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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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OFFICER'S LEAVE RECORD NAVPERs-329 (NEW 10-46) INSTRUCTIONS 1. Enter each period of leave taken upon return or reporting for duty. 2. On 1 July each year enter credit for leave accrued during past fiscal year at rate of $2\frac{1}{2}$ days per month, not to exceed 30 days. Reduce credit as necessary in order that new balance available does not exceed 60 days. Unused credit cannot be carried forward except as noted below. 3. In the case of leave commenced and extending beyond the end of a fiscal year: Upon return or reporting for new duty, deduct leave taken from balance available at commencement of leave period; add leave credit accrued as of 30 June not to exceed 30 days. New balance available may not exceed 60 days. 4. This record to be transferred with officer upon change of duty; commanding officer authenticate entries prior to detachment of officer. --- NAME (Last) NEWHOUSE (First) Delbert (Middle) Clement RANK LT, USN FILE NO. 177283/1350 Credit originally established or brought forward from previous record, 60 days LEAVE TAKEN CREDITED BALANCE AVAILABLE SHIP OR STATION SIGNATURE OF COMMANDING OFFICER FROM— TO— DAYS DATE DAYS 7/17/48 7/25/48 9 51 Washington, DC Delay to BuAero. [illegible] 12/30/48 1/5/49 07 44 BAGR-CD Dayton O HENRY J. BOWKER 5-3-49 5-13-49 11 33 BAGR-CD Dayton O T. J. RAFTERY, CAPT, USN Drop excess of 60 days — 6-30-49 30 60 BAGR CD DAYTON O H.J. BOWKER, LCDR, USNR. 9-1-49 9-2-49 02 58 BAGR CD DAYTON O C.D. BROWN, LTJG, USN. 9/30/49 10/14/49 15 43 DELAY to BuAero. Washington, D. C. [illegible] 12/20/49 12/23/49 4 39 BuAero. Wash.DC. J. L. BETTINGER 1-4-50 1-13-50 10 29 Delay to U.S. NavPhotoCen, NAS, Anacostia, D.C. L.W. PARRISH (LMA) 6-6-50 6-9-50 4 25 U.S. NavPhotoCen, NAS, Anacostia, D.C. T.R. ODENATH, By direct. — — 6-30-50 30 55 NPC, NAS, Anacostia T.R. ODENATH, By direct. 10-3-50 10-13-50 10 10-31-50 45 NPC, NAS, Anacostia T.R. ODENATH, By direct. No further leave taken at this command 1 NOV 50 10 NOV 50 10 AUTHORIZED DELAY — 35 NAS BARBER'S PT. J. M. ST. ONGE, By direction NO LEAVE TAKEN SINCE 11 NOV 1950 TRANSFERRED 7 MAY 1951 NAS BARBER'S PT. J. M. ST. ONGE, By direction 7-1-51 30 60 CFA, YOKOSUKA M. ROMANO, By Dir. 29 NOV 1951 Authenticated upon detachment 12/6/51 12/20/51 15 45 DELAY TO BUAERO. WASHINGTON, D.C. J. D. GEDFORD NO LEAVE TAKEN FROM 12/20/51 TO DATE OF DETACHMENT 2 Feb 1952 BuAerWash, DC J. D. GEDFORD 2-3-52 2-4-52 1 44 NSC OAKLAND, CALIF. J. H. LILLIS, By dir. 6-19-52 6-30-52 12 32 NSC OAKLAND CALIF L.A. FIELDING, By dir. 6-30-52 30 60 NSC OAKLAND CALIF L.A. FIELDING, By dir. U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16—50160—1

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