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Ann Elizabeth Hodges (
1923 -
1972) of
Sylacauga,
Alabama is the only person of record to have been hit by a
meteorite. On
November 30,
1954, she was napping on her living room couch when a
grapefruit-sized meteoroid crashed through the roof of her house. It bounced off her large wooden console
radio, destroying it, and struck her on the arm and hip. She was badly bruised but able to walk.
As it streaked through the
atmosphere, the
meteor made a fireball visible from three states, even though it fell early in the afternoon. As the first documented case of an extraterrestrial object hitting a person, the event received worldwide publicity.
The
United States Air Force sent a
helicopter to take the meteorite. Hodges' husband, Eugene, hired a lawyer to get it back. The Hodgeses' landlord also claimed it, wanting to sell it to cover the damage to the house. There were offers of up to 5,000
U.S. dollars for the meteorite. By the time the meteorite was returned to the Hodgeses, over a year later, public attention had diminished and they were unable to find a buyer willing to pay much money.
Ms. Hodges was uncomfortable with the public attention and the stress of the dispute over ownership of the meteorite. Against her husband's wishes, she donated it to the Alabama Museum of Natural History. It is an
ordinary chondrite stone (
H4),
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) and weighs about 8.5 pounds (4 kg). It is on display at the
University of Alabama.
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