On the evening of October 9, 1992, Michelle Knapp of Peekskill, New York, heard a noise from outside that sounded like a car crash. She discovered that the trunk of her 1980 Chevrolet Malibu had been smashed. The damage had been done by a 12-kilogram (27-pound) meteorite, which was lying beside the car and was still warm to the touch. This was a remnant of a fireball that had been visible across the eastern United States and that had been seen to break into numerous fragments, one of which hit Ms. Knapp's car. Sadly, meteorite damage is not covered by automobile insurance, but, happily, Ms. Knapp was offered several tens of thousands of dollars for the meteorite (and the car).

Click here to see a 1-Mbyte MPEG movie that contains the home video record of the daytime passage of a meteor near Peekskill, New York on October 9, 1992. The meteor was filmed by a spectator at a nearby football game. The meteorite crashed into the trunk of a car, with results that are shown in the final frame of this clip. This was was the first known video record of a meteorite fall for which the corresponding object was immediately found.