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Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges (also known as Mrs. Hodges, Mrs. Hewlett Hodges, and Mrs. Huelitt Hodges; [1] February 2, 1920 – September 10, 1972) was an American woman known for being the first documented individual not only to be struck by a meteorite, but also to live through the encounter.
Ann Hodges was uncomfortable with the public attention and the stress of the dispute over ownership of the meteorite. [9] The Hodgeses donated it to the Alabama Museum of Natural History in 1956. [7] A slice of the meteorite, the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian, DC
Sylacauga is the site of the first documented case of an object from outer space hitting a person. On November 30, 1954, a 4 kg (9 lb) piece of what became known as the Hodges Fragment from the Sylacauga Meteorite crashed through the roof of an Oak Grove house, bounced off a radio, and badly bruised Ann Hodges, who was taking an afternoon nap. [4]
On November 30, 1954, Ann Hodges, who was just trying to get her beauty sleep when a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite, in a truly dramatic entrance, pierced her ceiling, gave her radio a nudge for ...
People living along the East Coast might have seen a large meteor flash across the sky Sunday night. News 12 New Jersey even managed to capture video of it. WCAU reported people in Pennsylvania ...
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