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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 ORDER MEMORANDUM RANK: CHPHOTO NAME (First): DELBERT C. NEWHOUSE Middle Initial: [redacted] Last: [redacted] USNR: [redacted] USN: [redacted] FILE NO./DESIGNATOR: 177283/8311 AT: COMFLT ACTS JAPAN DATE: 11-14-51 ORIGINATING PERS: B1157 TYPE OF ORDERS: - [ ] FIRST ORDERS - [ ] CHANGE OF DUTY - [ ] APPROVAL OF ACTION - [ ] COTA - [ ] ORDCAN - [ ] ORDCOR - [ ] UNDELIVERED - [ ] UNORDCAN - [ ] CONPRES DU - [ ] CONTREAT - [ ] FURORDMOD - [ ] REPEATED FOR COMPLIANCE - [ ] DETACHED - [ ] DIRDET - [ ] HERDET - [ ] RELDET - [ ] RELDIRDET - [ ] INACT - [ ] DECOM - [ ] COMPCOURDET - [ ] DIRMAKETRANS - [ ] DISTREAT - [ ] ABOUT - [ ] DETRELBY* - [ ] UPON REPORTING OF* - [ ] RELBY* Issued By: BUPERS Letter dated: 1 NOV 51 Dispatch, Time Group: [redacted] DATE OUT BY: 15 CONTROL NUMBER: 033666 LETTER: - [ ] AIR - [ ] PLAIN DISPATCH: - [X] NL - [ ] ROUTINE - [ ] PRIORITY FROM: - [ ] DUTY - [ ] DUINS - [ ] DUFly - [ ] DUFly INS - [ ] STAFF - [ ] TEM - [ ] TEMINS - [ ] TEMFLY - [ ] TEMFLY INS - [ ] ADDU FOR: - [ ] DUTY - [ ] TEMINS - [ ] DUFly - [ ] DUFly INS - [ ] TEM - [ ] DUFly - [ ] TEMFLY - [ ] TEMFLY INS - [ ] STAFF - [ ] DUREL AS: - [ ] DUTY - [ ] TEMINS - [ ] DUFly - [ ] DUFly INS - [ ] TEM - [ ] DUFly - [ ] TEMFLY - [ ] TEMFLY INS - [ ] STAFF - [ ] DUREL 1. TO: - [ ] PROREP - [ ] PROWDELREP - [ ] PROIMREP - [ ] PROPORICH - [ ] REPT ON RPT TO C.O. NAVAL SUPPLY CTR, OAKLAND CAL FOR DUTY INSTEAD RPT TO OINC, AVIATION SUPPLY DEPOT, OAKLAND CAL X PROVMAIN DELREP: NAVAL SUPPLY CENTER 2. TO: - [ ] DIRDET - [ ] COMPTM- DIRDET - [ ] PROREP REF: NSC SPOLTR DTD 7 NOV DELREP: SPECIAL CLAUSES: - [ ] GOVTRANSDIROUT - [ ] GOVAIRPRI - [ ] BAGAIR - [ ] CARBAGAIR - [ ] PERDIEMAUTH - [ ] CONASAERO HERDUFly - [ ] HERDESNAVAV HERDUFlyDORSE - [ ] CEPVOL RETAPPLIM - [ ] SERVCOMPTERN - [ ] SUPCORGRESERVE - [ ] GREESERVETWELVE - [ ] AUTHTRAVNOPENSE - [ ] IMMUNQUIRED - [ ] PASSQUIRED - [ ] OTHER CHARGE TO APPN: - [ ] MPN - [ ] OTHER (Specify) "CC" AND INFO ADDRESSEES: CNO (op-54) CO NSC Oak OINC, ASD, NSC, Oak ComNav Base SFran DETAIL OFFICER: [redacted] EXTENSION: 42804 QUAL: [redacted] NAVPER S-1152 (REV. 5-50)

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