Final Personnel Record for Newhouse, Delbert C., U.S. Navy, 1957

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.

MEMORANDUM NOTATION OF COMPLETION OF SECURITY INVESTIGATION

NAVPERS 417 (New 2-57)

3 December 1957 (Date)

From: Commanding Officer (Appropriate Command)

# Naval Air Technical Training Unit (Address)

U.S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida

Subj: National Agency Check/Background Investigation; certification of completion of

Ref: (a) BUPERS INST 5521. 2B of 19 April 1957

(b) Form OPNAV 32-397 completed 8 SEP 1952 *

1. In accordance with reference (a), this is to certify that a satisfactory National Agency Check/Background Investigation has been completed on the below named officer on 8 September 1952.

NEWHOUSE, Delbert Clement (Name-last, first, middle)

CHPHOT/Wh

(Rank)

177283 (File Number)

6 May 1913 (Date of Birth)

Moreold, Oregon

(Place of Birth)

D. C. CECIL By direction of the Commanding Officer (Signature of Certifying Officer)

Original—Officer Service Record (NAVPERS 3021) Copy— BuPers (Pers-FI)

* Make reference to correspondence reporting completion of National Agency Check/Background Investigation (Example:

Asst. Chief (Perf) Memorandum Endorsement on BuPers Orders of ___

Finished File Pers F ___.)

(Date)