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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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LAST NAME (Initials) RANK AND CORPS FILE No. N. A. CLASS OR DESIG.(1) PRESENT STATION PRESENT DUTIES NEWHOUSE, D. C. LT 177283 LAP BAGR-CD Photo. Liaison OFFICER'S DATA CARD NAVPERS-340 (Rev. 7-46) DATE OF PRESENT RANK: 1 April 1946 NOTICE: This card to be submitted directly to Bureau of Naval Personnel annually (on 1 August), and when any significant changes in data occur. Naval aviators submit to DcNo. It is required of all commissioned and warrant officers. Officers qualified in submarines or currently serving in submarine force organization submit this form in duplicate. All other officers submit only one copy. PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT DATE REPORTED PRESENT STATION DATE OF BEGINNING PRESENT TOUR OF— IS CHANGE OF PRESENT DUTY DESIRED? IF YES, STATE WHEN AND DUTY DESIRED 24 August 1948 SEA DUTY SHORE DUTY 24 August 1948 ☐ YES ☒ NO DETAIL DESIRED FOR NEXT DUTY SEA AND/OR ADVANCED BASE LOCALITY KIND OF DUTY TYPE SHIP 1. Pacific Fleet 1. Photographic 1. CV or CVB 2. West Coast 2. Photographic 2. Photo Squadron 3. 3. 3. 4. 4. 4. SHORE (Give four choices) S-3 1. NAS, Alameda, California 2. NAS, San Diego, California 3. NASD, NSD, Oakland, California 4. NavyDept. (BuAerorCNO) Wash., D.C. PRESENT HOME ADDRESS PRESENT HOME TEL. NO. 1820 Stratford Pl. Springfield, Ohio #4-4936 SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS (Do not use code numbers): MARITAL STATUS DEPENDENTS (Show age and sex of children) Operational Photography; Photographic Supply & Procurement ☒ MARRIED 1. Norma I. NEWHOUSE (wife) Naval School of Photography 1935. ☐ SINGLE 2. Delbert C. " - M - 11 3. Anne L. " - F - 9 4. LANGUAGE QUALIFICATIONS REMARKS: Permanent Rank: Chief Photographer DATE CARD SUBMITTED: 1 August 1949 SIGNATURE: [Signature] DO NOT WRITE IN SPACE BELOW OCCUPYING AUTHORIZED BILLET FOR: TO BE REL %a SLATED FOR: (Rank) BY , PRESDU REPORT PERS-3-14 16-49165-2 Note: The red stamp "FINISHED - FILE - RYORDE" is visible diagonally across the lower right portion of the document but is not transcribed as it is a stamp and not part of the typed or handwritten content. The blacked-out region is represented as [redacted]. The signature is transcribed as "[Signature]" since it is handwritten and not legible as typed text. The vertical text "DO NOT FOLD—FILL OUT BOTH SIDES" on the left margin is not included in the main content as it is a folding instruction and not part of the form's data fields.

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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.