certain exceptions, retired officers including warrant officers of the Regular Navy are prohibited from holding a civilian position or office with the Federal Government when either the retired pay or the rate of compensation fixed for the civilian position or office amounts to $2500 or more per annum. Your specific attention is invited to the information concerning the Dual Employment Statute, the Dual Compensation Statute, and the conflict-of-interest restrictions of private employment activities, contained in Chapters 1 and 2 of Part Eight of enclosure (1). Copy to: Pers-Bilhle NAVPERS 2527 (REV 12-58) H. O. ANSON, JR. By direction

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