SIGHTING: WERDER (HAVEL) (GERMANY)
Witness Testimony
"Bright, long, narrow, glowing object heading for moonMy wife and I were sitting on our apartment balcony facing south this evening (Friday June 21, 2013), and I was photographing the moon, just for the fun of it. Our camera is a Canon Power Shot SX 200.The sky was perfectly clear. I supported the camera on the balcony railing, and snapped several shots with the camera set for maximum zoom. The camera has a 12X optical zoom and a 48X digital zoom.I took two pictures of the moon. As I composed another shot, I noticed a bright object, which appeared to be rapidly heading for the moon from the right. It was red-yellow in color, had a long, narrow, horizontal shape and appeared to be glowing on its own.I pressed the shutter release and recorded the object as it appeared to pass just in front of the lunar horizon. After that, I did not see the object any more.The time stamp on the picture shows 21:30 hours Central European Summer Time, which is 19:30 hours UTC or GMT. "
