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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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Pers Bb1129/srm OFFICER'S ORDER MEMORANDUM TO: BUPERS (ATT. PERS: B115) OPNAV FORM - 1321-1 (REV. 5-55) 29 October 1957 1. It is requested that the below named person be issued orders as indicated: RANK NAME (First) (Middle Initial) (Last) CORPS USN USNR FILE NO. & DESIGNATOR OR CLASS CHPHOTO/W-3 Delbert C. NEWHOUSE USN 177283/8311 AT NATTU PENSACOLA Fla. DATE 10-29-57 ORIGINATING PERS Bb1129 TYPE OF ORDERS (Give date) DATE OUT BY CONTROL NO. 022514 ☑ CHANGE OF DUTY □ RECALL □ NEW APPOINTMENT □ RELEASE □ APPROVAL OF ACTION □ ORDCAN □ ORDMOD □ REPEATED FOR COMPLIANCE □ UNDELORDCAN □ FURORDMOD ISSUED BY □ UNORDCAN □ CONPRES DU LETTER DATED □ ORDCOR □ CONTREAT DISPATCH, TIME GROUP L E T T E R □ AIR □ PLAIN D I S P A T C H ☑ NL □ ROUTINE □ PRIORITY D E T A C H E D ☑ DIRDET □ DECOM ☑ ABOUT IN DECEMBER 1957 □ HERDET □ COMPCOURDET □ DETRELBY □ RELDET □ DIRMAKETRANS □ UPON REPORTING OF □ RELDIRDET □ DISTREAT □ RELBY* □ INACT *Insert name of relief on line below F R O M ☑ DUTY □ DIFOT □ STAFF □ TEM □ TEMDIFOT □ ADDU □ DUINS □ DIFOTINS □ CONAV-RESPROG □ TEMINS □ TEMDIF-OTINS □ CONARES-TRAPROG AS: 1. TO: ☑ PROREP □ PROWDELREP □ PROIMREP ☑ PROPORICH □ REPT ON USS ESSEX (CVA-9) *Veratibus* F O R ☑ DUTY □ DIFOT □ STAFF □ TEM □ TEMDIFOT □ TEMSEP RAD □ DUINS □ DIFOTINS □ CONAV-RESPROG □ TEMINS □ TEMDIF-OTINS □ CONARES-TRAPROG AS: □ FURAS-PERS RELIEF OF: ☑ DELREP 10 JANUARY 1958 2. TO: □ DIRDET □ COMPTEM-DIRDET □ PROREP *Veratibus* REF OP-553C SER 94-57 dtd 10-11-57 F □ DUTY □ DIFOT □ STAFF □ TEM □ TEMDIFOT □ TEMSEP RAD □ DUINS □ DIFOTINS □ CONAV-RESPROG □ TEMINS □ TEMDIF-OTINS □ CONARES-TRAPROG AS: □ FURAS-PERS RELIEF OF: □ DELREP SPECIAL CLAUSES □ GOVTRANS DIR OUT □ CONASAERO □ HERDIFOTDORSE □ PASSENGERED □ GOVAIRPRI □ HERDIFOT □ DISBOUTBOND □ OTHER □ BAGAIR □ HERDESNNAVAV □ AUTHTRAV NO PENSE □ CARBAGAIR □ HERDUFYLDORSE □ IMMUNQUIRED CHARGE TO APPN: □ REGULAR □ NAV-RES □ AUTHTRAV CHARGEABLE TO: □ OTHER ROTATE: 1/60 CC AND INFO ADDRESSES CNAT CNATT Comm-6 Comm Air Joint Comm Car Nav-4 DETAIL OFFICER T. B. WOLFE CDR USN EXTENSION 43296 T & P: QUAL: ETA: 1/10/58 EDD: 12/57 DEP: 3 LOC D: PENSACOLA LOCA: PUGSD NPD: PENSACOLA NPA: SD ★ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1956-397858

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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.