Documents / Official release
This 1957 U.S. Navy personnel file was released under the U.S. Department of War name. It covers Chief Photographer Delbert Clement Newhouse, CWO-4, USN. It holds Records of Emergency Data from 1955 to 1957, a 2 May 1957 request that changed his home of record to Pensacola, Florida, and vouchers for his dependents' travel. It also includes fitness reports from his time as Photographic Officer at the U.S. Naval Base at Santa Elena Bay, Ecuador, and with the Fifteenth Naval District in 1942 and 1943. The file contains no UFO material.
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.
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# (FORM FOR OFFICERS WITH PRIOR ENLISTED SERVICE) Name NEWHOUSE, Delbert Clement 1. I had enlisted service subsequent to 7 September 1939 in a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States as follows: Date of Enlistment Branch of Service Enlisted Serial No. 24 January 1939 U. S. Navy 393 07 21 Days of leave Fiscal Year Days of leave Fiscal Year 19 1940 3. During the above period (a) of service I was AWOL, AOL or in confinement as a result of sentence of a court martial...days. 4. (a) I was appointed a commissioned or warrant officer directly from enlisted status on... 1 September 1942... Or 4. (b) I was discharged from...on...at which time my enlisted rank or rating was...and I was appointed a commissioned or warrant officer on... 5. At the date of my discharge, or appointment (as indicated in 4 (a) or (b) above) I was (was not) serving in one of the first three pay grades. 6. If the statement above is in the affirmative I did (did not) have a dependent. 7. I attach the following documents: Acceptances of appointments as PHOT, USN; ENS. USN; LTJG. USN; and LT. USN. 8. I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am the person who served in the Armed Forces under the name stated above and that the foregoing statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Subscribed and sworn to before me on NOV 25 1946 (After completing this form attach it securely to the Officer Claim Form.) End-1. NOV 25 1946 To: Officer in Charge Terminal Leave Disbursing Office. Examination of the claimants entitled notice shows that or the late occuring the late of appointment is shown in paragraph 4 (a) above describing in the order of Service record of LT NEWHOUSE cannot be examined; record forwarded to BuPers at time of NEWHOUSE'S discharge from permanent enlisted status to accept permanent appointment as Chief Photographer on 25 Sept 1946. PH----10-10-46----5,6
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 585 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.