Person
Delbert C. Newhouse
Also known as Newhouse, Delbert Newhouse
- Chief Warrant Officer 4, U.S. Navy; Navy photographer (Photographer's Mate)
Delbert C. Newhouse was a U.S. Navy photographer who rose to Chief Warrant Officer 4. On 2 July 1952, driving near Tremonton, Utah, he saw a group of bright objects and filmed them. The Tremonton film became one of the most analysed UFO films of the 1950s, reviewed by the Navy's Photographic Interpretation Center, Project Blue Book and the Robertson Panel.
Blue Book assessed him as honest and reliable. He described the sighting on camera in the 1956 documentary Unidentified Flying Objects.
Sources: PURSUE records DOW-UAP-D102, D104 (Department of War/AARO, 2026)
Facts and claims
- documented His final Navy personnel record shows that he left naval service as a Chief Warrant Officer 4, then the highest warrant-officer grade, after a career as a Photographer's Mate. Project Blue Book investigators described him as an expert photographer. Source: DOW-UAP-D104 — Final Personnel Record for Newhouse, Delbert C., U.S. Navy, 1957
- documented He reported seeing 12 to 14 reflective objects near Tremonton, Utah, on 2 July 1952 and filmed them with a handheld 16 mm camera. Source: DOW-UAP-D102 — Project Blue Book File on Tremonton Film, Utah, 1952
Connected files
Incidents
- Tremonton film (Utah, 1952) (witness)
Official records (PURSUE)
Videos
Mentioned in videos
Mentioned in documents and records
- DOW-UAP-D102 — Project Blue Book File on Tremonton Film, Utah, 1952
- DOW-UAP-PR159 — Historical Film of Reported UFOs, Utah, 1952