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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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From: Chief Photographer, W-4, Delbert C. Newhouse, USN, 177283/8311 To: Chief of Naval Personnel Via: (1) Commanding Officer, U.S.S. ESSEX (CVA-9) (2) Commander Naval Air Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet Subj: Reassignment; request for 1. Having less than one year remaining on active duty prior to retirement on thirty years service, it is requested I be transferred to a billet on the West Coast. I plan to make my permanent home on the coast of Oregon or California. I have been on duty aboard this vessel since 10 January 1958. FIRST ENDORSEMENT CVA9:JBH:hmf Code 12 Ser: 791 From: Commanding Officer, U.S.S. ESSEX (CVA-9) 27 MAR 1959 To: Chief of Naval Personnel Via: Commander Naval Air Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet Subj: Reassignment; request for 1. Forwarded for consideration. A relief is required. T. W. SOUTH II Overtalline C. S. WALLINE Acting
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