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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.
(Forward part below to BuPers - ORIGINAL ONLY) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NOTICE OF TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT. Date 5 SEP 1944 From: Lieut. (jg) Delbert Clement NEWHOUSE, USN To: The Chief of Naval Personnel. Via: The Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Air Station, Coco Solo, C.Z. 1. I acknowledge receipt of notice of appointment to the rank of Lieutenant (jg) in the Navy, (Novab Rescue) for temporary service made by the President on 1 September, 19 44. 2. Notice of this temporary appointment was made by my reporting senior pursuant to the authority contained in (Alnav No. 169 Bureau Circular Letter No. ). My BuPers file number is 177283. 3. This temporary appointment has not and will not be declined by me. 4. Two (2) certified copies of this letter are being furnished by me to the Disbursing Officer carrying my accounts. 5. I certify that the appointment to the above rank has not been previously withheld for any reason. DELBERT CLEMENT NEWHOUSE First Endorsement U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION CCCO SOLO, CANAL ZONE 5 SEP 1944 From: The Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Air Station, Coco Solo, C.Z. To: The Chief of Naval Personnel. 1. Forwarded. (Following paragraph to be completed only when appropriate). 2. Reported for duty on___19___(or to be for assignment to duty by the Chief of Naval Personnel). cc: Two-Disbursing Officer Carrying accounts. One-Officers file jacket. One-Officer concerned. One-Com15 Thomas Turing THOMAS DURFEE NOTED PERS 32152
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