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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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(g) Cont'd. (4) Advanced Base "GAMMA" later designated as U. S. Naval Base, Santa Elena Bay, Ecuador. Gunnery Officer with the collateral duties of (1) Photographic Officer, (2) Athletic Officer, (3) Educational Officer, (4) Welfare Officer. August 1942 to February 1943. (5) Naval Air Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Chief in charge of Photographic Laboratory. November 1940 to August 1942. (6) U. S. Fleet, Aircraft Scouting Force, Patrol Squadron Fourteen (Redesignated from VP-45). Senior Photographer, June 1939 to November 1940. (7) U. S. Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif. Photographer. April 1936 to June 1939. (8) U. S. Fleet, Aircraft Battle Force, Bombing Squadron One-B. Photographer. December 1935 to April 1936. (9) Naval Air Station, Pensacola. Under instruction at Naval School of Photography. June 1935 to December 1935. (10) U. S. Fleet, Aircraft Battle Force, Scouting Squadron Three-B. Photographer striker. November 1934 to June 1935. (11) U. S. Fleet, Commander Aircraft Battle Force (FLAG DIV.) Yeoman striker. June 1933 to November 1934. (12) Naval Training Station, San Diego, Calif. Under recruit training. January 1933 to June 1933. (h) Graduate of Naval School of Photography at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. (i)(1) Good Conduct Medal. (2) American Defense campaign ribbon with one star. (3) American Theater campaign ribbon. (j)Graduated from twelfth grade at Garibaldi High School, Garibaldi, Oregon 1931. Enrolled at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas in Sept. 1931 and withdrew from the University in December of the same year. (k) Have had no civilian business or professional experience. D. C. NEWHOUSE Philadelphia Pennsylvania Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of August 1945. J. A. NOBLE, LT. SC(S) USNR, Military Personnel Officer.
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