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Jun 4, 2018 · 17-year-old high-school student Michelle Knapp was watching television in her parents’ living room when she heard a thunderous crash outside. Knapp ran outside to investigate the noise. There she found, standing on the driveway, her 1980 Chevy Malibu.
The Peekskill meteorite smashed through the trunk of a red 1980 Chevrolet Malibu [10] and narrowly missed the gas tank, finally coming to rest in an impact pit beneath the car. Seventeen-year-old Michelle Knapp, [11] the car's owner, heard the collision from inside her home.
Oct 9, 2022 · Michelle Knapp with her car in 1992. Photo by Stan Gitner, courtesy of Frank Goderre But soon Knapp noticed a sulfurous odor coming from the smashed car, and “a football sized rock in a six inch crater” that was “hot to the touch” on the ground beneath its bumper, per a 1992 NY Times article.
Mar 27, 2019 · In October of 1992, 17-year-old Michelle Knapp of Peekskill, New York was watching television when she heard a loud bang outside. When she went to find out what happened, she saw that her car had been hit by something that smashed the right rear part of the trunk and tail light.
Jan 27, 2010 · On October 9, 1992, 18-year-old Michelle Knapp is watching television in her parents’ living room in Peekskill, New York when she hears a thunderous crash in the driveway.
Oct 12, 2022 · The following day, a curator from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City confirmed what her neighbor and family already suspected: This was no ordinary rock. Photo taken in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, about one minute before the meteorite hit Michelle Knapp’s car.
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Oct 9, 2021 · Upon hearing what teenager Michelle Knapp, owner of the Malibu, described as a “three car crash,” she ran outside to discover a hole had been blown in her car’s trunk. Despite the damage, her $300 Malibu was soon worth $10,000 to a meteorite dealer.
