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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.
TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTY ORDERS NAVAL SUPPLY CENTER OAKLAND, CALIF. FROM Commanding Officer SERIAL NO. T - 12 ESTIMATED COST TO CHEMIST DELBERT G. BENHOUSE, USE (177283/8311) TRANSPORTATION $ 42.00 PER DIEM 45.00 MISCELLANEOUS 7.50 ENCL (1) TOTAL 94.50 UNDER THE BASIC AUTHORITY GRANTED IN THE REFERENCE/ENCLOSURE, YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED AS FOLLOWS: C-2 Proceed to the Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, China Lake, California, for temporary additional duty of approximately 5 days duration, to represent this activity at a conference concerning photographic problems. GOVERNMENT VEHICLE IS DIRECTED WHERE AVAILABLE. PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLE WITH REIMBURSEMENT AT THE RATE OF SEVEN CENTS PER MILE FOR THE OFFICIAL DISTANCE TRAVELED, SUCH MODE CONSIDERED MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT. (3) If temporary duty is to be performed at an installation of the uniformed services and government quarters are not utilized, and maximum per diem is claimed, you are directed to obtain a certification as to the availability of government quarters (and mess for temporary duty under instruction or temporary duty outside the U.S.) from the installation commander or his designated representative. (4) The cost of this travel is chargeable as follows: APPROPRIATION 1741605.11 SHEET ALLOT. NO. 11018 EXPEND. ACCT. 49140 OBJ. CLASS. 022 JOB ORDER 0408-1140 DOCUMENT NO. 105180 ALLOTTEE
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