DOW-UAP-D104, Final Personnel Record for Newhouse, Delbert C., U.S. Navy, 1957

DOW-UAP-D104, Final Personnel Record for Newhouse, Delbert C., U.S. Navy, 1957 is a declassified Archival Record from Department of War. The record is dated 1957, was released in Release 06 on 2026-09-18 under the PURSUE initiative, and contains 1 file.

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.