By University of Alabama
It was Nov. 30, 1954, outside Sylacauga, Alabama. Ann Hodges napped on her couch, snuggled under quilts, unaware that people in three states had seen a light streak across the midday sky. Nor did she hear the boom that some people thought, according to newspaper reports, was a plane crash.
Suddenly something blew a hole in her roof, ricocheted off a large Philco radio and struck her in the side. Hodges later said she thought the space heater had exploded, but when the dust cleared, there was a grapefruit-sized rock. She called for help and the mayor, police chief and fire department arrived.
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