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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.
NAVPERS-2365 [11-45] 1. INCOMING CHECK OFF 1. APPLICATION RECEIVED WITHIN 6 MOS. OF DATE OF INACTIVE DUTY YES NO NOT APPLICABLE SIGNATURE THROUGH DISTRICT COMMANDANT 2. (Check One) CO RECOMMENDATION NOT RECOMMENDED 3. LOCAL BOARD ACTION RECOMMENDED NOT RECOMMENDED 4. FORM Y (Duplicate) NAVMED AV-1 (Duplicate) SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED STATEMENT BY APPLICANT REDEFECTS SIGNATURE BY MED. OF. CHEST X-RAY (Within 6 Months) CURRENT BLOOD KAHN 5. FITNESS REPORT WITH SPECIAL NOTATION (Except officers who apply while on terminal leave, inactive duty or after resignation) CHECKED BY a.7. DATE Feb. 1, 1946 II. APPLICATION BRIEF ENSIGNS AND ABOVE: (See age chart) DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1913 AGE ON 1 JAN. 1945 31 2. EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS DATE PRESENT RANK Sept. 1, 1944 DELIGIBLE YES NO WILL ACCEPT CWO YES NO NOT INDICATED COMMISSIONED WARRANT OR WARRANT: DATE OF BIRTH AGE AT TIME APPOINTMENT TO TEMP. RANK ABOVE CPO: 9-1-42 AGE AT BASIC DATE IF NR RANK IS ENSIGN OR ABOVE: ELIGIBLE YES NO REMARKS CHECK WARRANT Perm status Enl.; p. 177, Register 3. SUMMARY APPLICANT MEETS REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANT IS INELIGIBLE FOR TRANSFER BECAUSE BRIEFED BY DATE REVIEWED BY DATE 2-20-46 RECEIPT OF APPLICATION IS ACKNOWLEDGED: ACTION TO BUMED RETURNED BUMED TO SEL. BD. FROM SEL. BD. TURNDOWN LETTER SENT INITIAL DATE
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