A professional photographer for the Mexican newspaper
Milenio took a remarkable photograph of a brightly lighted
object racing toward the Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico
City on Tuesday, December 19 at 6:10 AM. The photograph is
a 20 sec. time exposure taken with a 24 MM lens. This
accounts for the streak that reveals the object's trajectory.
It was not a digital photograph. No aircraft were present in
the area at the time. The photographer did not see the
object while he was making the shot, only observing it after
the picture was developed.
On Wednesday, as reported by Whitleysworld, the volcano,
which had been expected to explode into a major eruption
that could have had devastating consequences, mysteriously
shut down. Whether this will be permanent or not is unknown,
but the volcano does not at the moment appear to be
dangerous.
It is unlikely that this photograph or this story will be
published in US media as anything except a joke, a hoax
or "otherwise explained" but it remains a very genuine
mystery.
The photograph was taken by Alfonso Reyes/Notimex and
appeared in Milenio
