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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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# DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL WASHINGTON 25. D. C. IN REPLY REFER TO 177283/8311 Pers-B115j-rgw-1 4 October 1950 28 Nov. 1950 From: Chief of Naval Personnel To: CHPHOT Delbert C. NEWHOUSE, USN Naval Photographic Center Naval Air Station Anacostia, Washington, D.C. Via: Commanding Officer NADO, 12th ND. San Francisco, Calif. Paid Mileage: $242.40 PV No. 5488 From Washington, D.C. to San Francisco, Calif. IDELE SULLENS, LT., SC, USNR For E. D. SPENCER, LT.,SC, USN 538868 Subj: Change of duty 1. When directed by your commanding officer in October 1950, you will regard your self detached from duty at the Naval Photographic Center, Naval Air Station, Ana costia, Washington, D.C., and from such other duty as may have been assigned you; will proceed to San Francisco, Calif., and report to the Commandant, Twelfth Naval District, for transportation to Barbers Point, T.H., and upon arrival report to the Commanding Officer, Naval Air Station, for duty. 2. You are hereby authorized to delay for a period of ten days (provided no excess leave involved) in reporting at San Francisco, Calif., in compliance with these orders, such delay to count as leave. Keep the Bureau of Naval Personnel advised of your address. 3. Travel via government transportation is directed outside the United States. Class TWO priority is certified for travel via government aircraft. 4. Cost of travel is chargeable to 1711453.18, MPN 1951, expenditure account 74110, object class 029. CNART OP 54 ComPRNC USNADO 12th N.D. T.I., San Francisco, Calif. 12/5/50 Paid $ 118 00 on PR # 446 which has been charged on the pay record. ComTwelve ComFourteen ComServPac (3) CO NAS,BarbersPt,TH ComNAB,FourteenthNavDist H. V. GUNDRY,LTJG,SC,USNR For E. D. SPENCER,LT,SC,USN J. W. BOPER Jacket copy Pers Bllls Bll183 Ellla Bll5j "QUAL" 124559 161270 148200 Open reporting, forward to DePere a copy of these orders, (Chief Corps Officers an additional copy to regiment Baron) via new Commanding Officer with all endorsements. USNADO, 12th N.D. T.1., San Francisco, Calif. 21865 127. 50 Paid $246.90 on PR #4428 which has been charged on the pay record. For E. D. SPENCER, LT, SG, USN
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