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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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RECORD OF EMERGENCY DATA SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE BEFORE MAKING ENTRIES 1. DESIGNATOR'S LAST NAME—FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME 2. PRESENT SERVICE NO. 3. RANK/RATE 4. SERVICE 5. DATE OF BIRTH NEWHOUSE, DELBERT CLEMENT 177 283 CWO-4 USN 6 May 13 6. HOME ADDRESS AT TIME OF LAST ENTRY INTO SERVICE (City, county, and State) 7. FORMER SERVICE NO. 3581 SOUTH EAST GRANT COURT PORTLAND, MULTNOHAM, OREGON 393 07 21 DESIGNATIONS FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME ADDRESS RELATIONSHIP 8. PERSON TO BE NOTIFIED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY Norma Isobel Newhouse 3581 SE Grant St. Portland 15, Ore. Wife 9. BENEFICIARY FOR GRATUITY PAY IN EVENT THERE IS NO SURVIVING SPOUSE OR ELIGIBLE CHILD PRINCIPAL Edith May Richter P.O. Box 127 Garibaldi, Ore. Mother CONTINGENT Darrel Edwin Newhouse Rt. #6, Box 756 Tacoma, Wash. Brother 10. BENEFICIARY FOR SERVICEMEN'S INDEMNITY (P.L. 89, 82d Congress) (All prior designations are canceled. Designation for indemnity does not affect insurance (NSLI or USGLI) beneficiary designation.) PRINCIPAL(S) SHARE $ Not Applicable SHARE $ CONTINGENT(S) SHARE $ NSLI - USGLI SHARE 11. BENEFICIARY OR BENEFICIARIES FOR UNPAID PAY AND ALLOWANCES (P.L. 147, 84th Congress) SHARE 100 % Norma Isobel Newhouse 3581 SE Grant Ct. Portland 15, Ore. Wife SHARE % Delbert Carroll Newhouse SAME Son 12. PERSON TO RECEIVE ALLOTMENT OF PAY IF MISSING OR UNABLE TO TRANSMIT FUNDS PERCENT OF PAY EACH MO. Norma Isobel Newhouse 3587 SE Grant Ct. Portland 15, Ore. Wife 13. PERSON TO RECEIVE PERSONAL EFFECTS FOR SAFEKEEPING Executive Officer, NATTU COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANIES TO BE NOTIFIED IN CASE OF DEATH IN ACTIVE SERVICE FULL NAME AND ADDRESS OF COMPANY ADDRESS OF OFFICE RECEIVING PAYMENT OR HOME OFFICE POLICY NO. California Western States L.I.C. Sacramento, California G. I. Veteran's Administration N. S. L. I. Veteran's Administration FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME (If deceased, so state) ADDRESS 15. FATHER Noah Frank Newhouse Tacoma, Washington 16. MOTHER Edith May Richter P.O. Box 127 Garibaldi, Oregon 17. WIFE OR HUSBAND (If none, so state) Norma Isobel Newhouse 3581 South East Court Portland 15, Oregon 18. NAME OF CHILDREN (If none, so state; If step or adopted, so state) MARRIED YES NO SEX DATE OF BIRTH Delbert Carroll Newhouse 3581 South East Grant Ct. Portland, 15, Oregon X M 27 JUN 38 Anne Lisbet Newhouse SAME X F 14 MAR 40 19. ORGANIZATION AND ADDRESS OF DESIGNATOR 20. DATE SIGNED NATTU, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida 17 May 56 21. SIGNATURE OF WITNESS 22. SIGNATURE OF DESIGNATOR L. M. Kweel CSR USA A. Newhouse DD FORM 93-1 For Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard use: Will be used in lieu of DD Form 93.

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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.