Someone tried to steel my car?

I live in a house with a bunch of other university students, most went home for the holidays except me and another person, my car was parked near her window and the front gate, she woke up to get a glass of water heard a noise, looked outside of the window and well my car was half way out the drive way and the criminals where gone. The police said that they where finished hot wiring the car all they had to do was start it but they had trouble because its a automatic (the cop said if it was a manual it was gone). So here is my question, its clear that they rolled my car away from the window, what is more likely?

did they push it away from the window, tried to hot wire it and then got out of dodge when there was movement it the house.
tried to hot wire it realized they could not and then tried to push it out of the property and when it became clear someone is awake they go the hell out of dodge
tried to hot wire it realized they could not and then left.

Also is it true that a automatic can't be hot wired?

my roommate did not see them, she only saw the car in the drive way and the security gate open and its a 1992 Honda Ballade.

It doesn't make a difference if it is an automatic or manual. That has nothing to do with getting the car crank.

It doesn't matter if its A or M if they hotwire they can move it