Hodges Meteorite Strike

Hewlett and Ann E. Hodges stand with a police officer in the living room of their home near Sylacauga in Talladega County. The hole in the ceiling above them was made by a meteorite that crashed through the roof of the house on November 30, 1954.

Mrs. Hodges, the mayor, and police chief examine the hole left by the meteorite that struck Mrs. Hodges in Sylacauga
Courtesy of the University of Alabama Museums
Mrs. Hodges, the mayor, and police chief examine the hole left by the meteorite that struck Mrs. Hodges in Sylacauga