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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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(a) NEWHOUSE, Delbert Clement (b) Rank: Lieutenant. File #: 177283/1350. Form of appointment: Lieutenant, Unrest Date of rank: 1 April 1946. ticted. (c) Not applicable. (d) Highest enlisted rating held: CPhoM. Service #: 393 07 21. (e) through (i) are not applicable. (j) Date and place of birth: 5 June 1913; Marcola, Lane County, Oregon. (k) Detailed computation of service: ENLISTED WARRANT COMMISSIONED Total Service Enlisted Discharged From To From To 1/24/33 1/23/39 06-00-00 1/24/39 6/24/42 03-05-01 Photographer 6/25/42 6/14/43 00-11-20 Ensign 6/15/43 8/31/44 01-02-17 Lieutenant(jg) 9/1/44 3/31/46 01-07-00 Lieutenant 4/1/46 12/31/48 02-09-00 Time lost due to SKMC, NPDI, AOL, AWOL NONE Net active naval service as of1 January1949 15-11-08 (1) Present station and description of duties: Bureau of Aeronautics General Representative, Central District. Assistant Director, Procurement Division for Photographic Procurement and Developmental Engineering. (m) From October 1947 to July 1948. Rank: LT Staff, Commander Utility Wing, Pacific Fleet. Duties: Photographic Officer., Assistant to Staff Operations Officer and Photographic Officer of Fleet Air Photographic Laboratory operated by Commander, Utility Wing, Pacific Fleet. From September 1946 to October 1947 Rank: LT Duties: Receipt, storage and issuance of photographic materials. Administration of Naval and civilian personnel and duties as Recreation Officer; Training Officer; Voting Officer; Fire Prevention Officer; Member Survey Board; Member General Court Martial Board, and Summary Court Martial Board, Naval Base, Pearl Harbor. Duties: Administration and operation of photographic laboratory.
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