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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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From: Chief of Naval Personnel To: CHPHOT Delbert C. NEWHOUSE, USN Naval Supply Center Oakland, Calif. Via: Commanding Officer Subj: Change of duty 1. When directed by your commanding officer, on or about 1 June 1954, you will regard yourself detached from duty at the Naval Supply Center, Oakland, Calif., and from such other duty as may have been assigned you; will proceed to San Francisco, Calif., and report to the Commandant, Twelfth Naval District, for transportation to the port in which the Commanding Officer, Utility Squadron FIVE may be, and upon arrival report to the Commanding Officer, Utility Squadron FIVE, for duty. 2. Provided no excess leave is involved, you are hereby authorized to delay for a period of ten days in reporting at San Francisco, Calif., in compliance with these orders, such delay to count as leave. 3. Travel via government transportation is directed outside the United States. Class TWO priority is certified for travel via government aircraft. 4. Cost of travel is chargeable to 1741453.18, MPN 1954, object class 029, expenditure account 74120, Bureau Control 22/31600. 5. Upon reporting, forward to BuPers a copy of these orders (Staff Corps Officers an additional copy to cognizant Bureau) via new commanding officer with all endorsements. Where leave or delay is involved, keep old and new station advised of address using Form NavPers 3036. Copy to: Jacket copy "QUAL" Pers-Bllls 784162 Ellla 161254 Bll183 Bll15c B31 J. L. HOLLOWAY, JR. 20098
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