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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 OPNAV FORM-135-1 (REV. 4-51) TO: BU PERS (Att. Pers: B115) 29 OCT 1951 1. It is requested that the below named person be issued orders as indicated: RANK NAME (First) (Middle Initial) (Last) CORPS USN FILE NO. & DESIGNATOR OR CLASS CHPHOT Delbert C. NEWHOUSE ☐ USNR 177283/8311 AT: Commander Fleet Activities Navy No. 3923 Yokosuka, Japan c/o T.P.O., San Francisco, California TYPE OF ORDERS DATE ORIGINATING PERS ☐ FIRST ORDERS B1157 ☒ CHANGE OF DUTY ☐ APPROVAL OF ACTION ☐ COTA DATE OUT BY CONTROL NUMBER 11-1 030691 ☐ ORDCAN ☐ UNORDCAN ☐ ORDMOD ☐ FURORDMOD ☐ ORDCOR ☐ CONPRES DU ☐ CONTREAT ☐ REPEATED FOR COMPLIANCE ☐ UNDELIVERED Issued By: Letter dated: Dispatch, Time Group: LETTER DISPATCH ☐ AIR ☒ NL ☒ PLAIN ☐ ROUTINE ☐ PRIORITY DETACHED FROM AS: ☒ DIRDET ☒ DUTY ☐ HERDET ☐ TEMINS ☐ RELDET ☐ DUFly INS ☐ RELDIRDET ☐ TEM ☐ INACT ☐ DUFly ☐ TEMFLY INS ☐ DUINS ☐ TEMFLY ☐ STAFF ☐ DECOM ☐ COMPCOURDET ☐ DIRMakETRANS ☐ DISTREAT ☐ ABOUT ☐ DETRELBY ☐ UPON REPORTING OF ☐ RELBY 1 December 1951 --- 1. TO: ☒ PROREP ☐ PROWDELREP ☐ PROIMREP ☐ PROPORICH ☐ REPT ON Officer in Charge. Aviation Supply Depot, U.S. Naval Supply Center, Oakland, California Ref: Op-553 ltr ser 130-51 dtd 22 Oct 1951. ☒ DELREP 15 days FOR AS: ☒ DUTY ☐ TEMINS ☐ TEM ☐ DUFly INS ☐ DUINS ☐ TEMFLY INS ☐ TEMSEP RAD ☐ DUREL --- 2. TO: ☐ DIRDET ☐ COMPTEM-DIRDET ☐ PROREP ☐ DELREP FOR AS: ☐ DUTY ☐ TEMINS ☐ TEM ☐ DUFly INS ☐ DUINS ☐ TEMFLY INS ☐ TEMSEP RAD ☐ DUREL --- SPECIAL CLAUSES ☐ PERDIEMAUTH ☐ GOVAIRDIRVAIL ☐ GOVAIRAUTHVAIL ☐ BAGAIR ☐ CARBAGAIR ☐ CONASAERO ☐ HERDUFly ☐ HERDUFlyDORSE ☐ HERDESNAVAV ☐ CEPVOL ☐ RETAPPLIM ☐ SERVCOMPTERN ☐ SUPCORGREESERV ☐ GREESERVTWELVE ☐ AUTHTRAVNOPENSE ☐ IMMUNQUIRED ☐ PASSQUIRED ☐ CHARGEPSANDTR ☐ CHARGENAVRES ☐ OTHER --- "CC" AND INFO ADDRESSEES OinC, ASD, Oakland CNO (Op-553) CNO (Op-54) DETAIL OFFICER: F. K. BLESCH By Direction COMSEC: Com 12 Cdr NAVFE Co, Naval Supply Center, Oakland Com Navy Base, San Fran. T&P: QUAL: 124555 161276 148200 EXTENSION 42804 ★ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1951; 944277

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