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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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RECORD OF EMERGENCY DATA FOR THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION INCLUDED ON THIS FORM DOES NOT DESIGNATE OR CHANGE BENEFICIARIES OF LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES (See instructions on reverse side of form prior to making entries) 1. DESIGNATOR'S LAST NAME—FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME 2. SERVICE NO. 3. GRADE, RANK, OR RATE 4. SERVICE USA USN NEWHOUSE, Delbert Clement 177283 CHPHOT USAF USMC USCG 5. FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME OF PERSON TO BE NOTIFIED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY (Person with permanent address is advisable) C-1 Edith May Richter Mother ADDRESS (Number, street, city, zone, and State) General Delivery, Garibaldi, Oregon THE PERSONS NAMED IN ITEMS 6, 8, AND 9, BELOW ALSO WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE EMERGENCY. IF SUCH NOTIFICATION IS NOT DESIRABLE, DUE TO HEALTH OR FOR OTHER PERTINENT REASONS, PLEASE SO STATE UNDER "REMARKS" ON THE REVERSE SIDE. 6. SPOUSE (First name, middle name, last name) (If none, or if deceased or divorced, so state) Norma Isabel Newhouse 8623 Piney Branch Rd., Silver Spring, Md. 7. CHILDREN FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME Delbert Carroll Newhouse Anne Lisbet Newhouse 8. NAME OF FATHER (or male guardian) (First name, middle name, last name) Noah Frank Newhouse 9. NAME OF MOTHER (or female guardian) (First name, middle name, last name) Edith May Richter 10. FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME Edith May Richter 11. FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME Darrel Edwin Newhouse ADDRESS (Number, street, city, zone, and State) ET. 6 Box 756, Tacoma, Washington 12. FULL NAME OF COMPANY ADDRESS OF HOME OFFICE (Continue on reverse side) RELATIONSHIP Wife 13. FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME Norma Isabel Newhouse ADDRESS (Number, street, city, zone, and State) 8623 Piney Branch Road, Silver Spring, Md. MILITARY ADDRESS NSC, Oakland, Calif. DATE SIGNED 2/6/52 SIGNATURE OF DESIGNATOR DD FORM 1 JAN 50 93 REPLACES NME FORM 93. 1 OCT 48: NAVMC 118 (15 PD): NAVPERS 601, PAGES 7 AND 8: AND NCG 2529, WHICH MAY BE USED UNTIL 1 JANUARY 1951. WHEN THEY WILL ALL BECOME OBSOLETE. 16----61480-1

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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.