[NZ4O Spaceweather] It Came from outter Space V 2.0

[Paul Webster]

November 30, 2010
It Came From Outer Space
Meteor
Some history stuff you just can't make up.

On this day in 1954, Mrs. Hewlett Hodges of Sylacauga, Ala., (about 40 miles south of Birmingham) became the first known person to be struck by a meteorite. According to reports of the day, Mrs. Hodges was napping on a couch when the meteorite—some 6 to 8 inches in diameter—crashed through the roof of her house leaving a three-foot hole and striking her on her arm and hip. She was injured only slightly.

The U.S. Air Force flew to Hodge's home and took the nine-pound object back to Washington. The Hodges demanded that the rock be returned to them so their family could keep it as a souvenir.

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