Qualla: Sylacauga Meteorite https://qualla.com/sylacauga-meteorite en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/f/s/sylacauga-meteorite-wp/2024-10-21-tuscaloosa-al-usa-h.jpg Qualla: Sylacauga Meteorite https://qualla.com/sylacauga-meteorite Sylacauga Meteorite: Introduction https://qualla.com/sylacauga-meteorite/ Photo credit Kai NeSmith, CC BY 4.0. Ann Hodges was napping on her couch when the universe decided to pay a house call. At 12:46 p.m. on November 30, 1954, a grapefruit-sized chunk of space rock punched through the roof of her farmhouse in Oak Grove, Alabama, bounced off a wooden console radio, and struck the 34-year-old woman on her left side. She was badly bruised but alive, making her the only verified person in recorded history to be hit by a meteorite. The rock had traveled millions of miles through the void of space, survived a fiery plunge through the atmosphere visible from three states, and ended its journey on the hip of a woman taking an afternoon nap near the small town of Sylacauga.

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/f/s/sylacauga-meteorite-wp/djfs-sylacauga-meteorite-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Sylacauga Meteorite: Fire Across Three States https://qualla.com/sylacauga-meteorite/ Photo credit Kai NeSmith, CC BY 4.0. Even in the early afternoon, the Sylacauga meteorite announced itself with spectacle. The fireball blazed bright enough to be seen from three American states as it tore through the atmosphere. Witnesses on the ground reported hearing explosions and loud booms, the telltale signat...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/f/s/sylacauga-meteorite-wp/djfs-sylacauga-meteorite-fire-across-three-states.mp3 0:06 2 full Sylacauga Meteorite: A Rock, a Radio, and a Rude Awakening https://qualla.com/sylacauga-meteorite/ Photo credit Kai NeSmith, CC BY 4.0. The chain of events inside the Hodges farmhouse reads like something engineered by a mischievous cosmic screenwriter. The meteorite fragment penetrated the roof, struck the large wooden console radio in the living room, and ricocheted into Ann Hodges as she lay on the couch. The ...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/f/s/sylacauga-meteorite-wp/djfs-sylacauga-meteorite-a-rock-a-radio-and-a-rude-awakening.mp3 0:06 3 full Sylacauga Meteorite: Who Owns a Piece of the Sky? https://qualla.com/sylacauga-meteorite/ Photo credit Kai NeSmith, CC BY 4.0. The meteorite ignited a bitter ownership dispute that consumed the Hodges family. Ann and her husband Hewlett claimed the rock as theirs, since it had literally struck Ann. Their landlord, Bertie Guy, countered that the meteorite had fallen on her property and therefore belonged ...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/f/s/sylacauga-meteorite-wp/djfs-sylacauga-meteorite-who-owns-a-piece-of-the-sky.mp3 0:06 4 full Sylacauga Meteorite: Cosmic Odds and a Lasting Legacy https://qualla.com/sylacauga-meteorite/ Photo credit Kai NeSmith, CC BY 4.0. The Sylacauga meteorite remains singular in the annals of science. While the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia reportedly caused casualties, and a small fragment struck a boy in Mbale, Uganda in 1992 without injury after being slowed by a tree, no other documented case matches the d...

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