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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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Refer to: Pers-3622-rws 177283 NAVY DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 11 FEB 1949 From: The Chief of Naval Personnel. To: Lieutenant Delbert C. NEWHOUSE, USN, 177283/1350. Via: Bureau of Aeronautics General Representative, Central District, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Subj: Application for commission as Limited Duty Officer; Acknowledgment/Information regarding. Refs: (a) Your application for commission in Limited Duty Status. (b) BuPers Circ Ltr No 175-48. 1. Receipt is acknowledged of the (original) (duplicate copy) of reference (a). Defects, if any, are noted below. It is requested that action be expedited and papers returned to the Bureau of Naval Personnel (Attn: Pers-362) if indicated: (✓) No defects. ( ) Application and all substantiating documents returned for completion in the form shown in reference (b). ( ) Application incomplete. Forward following document(s) immediately: ( ) Fitness report form. ( ) NavMed Form H-8 (report of physical examination). ( ) Signed sworn statement for Detailed Information Sheet. ( ) Commanding Officer's verification of statements in application in accord- ance with paragraph 11(e) of reference (b), and enclosure (B) thereto. ( ) Individual documents returned for correction or completion as follows: ( ) Fitness report form returned for completion accordance paragraph 11(c) and/or 11(d) of reference (b). ( ) Fitness Report form returned for proper signature (s). ( ) Application will not be considered by the Selection Board and is filed without action by reason of ineligibility due to: ( ) Insufficient service (less than 10 years' active Naval service). ( ) Overage (cannot complete 30 years' service prior to attaining age 55). ( ) Ineligibility as indicated in paragraph 8(b) of reference (b). ( ) Not eligible for rank requested. Refer paragraphs 8 and 9 reference (b); application in Bureau has been corrected accordingly, and will be considered by Board for appointment in the rank for which eligible unless withdrawn by written request. The highest rank for which eligible is _______________. ( ) Other: -1- FINISHED FILE PERS 362 Note: The handwritten checkmark (✓) next to “No defects.” is preserved as a symbol. The handwritten “S-3” stamp is not transcribed as it is not part of the typed document content. All blacked-out regions are represented as [redacted] per instructions.

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