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Suspected meteorite strike in France after car found with hole in roof
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The fire department in Strasbourg, France, said it suspected "the fall of a stellar body" as the culprit.
Officials in Strasbourg are investigating a suspected meteorite strike, after a parked car was found with a 50-centimetre diameter hole in its roof.
The fire department were called out early on Monday morning to reports of smoke coming from a car which was parked in a suburb of the city in north-east France.
"Following reconnaissance by the first team, we suspect the fall of a stellar body," wrote the Bas-Rhin Sdis, the regional fire department, in its intervention report published mid-day.
"When we arrived, we noticed a relatively large impact, around 50 centimetres in diameter, which had gone through the roof, underbody and fuel tank of the vehicle", fire department captain Matthieu Colobert told AFP.
Colobert said his team does have a "suspicion" about a gravel stone which is around two centimetres wide, which was found at the scene.
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