Overview
- Multiple independent callers reported a falling, smoking object over Schöneck, triggering a wide search by police and fire services with helicopter and drone support.
- No crash site or debris was found, and authorities subsequently halted the operation after evaluating evidence.
- Photos were sent to the private reporting center Cenap, whose specialists recognized a known optical effect rather than an aircraft accident.
- Police relayed the assessment that two high-altitude planes produced contrails distorted by turbulence, with sunlight from below creating a burning appearance.
- UFO researcher Hans‑Werner Peiniger said tracking showed two commercial flights north of Schöneck and reported both originated from Prague airport.