On Saturday at dusk, a brilliantly bright light flashed across the sky in the district of Weilheim. The Earth received a visit from space, because behind the luminous phenomenon at 5:29 p.m.

there was a cosmic chunk that entered the atmosphere at high speed. During its flight, which lasted a few seconds, this so-called meteoroid caused the air to glow and conjured up a trail of light in the firmament. There are more than 340 eyewitness reports, including from Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Croatia.