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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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NOTE 1. The records of this Bureau fail to establish your entitlement to this award. If you have evidence to substantiate your entitlement to the award in question, further consideration will be given to your request upon submission of such evidence to the Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers E24). NOTE 2. The records of this Bureau show that you were previously issued this award. Awards may not be replaced without charge unless the original issue has been lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use, through no fault or neglect on the part of the recipient. If such is the case, you may advise the Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers E24) the circumstances of loss and consideration will be given to the replacement of this award without cost. Replacement awards may be purchased as indicated in note 3 below. NOTE 3. Replacement awards may be purchased by returning the pink copy of this letter to the Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers E24) with a check or money order made payable to the BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL. The price list shown below includes the cost of manufacture and mailing of the award. The purchase of duplicate awards to which you are entitled and have in your possession is not authorized. (See note 2). NAVY CROSS $3.75 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL 3.75 SILVER STAR MEDAL 2.50 LEGION OF MERIT (DEGREE OF LEGIONNAIRE) 4.50 DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS 3.50 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL 2.50 BRONZE STAR MEDAL 2.50 PURPLE HEART 2.50 AIR MEDAL 2.50 NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL 2.50 ALL OTHERS 1.00 [illegible text] [illegible text] [illegible text] [illegible text] WASHINGTON, D.C. 20310 BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

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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.