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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 GLM-OCR

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.

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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1. DESIGNATOR'S LAST NAME—FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME	NEWHOUSE, Delbert Clement	2. SERVICE NO. 177283	3. GRADE, RANK, OR RATE CHPHOT	4. SERVICE USA USN USAF USMC USCG
5. FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME OF PERSON TO BE NOTIFIED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY (Person with permanent address is advisable)	Edith May Richter	RELATIONSHIP (If friend, so state) Mother
ADDRESS (Number, street, city, and State)
General Delivery, Garibaldi, Oregon
THE PERSONS NAMED IN ITEMS 6, 8, AND 9, BELOW WILL ALSO BE NOTIFIED OF THE EMERGENCY. IF SUCH NOTIFICATION IS NOT DESIRABLE, DUE TO HEALTH OR FOR OTHER PERTINENT REASONS, PLEASE SO STATE UNDER "REMARKS" ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
6. SPOUSE (First name, middle name, last name) (If none, or if deceased or divorced, so state)
Norma Isobel Newhouse	ADDRESS (Number, street, city, and State)
S.E. 3581/Grant Court, Portland, Oregon
7. CHILDREN	ADDRESS (Number, street, city, and State)	MARRIED OR SINGLE	SEX AGE
FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME	3581 S.E. Grant Court, Portland, Oregon
Same	Single	M 16
	(Continue on reverse side)	Single	F 14
8. NAME OF FATHER (or male guardian) (First name, middle name, last name)	ADDRESS (Number, street, city, and State)
General Delivery, Waldport, Oregon
9. NAME OF MOTHER (or female guardian) (First name, middle name, last name)	ADDRESS (Number, street, city, and State)
General Delivery, Garibaldi, Oregon
IN THE EVENT THAT I AM NOT SURVIVED BY A SPOUSE OR ELIGIBLE CHILD, OR IF THEIR DECEASE OR DISQUALIFICATION BEFORE PAYMENT OF 6 MONTHS' GRATUITY IS MADE, I THEN DESIRE THAT PAYMENT BE MADE TO THE DEPENDENT RELATIVE SHOWN BELOW. (See instruction 4 on reverse side of form)
10. FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME	Edith May Richter
ADDRESS (Number, street, city, and State)
General Delivery, Garibaldi, Oregon
IN THE EVENT OF DEATH OR DISQUALIFICATION OF THE ABOVE-NAMED DEPENDENT RELATIVE, I THEN DESIGNATE THE ALTERNATE DEPENDENT RELATIVE SHOWN BELOW. (Other than spouse or child)
11. FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME	Darrel Edwin Newhouse
ADDRESS (Number, street, city, and State)
Rt. 6, Box 756, Tacoma, Washington
VOLUNTARY ENTRIES
I REQUEST THAT THE FOLLOWING COMMERCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES BE OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED IN CASE OF MY DEATH IN ACTIVE SERVICE. (The "Policy Number" should be entered if possible, since this information will assist in expediting action by the insurance company should a claim become payable.)
12. FULL NAME OF COMPANY	ADDRESS OF HOME OFFICE
	(Continue on reverse side)
IN THE EVENT THAT I AM LISTED AS MISSING, OR BY OTHER MILITARY CIRCUMSTANCE AM UNABLE TO TRANSMIT FUNDS TO MY DEPENDENTS, IT IS MY DESIRE THAT—
13. FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME	Norma Isobel Newhouse
ADDRESS (Number, street, city, and State)
3581 South East Grant Court, Portland, Oregon
RECEIVE EACH MONTH 100 % OF MY PAY
MILITARY ADDRESS	NSC, Oakland, Calif.
DATE SIGNED	5/14/54
SIGNATURE OF DESIGNATOR

DD FORM 93 1 JAN 50; NME FORM 93 1 OCT 48; NAVMC 118 (15

PD): NAVPERS 601 PAGES 7 AND 8; AND NCG 2529, WHICH ARE OBSOLETE.

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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.