55th Anniversary (1954), Sylacauga Meteorite Fall (Hit Woman)

55th Anniversary (1954), Sylacauga Meteorite Fall (Hit Woman)

The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954 at 2:46pm (18:46 U.T.)[1] on the town of Sylacauga, Alabama.

It is often improperly[2] called the Hodges Meteorite, which was a fragment of the meteorite. The Hodges Meteorite is the first documented extraterrestrial object to have injured a human being.[3] It was a grapefruit-sized fragment of the Sylacauga meteorite[2] which fell on November 30, 1954. It crashed through the roof of a frame house in Oak Grove, Alabama, bounced off a large wooden console radio, and hit Ann Elizabeth Hodges (1923-1972) who was napping on a couch. The 31 year old woman was badly bruised on one side of her body but able to walk. The event received worldwide publicity.

Hodges Meteorite is not the only extraterrestrial object to have struck a human. In 1992 a very small fragment (3g) of Mbale meteorite hit a young Ugandan boy,[4] but it had been slowed down by a tree and did not cause any injury.

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