NUFORC Sighting 98803

Occurred: 2013-06-21 19:30 Local
Reported: 2013-06-21 13:55 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Werder (Havel) (Germany), , Germany

Shape: Cylinder
Characteristics: Lights on object

Bright, long, narrow, glowing object heading for moon

My 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.



Posted 2013-07-03

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