According to overseas research, there are some 120 meteor impact craters in the world. In the Asia-Pacific region, they had been found in Australia, Indochina, and Sumatra. But the chance of one in Taiwan, with its small area, was slight, so the claim has been greeted with some skepticism.
根據國外統計，目前全世界已知或存疑的隕石坑約 120 個，包括澳洲、及亞洲地區的中南半島、印尼蘇門答臘都曾發現隕石坑，但以台灣彈丸小島的土地面積來看，會湊巧被隕石擊中的機率實在不大，也因此引發質疑。