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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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## STATEMENT OF TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT FILE NUMBER NAME CLASS APPOINTED TO DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF RANK CIRC. LTR. ALNAV. NUMBER DATED Subject to the conditions stated below, the above individual was appointed by the President to the rank indicated above, for temporary service. In the event all stated conditions be met, the appointment (unless expressly declined) is to be regarded for all purposes as having been accepted on the date made, without formal acceptance or oath of office, as provided in Section 5 of an Act of Congress approved June 30, 1942, (Public No. 639 - 77th Congress). CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH APPOINTMENT WOULD NOT BE EFFECTED: 1. Physical disqualification. 2. Withheld by commanding officer. 3. Declined. (a) Under treatment in hospital; (b) On sick leave; (c) Missing; (d) Prisoner of war. NOTE: The effectiveness of this appointment must be verified by other correspondence in the officer's correspondence jacket unless notation appears hereon indicating appointment not effected.
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