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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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ELECTION OF OPTIONS UNDER THE UNIFORMED SERVICES CONTINGENCY OPTION ACT OF 1953 NAVPER 591 (NEW 9/53) S-3 NAME (Last) (First) (Middle) SERVICE NUMBER RANK OR RATING USN USNR NEWHOUSE, Delbert Clement 177283 CHPHOT X PERMANENT ADDRESS Mrs. Vencl Richter Garibaldi, Oregon STATUS CHECK APPROPRIATE SQUARE NO. YEARS SERVICE COMPLETED FOR PAY PURPOSES REGULAR 24 RESERVE ACTIVE DUTY INACTIVE DUTY X MEMBER'S BIRTHDATE 6/5/13 [X] I DO NOT DESIRE TO RECEIVE REDUCED RETIRED PAY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN ANNUITY FOR MY DEPENDENTS. I ELECT THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS: (NOTE: YOU MAY SELECT OPTION 1 OR 2 OR 3 AND YOU MAY COMBINE OPTION 4 WITH THE ONE SELECTED, OR YOU MAY SELECT OPTIONS 1 AND 2 AND YOU MAY COMBINE OPTION 4 WITH EITHER OR BOTH. HOWEVER, THE COMBINED TOTAL OF OPTIONS ELECTED CANNOT EXCEED 50% OF REDUCED RETIRED PAY.) ONLY CHECK APPROPRIATE SQUARE(S) OPTION 1 1/8 □ 1/4 □ 1/2 □ OF MY REDUCED RETIRED PAY PAYABLE TO OR ON BEHALF OF MY WIDOW UNTIL HER REMARRIAGE OR DEATH. OPTION 2 1/8 □ 1/4 □ 1/2 □ OF MY REDUCED RETIRED PAY PAYABLE TO OR ON BEHALF OF MY SURVIVING CHILD OR CHILDREN UNMARRIED AND UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE AND SURVIVING CHILD OR CHILDREN UNMARRIED AND OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE INCAPABLE OF SELF SUPPORT BECAUSE OF BEING MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED. OPTION 3 1/8 □ 1/4 □ 1/2 □ OF MY REDUCED RETIRED PAY PAYABLE TO OR ON BEHALF (A) OF MY SURVIVING WIDOW UNTIL HER REMARRIAGE OR DEATH AND (B) THEREAFTER TO MY SURVIVING CHILD OR CHILDREN UNMARRIED AND UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE AND SURVIVING CHILDREN OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE AND INCAPABLE OF SELF SUPPORT BECAUSE OF BEING MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED. OPTION 4 NO FURTHER DEDUCTIONS SHALL BE MADE FROM MY RETIRED PAY COMMENCING WITH THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING THAT IN WHICH THERE IS NO BENEFICIARY ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN ANNUITY UPON MY DEATH. I DESIRE THIS OPTION TO BE COMBINED WITH OPTION NUMBER(S) ______ CHECKED ABOVE. (insert numbers) IMPORTANT: If any of the above options is elected the following information must be furnished: FULL NAME OF SPOUSE DATE OF BIRTH OF SPOUSE FULL NAME OF WIFE PRIOR TO MARRIAGE PLACE OF MARRIAGE (City) (County) (State) DATE OF MARRIAGE HAVE YOU BEEN PREVIOUSLY MARRIED? □ YES □ NO IF YES, GIVE DATE AND CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE OF DISSOLUTION OF EACH FORMER MARRIAGE AND STATE WHETHER BY DEATH, ANNULMENT OR DIVORCE HAS YOUR SPOUSE BEEN PREVIOUSLY MARRIED? □ YES □ NO IF YES, GIVE DATE AND CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE OF DISSOLUTION OF EACH FORMER MARRIAGE AND STATE WHETHER BY DEATH, ANNULMENT OR DIVORCE IMPORTANT: If either option 2 or 3 is included in your election, furnish required information below concerning legitimate child or children: NAME OF EACH CHILD DATE OF BIRTH INDICATE IF STEPCCHILD OR ADOPTED CHILD </tr

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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.