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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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DATE REPORTED PRESENT STATION DATE OF BEGINNING PRESENT TOUR OF— IS CHANGE OF PRESENT DUTY DESIRED? IF YES, STATE WHEN AND DUTY DESIRED 24 August 1948 SEA DUTY YES SHORE DUTY 24 August 1948 DETAIL DESIRED FOR NEXT DUTY SEA AND/OR ADVANCED BASE SHORE (Give four choices) NAS, Alameda, California NAS, San Diego, California NASD, NSD, Oakland, California NavyDept.(BuAerorCNO)Wash.,D.C. LOCALITY KIND OF DUTY TYPE SHIP 1. Pacific Fleet 1. Photographic 1. CV or CVB 2. West Coast 2. Photographic 2. Photo Squadron 3. 3. 3. 4. 4. 4. PRESENT HOME ADDRESS 1820 Stratford Pl. Springfield, Ohio PRESENT HOME TEL. No. #4-4936 SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS (Do not use code numbers): Operational Photography; Photographic Supply & Procurement Naval School of Photography 1935. DEPENDENTS (Show age and sex of children) Norma I. NEWHOUSE (wife) Delbert C. " - M - 11 Anne L. " - F - 9 LANGUAGE QUALIFICATIONS REMARKS: Permanent Rank: Chief Photographer DATE CARD SUBMITTED: 1 August 1949 SIGNATURE: DO NOT WRITE IN SPACE BELOW OCCUPYING AUTHORIZED BILLET FOR: (Rank) TO BE RELEASED BY, PRESDU SLATED FOR:
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