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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)
TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY ORDERS 12ND 4827 NAVAL SUPPLY CENTER OAKLAND, CALIF. --- FROM Commanding Officer TO OFFICER Delbert C. NEWHOUSE, USN (177283/8311) REF (a) ENCL (1) --- SERIAL NO. T - 12 --- ESTIMATED COST | TRANSPORTATION | $ 42.00 | |----------------|---------| | PER DIEM | 45.00 | | MISCELLANEOUS | 7.50 | | TOTAL | 94.50 | --- UNDER THE BASIC AUTHORITY GRANTED IN THE REFERENCE/ENCLOSURE, YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED AS FOLLOWS: (1) On or about 7 September 1953 you will proceed to the place(s) designated below for temporary additional duty, and upon completion thereof you will return to your station and resume regular duties. PURPOSE/PLACE(S) Proceed to the Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, China Lake, California, for temporary additional duty of approximately 5 days duration, to represent this activity at a conference concerning photographic problems. --- YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO ☐ VARY, OMIT, REVISIT ☐ VISIT SUCH ADDITIONAL PLACES DEEMED NECESSARY (2) Travel in connection with these orders is authorized as follows: ☐ GOVERNMENT VEHICLE IS DIRECTED WHERE AVAILABLE. ☐ GOVERNMENT AIR IS DIRECTED WHERE AVAILABLE. CLASS _______________ PRIORITY IS CERTIFIED. ☐ WHERE GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION IS NOT AVAILABLE, TRAVEL VIA ANY ONE OR COMBINATION OF THE COMMON CARRIERS, RAIL/BUS/AIR IS AUTHORIZED. ☐ PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLE IS AUTHORIZED WITH NO ADDITIONAL EXPENSE TO THE GOVERNMENT. ☐ PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLE WITH REIMBURSEMENT AT THE RATE OF SEVEN CENTS PER MILE FOR THE OFFICIAL DISTANCE TRAVELED, SUCH MODE CONSIDERED MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT. (3) If temporary duty is to be performed at an installation of the uniformed services and government quarters are not utilized, and maximum per diem is claimed, you are directed to obtain a certification as to the availability of government quarters (and mess for temporary duty under instruction or temporary duty outside the U.S.) from the installation commander or his designated representative. (4) The cost of this travel is chargeable as follows: APPROPRIATION ALLOT. NO. EXPEND. ACCT. OBJ. CLASS. 1241803.11 11018 49140 022 JOB ORDER 0403-1140 (DUTY) DOCUMENT NO. 103120 ALLOTTEE NSC Oakland, Calif. --- REMARKS NSC Oakland, Calif. Date 9/25/53 Paid $ 33.50 Per Diem for period 9/19/53 to 9/18/53 (4 days @ $5., 1 3/4 days @ $9. less 2.25 under BuVou # 997 Check # 73,216 --- SIGNATURE (COMMANDING OFFICER) V. E. LAUDERDALE, 530 471 DATE 26 August 1953 --- Copy to: BuPers NAVY DPPO 12ND-T1-8007 Note: The handwritten annotations (e.g., "C-2", "9/25/53", "33.50", "9/19/53", "9/18/53", "4 days @ $5.", "1 3/4 days @ $9. less 2.25", "under BuVou # 997 Check # 73,216", "V. E. LAUDERDALE, 530 471", "26 August 1953") are transcribed as they appear in the image. The redacted areas are marked as [redacted] per instructions. The table structure is preserved using Markdown syntax. The document’s layout and hierarchy are maintained as closely as possible within the constraints of Markdown.

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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.