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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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177283/8311 Pers-B115j-AMB-1 1 November 1951 From: Chief of Naval Personnel To: CHPHOT Delbert C. NEWHOUSE, USN Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan Via: Commander, Fleet Activities Subj: Change of duty 1. When directed by the Commander, Fleet Activities, on or about 1 December 1951, you will regard yourself detached from duty with the Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, Japan, and from such other duty as may have been assigned you; will proceed to a port in the United States and upon arrival further proceed to Oakland, Calif., and report to the Officer in Charge, Aviation Supply Depot, Naval Supply Center, for duty. 2. You are hereby authorized to delay for a period of fifteen days (provided no excess leave involved) in reporting in compliance with these orders, such delay to count as leave. 3. Keep your old and new station advised of your address. 4. Travel via government transportation is directed outside the United States. Class TWO priority is certified for travel via government aircraft. 5. Cost of travel is chargeable to 1721453.18, MPN, expenditure account 74110, object class 029. Copy to: OP 54 OP 553 ComNavFE ComTwelve CO,NSC,Oak ComServPac (3) ComNavBase,SFran OIC,ASD,NSC, Oak Upon reporting, forward to EnPors a copy of these orders (Staff Corps Officers an additional copy to cognizant Bureau) via new Commanding Officer with all endorsements. L. T. DuBOSE Jacket copy Pers B111s "QUAL" E111a 124555 B11183 161270 B115j 148200 30691

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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.