>On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, developtrust wrote:
>
>>  I just still do not believe a meteor will slow down enough to cause such
>>  minor damage. It has to be a hoax.
>
>I don't think the damage is actually all that 'minor'.  A lot of energy
>was dissipated in deforming and puncturing all that sheet metal.  If you
>look closely, the *whole car* is deformed -- notice the uneven gaps at the
>tops of the doors. The photo appears to have been taken inside a garage;
>that suggets that either the photo was staged after the car had been moved
>(which would explain the lack of an impact crater) or the meteor was
>slowed somewhat by punching through the roof before hitting the car.
>Either way, it would have lost a lot of momentum in the process of
>crumpling the unlucky Chevy.

The car was outside; the photo I have seen was taken there.