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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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# NAVY DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON 25, D. C. To: Bu Pers (Att. Pers 316) 1 0 OCT 1947 1. It is requested that the below named person be issued orders as indicated below: FILE No. NAME (last) (first) (middle-initial) RANK CLASSIF. U.S.N. 177 283 NEWHOUSE Delbert C. Lieut. Line U.S.N.R. ORDERS OF STUDENT AVIATOR CLAUSE LTR PLAIN LETTER FLYING CLAUSE DISPATCH AIR CANCELED MODIFIED CORRECTED REPEATED FOR COMPLIANCE TECHNICAL OBSERVER DISPATCH BGM DETACHED HEREBY X WHEN DIRECTED ON OR ABOUT In October WHEN RELIEVED (BY) UPON REPORTING (OF) FROM Tom Duty Temlins Dulns Staff Dufly AS: ROU. TINE PRIOR RESTR. CONF. PROCEED x Prorep x Prodelrep x Prolmrep x Report en x Delrep 15 Days FOR □ Tem x Duty □ Staff □ Duffy □ Tem-ins □ Duins □ Furas by 1. TO Commander, Air Force Pacific Fleet Pearl Harbor, T.H. TRANS: □ Dirdet □ Comp Dirdet AS: □ Prorep □ Delrep FOR □ Tem x Duty □ Staff □ Duffy □ Tem-ins □ Duins □ Furas by 2. TO TRANS: Dirdet Comp Dirde AS: Prorep Delrep FOR 3. TO Tem Duty Staff Duty Tem-ins Dulns Furas by INFORMATION ADDRESSEE(S) MAIL MGM AMGM DISP. Comd'14 97.D Com air Pac DATE PERC. NO. DETAIL OFFICER EXT.7803 DATE OUT BY10-13-47 10-13-47 31167 Tough NAVAER-1145 (REV. 9-45)
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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.