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

U.S. Department of War · 1957-05-02 · 585 pages · text by OCR

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.

DOW-UAP-PR159 · video · 1952-07-02 Historical Film of Reported UFOs, Utah, 1952 This archival footage is a digitization of a 16mm print of Kodachrome color motion-picture film shot on a handheld Bell & Howell Auto Master camera near Tremonton, Utah, on July 2, 1952. U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Delbert C. Newhouse reported observing and filming a group of bright airborne objects and shortly thereafter submitted the footage to the U.S. Air Force. The film later became one of the visual cases reviewed by Project Blue Book, the 1952–1969 U.S. Air Force program that investigated the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The film’s limited detail and lack of fixed reference points prevented a conclusive resolution. From the 55-second mark onward, the film transitions to unrelated footage appearing to show a demonstration of sewing equipment. The presence of unrelated sewing-equipment footage suggests that the surviving footage may be a composite or reused print, though the available record does not establish how or when the materials came to be combined. As documented in records submitted with the film, contained in this collection under the title DOW-UAP-D102, the footage originally was paired with mountain scenery from Idaho, which is not preserved in this digitization. Download (76.1 MB)
  • p. 361 …He is tactful, cooperative, and has effectively handled numerous problems arising in this joint department undertaking…
  • p. 474 …HEART WARMING TO LEARN OF THE WHOLEHEARTED COOPERATION AND MUTUAL SUPPORT BETWEEN UNITS OF THE SIXTHFLT…
  • p. 477 …US HERE AT SUBIC X THE CONDUCT, COOPERATION, AND APPEARANCE OF YOUR SHIPS COMPANIES WERE MOST…
  • p. 504 …Generally not cooperative. (Adverse) $\cdot$ X $\cdot$ (c) JUDGMENT (Consider his ability to grasp a situation…
  • p. 506 …Serious gaps in his knowledge of fundamentals of his duty assignments. (Adverse) • X • (b) COOPERATION (Consider…
  • p. 509 …Generally not cooperative. (Adverse) $\cdot$ X $\cdot$ (c) JUDGMENT (Consider his ability to grasp a situation…
  • p. 514 …Serious gaps in his knowledge of fundamentals of his duty assignments. (Adverse) • X • (b) COOPERATION (Consider…
  • p. 516 …Generally not cooperative. (Adverse) $\cdot$ X $\cdot$ (c) JUDGMENT (Consider his ability to grasp a situation…
  • p. 518 …Serious gaps in his knowledge of fundamentals of his duty assignments. (Adverse) • X • (b) COOPERATION (Consider…
  • p. 520 …Generally not cooperative. (Adverse) $\cdot$ X $\cdot$ (c) JUDGMENT (Consider his ability to grasp a situation…
  • p. 522 …Serious gaps in his knowledge of fundamentals of his duty assignments. (Adverse) • X • (b) COOPERATION (Consider…
  • p. 524 …Generally not cooperative. (Adverse) $\cdot$ X $\cdot$ (c) JUDGMENT (Consider his ability to grasp a situation…
  • p. 526 …Generally not cooperative. (Adverse) $\cdot$ X $\cdot$ (c) JUDGMENT (Consider his ability to grasp a situation…
  • p. 528 …Generally not cooperative. (Adverse) $\cdot$ X $\cdot$ (c) JUDGMENT (Consider his ability to grasp a situation…
  • p. 530 …Serious gaps in his knowledge of fundamentals of his duty assignments. $\cdot$ X $\cdot$ (b) COOPERATION…
  • p. 532 …Generally not cooperative. (Adverse) $\cdot$ X $\cdot$ (c) JUDGMENT (Consider his ability to grasp a situation…
  • p. 534 …Generally not cooperative. (Adverse) $\cdot$ X $\cdot$ (c) JUDGMENT (Consider his ability to grasp a situation…
  • p. 536 …Generally not cooperative. (Adverse) $\cdot$ X $\cdot$ (c) JUDGMENT (Consider his ability to grasp a situation…
  • p. 537 …is directly inspired by his loyalty and cooperation. His quiet manner and dependability have gained the…
  • p. 538 …X (g) COOPERATION (With reference to the faculty of working harmoniously with others toward the accomplishment…
  • p. 539 …His loyalty and cooperation are an inspiration to his subordinates resulting in a higher rate of…
  • p. 540 …Fairly courageous. (g) COOPERATION (With reference to the faculty of working harmoniously with others toward the…
  • p. 541 …His loyalty and cooperation inspire subordinates to a high rate of efficiency and morale. CHPHOT Newhouse…
  • p. 542 …Fairly courageous. (g) COOPERATION(With reference to the faculty of working harmoniously with others toward the…
  • p. 544 …Fairly courageous. (g) COOPERATION (With reference to the faculty of working harmoniously with others toward the…
  • p. 545 …He is cooperative and inspires subordinates in the performance of their duties. His military and personal…
  • p. 546 …Fairly courageous. (g) COOPERATION (With reference to the faculty of working harmoniously with others toward the…
  • p. 548 …Fairly courageous. (g) COOPERATION (With reference to the faculty of working harmoniously with others toward the…
  • p. 550 …Fairly courageous. (g) COOPERATION (With reference to the faculty of working harmoniously with others toward the…
  • p. 552 …Fairly courageous. (g) COOPERATION (With reference to the faculty of working harmoniously with others toward the…
  • p. 558 …He is tactful, cooperative, and has effectively handled numerous problems arising in this joint department undertaking…
  • p. 578 …During the period covered by this report he has been very cooperative in all respects. He…
CERTIFICATE OF CLEARANCE FOR HANDLING CLASSIFIED MATTER ONI FORM-5521-429 (REV. 2-52) (Supersedes OPNAV FORM-5510-4)

FROM: Commanding Officer (CO, Officer-in-Charge, etc.)

Naval Air Technical Training Unit

(Name of activity)

SERIAL NO: 21-56(S)

U.S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida (Address of activity)

DATE: 22 March 1956

TO: CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL

(Check one) COMMANDANT OF MARINE CORPS (CODE DKC)

LOCAL CIVILIAN PERSONNEL FILE (Maintained by activity wherein employed)

SUBJ: Clearance for handling classified matter:

NEWHOUSE, Delbert Clement

(Name - last, first, middle)

(NOTE: If no middle name, indicate by inserting NMN.)

CHPHOT

(Rank or Rate)

177283

(File or service no.)

6-5-13 Moreold, Oregon (Date and place of birth)

REF: (a) U.S. Navy Security Manual For Classified Matter, 1951 - OPNAV INSTRUCTION 5510.1

(b) Form OPNAV-32-397, completed 8 SEP 1952 (Make reference to correspondence reporting results of Background Investigation, National Agency Check, etc.)

1. In accordance with Chapter 15 of reference (a), I certify that subject named person was granted

(FINAL) clearance to handle classified matter up to and including SECRET

(Classification)

on 22 March 1956

(Date)

This (FINAL) clearance was granted for access to

SECRET

(Classified categories)

security information required in the performance of officially

assigned duties and was based on a National Agency Check (Background Investigation, National Agency Check, etc.)

results of which were reported to this activity by reference (b).

SIGNATURE: EDWIN L. KIEM

(NOTE: Sign original and all copies and affix seal.)

CC:

Local military personnel record

NAVY - Enlisted Service Record or Officer's Qualification Record Jacket.

MARINE CORPS - Service Record Book or Officer's Qualification Record.

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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 585 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.