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Final Personnel Record for Newhouse, Delbert C., U.S. Navy, 1957

U.S. Department of War · 1957-05-02 · 585 pages · text by GLM-OCR

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.

DOW-UAP-PR159 · video · 1952-07-02 Historical Film of Reported UFOs, Utah, 1952 This archival footage is a digitization of a 16mm print of Kodachrome color motion-picture film shot on a handheld Bell & Howell Auto Master camera near Tremonton, Utah, on July 2, 1952. U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Delbert C. Newhouse reported observing and filming a group of bright airborne objects and shortly thereafter submitted the footage to the U.S. Air Force. The film later became one of the visual cases reviewed by Project Blue Book, the 1952–1969 U.S. Air Force program that investigated the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The film’s limited detail and lack of fixed reference points prevented a conclusive resolution. From the 55-second mark onward, the film transitions to unrelated footage appearing to show a demonstration of sewing equipment. The presence of unrelated sewing-equipment footage suggests that the surviving footage may be a composite or reused print, though the available record does not establish how or when the materials came to be combined. As documented in records submitted with the film, contained in this collection under the title DOW-UAP-D102, the footage originally was paired with mountain scenery from Idaho, which is not preserved in this digitization. Download (76.1 MB)
  • p. 20 …SULLENS, LT., SC, USNR For E. D. SPENCER, LT.,SC, USN 538868 Subj: Change of duty…

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# DATA SHEET TO ACCOMPANY CLAIM FOR REIMMERSEMENT FOR DEPENDENTS' TRAVEL (All entries to be made by the claimant in his own handwriting)

The following data is submitted in substantiation of my claim for reimbursement for travel performed by my dependents:

MEMBER'S FULL NAME (First) (Middle) (Last) (Service number) (Rank/rate)

ADDRESS TO WHICH CHECK IS TO BE MAILED:

WIFE'S NAME : Dorna Isobel Newhouse

CHILDREN'S NAMES: RELATIONSHIP DATE OF BIRTH

Delbert Carroll Newhouse Son 6/28/38

Anne Lisbet Newhouse Daughter 3/14/40

*Step children or adopted children must be classified as such. Dependent parent must be classified and claimed as such.

"I certify that my dependents were located at (Street address, city, and State) 3581 SE Grant Court, Portland, Oregon when orders directing detachment from my old permanent station were received and departed that place on (Date) 7/19/56 ; and arrived at (Street address, city, and State) 736 Lakewood Rd., Warrington, Florida , on (Date) 8/2/56 ; that such travel was performed at my own expense, and that the travel covered by this claim represents the entire travel of all my dependents which has been or will be made on this change of station except as follows: (Exception, if any)

If orders direct my travel overseas where dependents are not permitted to go, I HEREBY DESIGNATE (Street address, city, and State)___

as point to which transportation of dependents is desired.

I certify that my dependents were last transported or reimbursed at Government expense for travel to ...

NOTE.—This data sheet is to be presented to the disbursing officer with the original and three certified copies of travel orders, with all endorsements. The "Voucher for Reimbursement for Expenses Incident to Dependent Travel" (NAV. S. AND A. FORM 912 Rev.) will be signed when completely filled in. This "Data Sheet" or the "Voucher for Reimbursement for Expenses Incident to Dependents Travel" (NAV. S. AND A. FORM 912 Rev.) will not be signed in blank.

"I further certify that all entries made above are in my own handwriting and are true and correct; that I have read this completed data sheet and understand that any misrepresentation or concealment of material fact by me may work a forfeiture of the claim and subject me to trial by court martial or Federal District court and to penalties extending to 5 years imprisonment or $10,000 fine, or both."

NAV. S. AND A. FORM 915 (4-53)

(Signature of Claimant)

U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-68710-1

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