The official conclusion for this was they had observed the satellite, orbiting at 1,000 miles, ECHO 1, passing over Tulsa area at 2100 hrs moving ESE.
The witness provided this sketch.
In the files and reports of several agencies people reported such a "mother ship" concept. The description of the deep black against a deeper black night sky, the blotting out of stars or blocking of moonlight is very evocative. It is also hard to explain by 1966 levels of air transport.
So, while the official record labels this one explained as a SATELLITE, once more reading inside the report and noting the entire scope of all witness statements provides a slightly different perspective on the whole.
The hot year of UFO's is often labeled as 1965 - but there are more reports in Project Blue Book for 1966. They also include intriguing facts.
Sept. 10 - Cairo, Ohio a sphere moved erratically, color fluctuating from white to red to blue. Balloons, theoretically, did not move erratically.
15 Nov. Minneapolis - For 30 minutes people observed a red-orange spherical object moving very fast E to W. Too long for a meteor and balloons tend to move slowly.
15 Nov. Another witness added that it was round, larger than a plane, and only one. Red part was circular. Some standardization among balloon suppliers had created an "Ice Cream Cone": a red cap at the top of the balloon (front if it collapsed and fell over horizontally) and white elsewhere with a black bock containing weather/scientific equipment. This was added - jumbled like - amid the large file of sightings for this time frame in 1966.
17 Nov. Lima, Ohio, at 5:40 p.m. there was a report of a glowing orange light in the sky.
20 Nov. Orlando, FL - Three witnesses observed 3 objects for 1 hour, small in the SSE with lights: pale blue, red and white. The lights alternated on a horizontal plane. It was about the size of a football, said one witness. There was no sound and it was at night. One investigator noted in the 38 page report, that despite the offered explanation that the witnesses had observed, Sirius or Canopus in the night sky, said "I cannot explain."
20 Nov. Bregenfield, NJ at 0430 zulu, witnesses observed one object for 1 hour moving South.
It was reported to have changed shape from round to oblong, it was larger than normal star (between tennis and basketball said one witness), had blinking red, white, blue and green lights.On two occasions seemed to have a comet like tail, briefly. It was located in the NW quadrant 60 degrees above the horizon and disappeared SW quadrant 65 degrees above horizon. It moved with a steady, slow pace and did not reveal any erratic movements. The night (Nov. 21) was clear and bright, winds calm and visibility at 15 miles. Investigators noted it was too slow for an aircraft and no balloons were confirmed out of JFK. The official explanation was the witnesses had seen the star DENAB.
22 Nov. - Morgantown, West Virginia, 0417 zulu (11:17 p.m. EST), a witness observed a vapor like object on or cover the moon. It did not disappear and description seems to include both something obscured (as through a vapor or haze) a large section of the moon and as a description of the color hue of the object (vapor might mean gray or pale). It was slightly larger than the moon, its edges were sharply outlined, object moved from left to right, up and down, was observed for 1/2 hour with binoculars and from the ground. A note was made that the moon was under constant surveillance by Northwestern University and no reports of anything strange had been made. The conclusion was the seldom used PBB term "Other" and in this case it referred to "probably local and unusual meteorological condition."
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