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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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BRIEF SHEET-TRANSFER TO U.S. NAVY NAVPERS-2365 (11-45) NAME (Last) (First) (Middle) FILE NO. CORP. CLASSIF. RANK USN NEWHOUSE DELBERT CLEMENT 177283 LT. j.g. USNR I. INCOMING CHECK OFF 1. APPLICATION RECEIVED WITHIN 6 MOS. OF DATE OF INACTIVE DUTY ☐ YES ☐ NO ☑ NOT APPLICABLE ☑ SIGNATURE ☐ THROUGH DISTRICT COMMANDANT 2. (Check One) ☑ CO RECOMMENDATION ☐ NOT RECOMMENDED 3. LOCAL BOARD ACTION ☑ RECOMMENDED ☐ NOT RECOMMENDED 4. ☑ FORM Y (Duplicate) ☐ NAVMED AV-1 (Duplicate) ☑ SIGNATURES BY MED. OF. ☐ CHEST X-RAY (Within 6 Months) ☐ SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED STATEMENT BY APPLICANT RE DEFECTS ☐ CURRENT BLOOD KAHN 5. FITNESS REPORT WITH SPECIAL NOTATION (Except officers who apply while on terminal leave, inactive duty or after resignation) CHECKED BY: A.J. DATE: Feb. 1, 1946 APPLICATION CODE: C PHOT/COMM/L REMARKS: II. APPLICATION BRIEF 1. AGE QUALIFICATIONS ENSIGNS AND ABOVE: (See age chart) DATE OF BIRTH AGE ON 1 JAN. 1945 June 5, 1913 31 DATE PRESENT RANK ELIGIBLE WILL ACCEPT CWO NOT INDICATED Sept. 1, 1944 ☐ YES ☑ NO ☐ YES ☐ NO ☐ COMMISSIONED WARRANT OR WARRANT: DATE OF BIRTH AGE AT TIME APPOINTMENT TO TEMP. RANK ABOVE CPO: 9-1-42 29 AGE AT BASIC DATE IF NR RANK IS ENSIGN OR ABOVE: ELIGIBLE ☑ YES ☐ NO REMARKS: CHECK WARRANT Perm status ✓ Enl.; p. 177; Register 2. EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS HIGH SCHOOL-GRADUATED? COLLEGE DEGREE ☑ YES ☐ NO 1 YR ☐ 2 YR ☐ 3 YR ☐ 4 YR ☐ ☐ YES ☐ NO NAVY TEST PERCENTILE TEST NOT REQUIRED 98 ☑ GIVEN ☐ DENTAL SCHOOL "A" MEDICAL SCHOOL ENGINEERING DEGREE (CEC) THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY EDUCATIONALLY QUALIFIED? ☑ YES ☐ NO REMARKS: NEEDS TEST Test Pending 3. SUMMARY ☑ APPLICANT MEETS REQUIREMENTS FOR @ 4 Rgt. (Line and/or Corps or Specialty) ☐ APPLICANT IS INELIGIBLE FOR TRANSFER BECAUSE BRIEFED BY: DATE: REVIEWED BY: 092 DATE: 2-20-46 RECEIPT OF APPLICATION IS ACKNOWLEDGED: ACTION TO BUMED RETURNED BUMED TO SEL. BD. FROM SEL. BD. TURNDOWN LETTER SENT INITIAL DATE PRESENT DUTY STATION: [illegible] (P)

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