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On Monday 06 February 2012, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> How can they be sure it is the ONLY one to ever hit a car?

Good point, a recent post to the meteorite-list suggests there are at 
least six know incidents of a meteorite hitting a car.

http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list%40meteoritecentral.com/msg102445.html

Summarized below,

1938 09 29 ? ?Benld, IL, USA ? ? ? ? building and car hit by stony 
[12, 13]
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? meteorites; the car was hit by
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? a 4-pound fragment after it
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? crashed through the roof of a
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? garage, then through roof, seat,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? and floorboards of car


1950 12 10 ? ?St. Louis, MO, USA ? ? car hit by meteorite 
[12]



1965 12 24 ? ?Barwell, England ? ? ? two buildings and a car hit by 
[12]
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? by meteorites

1977 01 31 ? ?Louisville, KY, USA ? ?three buildings and a car hit by 
[12]
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? meteorites

1992 10 09 ? ?Peekskill, NY, USA ? ? car hit by meteorite, which 
[7]
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? passed through steel trunk
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? and impacted ground underneath;
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? fireball widely visible and
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? imaged along east coast

1994 06 21 ? ?near Getafe, Spain ? ? 12-cm-wide, 1.4-kg meteorite 
[11]
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? broke windshield and bent
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? steering wheel of moving car,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? breaking finger of driver;
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? more than 50 kg of meteorites
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? found within 200 m of accident
-- 
William