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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 SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE BEFORE MAKING ENTRIES 1. DESIGNATOR'S LAST NAME—FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME NEWHOUSE, Delbert Clement 2. PRESENT SERVICE NO. 177283 3. RANK/RATE CHPHOT W-4 4. DATE OF BIRTH 6/5/13 5. RELIGION Prot. 6. HOME ADDRESS AT TIME OF ENTRY INTO SERVICE P.O. Box 127 c/o Mrs. Vencl Richter Garibaldi, Oregon 7. PRIOR MIL. SERVICE YES NO 8. FORMER SERVICE NO. 393 07 21 9. SOCIAL SECURITY NO. 540-46-3224 FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME (If deceased, so state) ADDRESS 10. WIFE OR HUSBAND (If none, so state) Norma Isobel NEWHOUSE 652 Burnham St., El Cajon, California 11. NAME OF CHILDREN (If none, so state. If step or adopted, so state) ADDRESS MARRIED SEX DATE OF BIRTH Delbert Carroll NEWHOUSE Anne Lisbet FORSGREN 330 Roosevelt Ave., Chula Vista P.O. Box 63, Imperial Beach Calif. YES X NO M F 6/28/38 3/14/40 12. FATHER Noah Frank Newhouse ADDRESS Tacoma, Washington 13. MOTHER Edith May (newhouse) Richter ADDRESS P.O. Box 127, Garibaldi, Oregon 14. ADULT NEXT OF KIN NOT NAMED IN ANY OTHER ITEM Darrel Edwin Newhouse ADDRESS 304 Labor Temple, Tacoma 3, Washington 14a. ALL PERSONS RECEIVING MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THEIR SUPPORT FROM ME (OTHER THAN WIFE OR CHILDREN UNDER 21) ADDRESS RELATIONSHIP DATE OF BIRTH Florence Estelle Strom 4619 N. Michigan Avenue Portland, Oregon Mother - in Law 5/4/81 15. PERSON(S) NAMED ABOVE WHO ARE NOT TO BE NOTIFIED DUE TO ILL HEALTH None ADDRESS DESIGNATIONS 16. BENEFICIARY FOR GRATUITY PAY IN EVENT THERE IS NO SURVIVING SPOUSE OR ELIGIBLE CHILD(REN). NAME PARENTS OR BROTHERS OR SISTERS ONLY (P. L. 881 84th Congress). FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME ADDRESS RELATIONSHIP Edith May Richter P.O. Box 127 Garibaldi, Oregon Mother Darrel Edwin Newhouse 304 Labor Temple Tacoma 3, Washington Brother Noah Frank Newhouse Tacoma, Washington Father 17. BENEFICIARY OR BENEFICIARIES FOR UNPAID PAY AND ALLOWANCES (P. L. 147, 84th Congress). PERCENT OF SHARES MUST TOTAL 100 PERCENT. 100% % Norma Isobel Newhouse Wife % 18. PERSON TO RECEIVE ALLOTMENT OF PAY IF MISSING OR UNABLE TO TRANSMIT FUNDS. PERCENT OF PAY EACH MO. 100% Norma Isobel Newhouse Wife 19. INSURANCE POLICIES IN FORCE INCLUDING USGLI AND NSLI (Agencies to be notified in case of death in active service) FULL NAME AND ADDRESS OF COMPANY ADDRESS OF OFFICE RECEIVING PAYMENT OR HOME OFFICE POLICY NO. National Service Life Insurance Government Life Insurance Veterans' Administration, Munitions Building, Washington 25, D.C. V774432 K948857 20. SERVICE ORGANIZATION AND ADDRESS OF DESIGNATOR Pacific Fleet Photo-Triangulation Group, at San Diego California 21. SIGNATURE OF WITNESS C. F. REINHOZ, LTJG, USNR 22. SIGNATURE OF DESIGNATOR DD FORM 93-1 Previous Editions are obsolete. 1 Dec 56 For Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard use: Will be used in lieu of DD Form 93.

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