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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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COMDER FLEET ACTIVITIES NAVY NO. 3923 FPO, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA CFA3923/10:do P16-4/00 29 NOV 1951 From: Commander Fleet Activities, Yokosuka To: CHPHOT Delbert C. NEHOUSE, 177283/8311 Subj: Change of duty Ref: (a) BuPers Pers B115J disp 211747Z of 22 NOV 51 1. Reference (a) is quoted below and is certified to be a true copy of the original dispatch: > "CHPHOT DELBERT C NEHOUSE 177283/8311 ORDCAN 1 NOV and MSG 151331Z NOV X DIRDET ABOUT 1 DEC PROUS APPOREP BUAEER NAVDEPT WASHDC TIM ABOUT TWO WEEKS X COMPTEDIRDET PROREP NSC OAK DUTY X DELREP FIFTEEN DAYS WASHDC X GOVTRANS DIROUT GOVAIRPRITHILEE X TRAVCHAR 1721453.18 MPN EXACCT 74110 OC 029 X QUAL 124555 161270 148200" 2. Reference (a) is transcribed below for your information and compliance: CHPHOT Delbert C. NEHOUSE, 177283/8311, orders of 1 November and BuPers disp 151331Z of November 1951 are hereby cancelled. When directed by Commander Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, on or about 1 December 1951, detached from duty as Assistant Aviation Supply Officer and from such other duty as may have been assigned; proceed to the United States and upon arrival further proceed and report to the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. for temporary duty for a period of about two (2) weeks. Upon completion of temporary duty and when directed by proper authority, detached; proceed and report to the Commanding Officer, Naval Supply Center, Oakland, California for duty. Authorized to delay fifteen (15) days in reporting Washington, D.C. provided no excess leave involved, such delay to count as leave. Keep the Bureau of Naval Personnel and your new commanding officer advised of your leave address. Government transportation is directed outside the United States. For travel via government aircraft, class THREE priority is certified. Travel chargeable to Appropriation 1721453.18 MPN: Expenditure Account 74110; Object Class 029. Qualified: 124555, 161270, 148200. 3. Immediately upon reporting for duty in compliance with these orders, or any modification thereto, you are hereby directed to forward to the Chief of Naval Personnel, via your new commanding officer, a copy of these orders with all endorsements thereto, including the final reporting endorsement. 4. In accordance with ALNAV 41-50 you are authorized to receive three (3) months advance pay. 5. Delivered and detached. J.P. THEW Chief of Staff Copy to: CO, NSC, Oakland Orders received for compliance at (Time) 1320 (Date) 29 NOV 1951 Certified a True Copy D.C. NEHOUSE Note: The signature at the bottom is handwritten and not fully legible; it appears to be "D.C. NeHouse" but is not transcribed as typed text. The redacted portions are represented as [redacted] per instructions.

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