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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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NAVPERS-310 (Rev. 3-51) 11 JAN 1952 Date submitted NOV 29 1951 REPORT ON THE FITNESS OF OFFICERS THE OFFICER REPORTED ON WILL FILL IN THE FIRST FIVE SECTIONS: 1. NAME (Last) (First) (Middle) Grade USN (R) Designator File No. NEWHOUSE Delbert Clement CHPHOT USN 8311 177283 2. SHIP OR STATION U.S. Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, Japan DATE REPORTED 5-10-51 3. PERIOD OF REPORT FROM 11-3-51 TO NOV 29 1951 OCCASION FOR REPORT Semi-annual Detachment of Reporting Senior Detachment of Officer — X — Regular — Con-current — Special — 4. REGULAR AND ADDITIONAL DUTIES. List all duties assigned, including watches. List courses of study or instruction carried on. After each item insert in parentheses number of months this reporting period. Aviation Supply Photo Technical Officer (1) Supply Duty Watch (1) Base Security Patrol (1) 5. PROFICIENCY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES, STATING WHICH ONES AND ABILITY THEREIN None. [figure] (Signature of officer reported on) FOLLOWING TO BE FILLED IN BY THE REPORTING OFFICER: 6. EMPLOYMENT OF COMMAND DURING PERIOD OF THIS REPORT In support of U.S. and U.N. Fleet Units in Far East. 7. REFERENCE HERE AND APPEND COPY OF ANY COMMENDABLE OR ADVERSE REPORTS ON THIS OFFICER RECEIVED DURING THE PERIOD OF THIS REPORT None. 8. PERFORMANCE. Assign marks on a scale of 0 to 4.0 on the appropriate qualifications listed, and on any other significant qualification, on which observation has been sufficient to justify marking. “PRESENT ASSIGNMENT” must always be marked where any other marks or comments relative to performance are made. A mark below 2.5 constitutes an adverse entry. PRESENT ASSIGNMENT . . . 4.0 ABILITY TO COMMAND — AS STAFF OFFICER — AS EXECUTIVE OR DIVISION OFFICER — AS Supply (Type watch) — IN ADMINISTRATION 3.9 SHIP HANDLING — WATCH OFFICER 3.9 TECHNICAL COMPETENCE IN Photo.Tech. 4.0 (State specialty) 9. CONSIDERING THE POSSIBLE REQUIREMENTS OF WAR, INDICATE YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD HAVING THIS OFFICER UNDER YOUR COMMAND. WOULD YOU PARTICULARLY DESIRE TO HAVE HIM? X BE PLEASED TO HAVE HIM? — BE SATISFIED TO HAVE HIM? — PREFER NOT TO HAVE HIM? (Adverse) — 10. IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER OFFICERS OF HIS GRADE AND APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF SERVICE, HOW WOULD YOU DESIGNATE THIS OFFICER? OUTSTANDING X EXCELLENT — ABOVE AVERAGE — AVERAGE — BELOW AVERAGE — 11. COMMENTS. Give in this space a concise appraisal of the officer reported on. Comment on his fitness for promotion and on any outstanding characteristics of value to the naval service, including superior ability to command and outstanding qualifications in any field such as administration, planning, logistics, electronics, new weapons, or new developments. Comment on observed skill in dealing with the public in personal or official contacts. Any mental, moral, or physical weaknesses which might affect his efficiency, or failure to meet qualifications normally expected of an officer of his grade and designation should be indicated. Any adverse entry made in any part of the report must be explained in this paragraph. This space must not be left blank. In the short period since last report, CHPHOT NEWHOUSE has continued to demonstrate his outstanding capability as a naval officer and photographic technical specialist. Strongly recommended for promotion. 12. NAME, GRADE, AND FILE NUMBER OF REPORTING OFFICER. OFFICIAL STATUS RELATIVE TO OFFICER REPORTED ON. J.P. THEW, CAPT, 58538, USN, Chief of Staff, COMFLEACT, Yokosuka c9-16—68848-1a

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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.