It looks cheesy now, but I liked the wireframe look of the car. I thought of simulating the effect on my car with this stuff http://www.e-lite.com/flatlite.htm

This happened to me when i was in PDX a few weeks ago. I was leaving the secured area after getting off a plane, i was near the screeners but not yet through. The TSA people started yelling and did the same thing you described and had everyone freeze.

It only lasted a few minutes for me.