Ah yea, ok, I might not be a trained scientist, but, how did this little critter survive the heat from the meteor coming through the atmosphere, huh? And how does he know it’s not some kind of contamination from earth? Now if he’d found this in outer space that might be a whole other can of worms, if you get my drift ;)
Paging LT Commander Data.
If the meteor is coming straight down, it would only be subjected to high temps for a few seconds, which wouldn't penetrate deeply into the rock.