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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.
The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954, at 12:46 p.m. local time (18:46 UT) [1] in Oak Grove, Alabama, near Sylacauga, in the United States. It is also commonly called the Hodges meteorite because a fragment of it struck Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges (1920–1972). [2]
It was a clear night in Golden, British Columbia, and 66-year-old Ruth Hamilton was sound asleep in her home when she was startled awake by something truly out of this world. Hamilton was sleeping ...
Herd - who is also curator of the university's meteorite collection - arrived at the scene 10 days after the possible meteorite crash to document the origin of the fragments found by the ...
It was the most powerful asteroid strike in more than 100 years, and left around 1,500 people injured as well as causing significant damage to buildings and blowing out windows. Show comments ...
The Wetumpka impact crater is the only confirmed impact crater in Alabama, United States.It is located east of downtown Wetumpka in Elmore County.The crater is 4.7 miles (7.6 km) in diameter, and its age is estimated to be about 85 million years (late Cretaceous), [1] based on fossils found in the youngest disturbed deposits, which belong to the Mooreville Chalk Formation.
For the first time in human history both video and sound of a meteorite have been captured as it hit Earth. ... USA TODAY Sports. NFL free agents 2025: Ranking top 25 from Tee Higgins to Russell ...
On the evening of April 27, 2011, a violent, deadly and destructive high-end EF4 multi-vortex tornado, commonly known as either the Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado, [1] or more simply the Tuscaloosa tornado, [2] devastated portions of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, as well as smaller communities and rural areas between the two cities.