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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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# BENEFICIARY SLIP Name Newhouse, Delbert Clement (Print name, surname to the left) Santa Elea Bay, Ecuador 2-14-43 (Place) (Date) Any change since last report: ## YES or NO First Report (Strike out one; if no change, do not fill out remainder of this report) Under the provisions of the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 824), as amended by the Act of May 22, 1928 (45 Stat. 710; U. S. C. T. 104, Sec. 943), as further amended by Public Law 16, 77th Congress, approved March 17, 1941, directing the payment of six months' pay to the widow, children, or dependent relative of any officer, enlisted man, or nurse, on the active list of the regular Navy or regular Marine Corps, or on the retired list when on active duty, or officer, aviation cadet, midshipman, nurse, warrant officer, or enlisted man of the U. S. Naval Reserve called or ordered into active naval or military service by the Federal Government for extended naval or military service in excess of 30 days, who dies of wounds or disease not the result of his or her own misconduct, I give below the name and address of my wife and that of each of my children: Norma Isabel Newhouse (Full name of wife; if not married, so state) 1210 SE 37th Ave. Portland, Oregon (Address of wife) Delbert Carroll Newhouse (Full name of child; if none, so state) Same as above (Address of child) Anne Lisbet Newhouse (Full name of child; if none, so state) Same as above (Address of child) (Full name of child; if none, so state) (Address of child) the event of my leaving no widow or child or of the decease before payment is made, I then designate as my beneficiary under the said act the following dependent relative, my (Relationship) (Name in full) (Address) *State briefly wherein dependency exists, such as "allotments registered," "monthly contributions by Government check," etc. (OVER) 16-22799-1 ## REPORT OF NEXT OF KIN Newhouse, Delbert Clement (Name of officer, surname first) 2-14-43 (Date) (Strike out one; if no change, do not fill out remainder of this report) Any change since last report: Name of next of kin: ... Norma Isobel Newhouse or First Report Wife (Relationship) Permanent residence: Street and No. 1210 S.E. 37th Avenue City or town Portland State Oregon Emergency address: Street and No. Same as above City or town State Photographer (Emp.), U.S.M. (Rank and corps) 16-22799-1
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