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Title: The Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama, Aerolite (CN=0863,332)
Authors: Swindel, G. W. & Jones, W. B.

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Ann Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama was hit by a meteorite on November 30, 1954.

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The Sylacauga (H4) meteorite fell in Alabama, USA, on the 30th November, 1954.
A total mass of 5.56 kg was recovered.

33° 11' 18"N, 86° 17' 40"W

The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954 at 2:46pm (18:46 U.T.) near the town of Sylacauga, Alabama. Although officially known as the Sylacauga meteorite, it is often referred to as the Hodges meteorite because a fragment of it struck Ann Elizabeth Hodges (1923-1972).
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The meteorite that crashed through the roof of a house in 1954 and struck a woman is coming back to Oak Grove, and this time its arrival is welcome.
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Today in 1954, Ann Hodges lay down for a nap on her living room couch in her house in Sylacauga, Ala., little imagining that she was about to make history. She was woken suddenly by an eight and a half pound fragment of what would be dubbed the Sylacauga Aerolite smashing through her ceiling, rebounding off of a console radio, and colliding with her hip.
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The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954 at 2:46pm (18:46 U.T.) on the town of Sylacauga, Alabama.

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Sylacauga residents old enough to remember a famous meteorite strike there 52 years ago may understand why Decatur-area residents were so curious about a lime-green object streaking across the night sky Tuesday.
People began calling 911 lines when the object appeared at 5:28 Tuesday, bright enough for residents of Morgan and Cullman counties to wonder if the object they saw was a plane crashing or the result of an explosion.

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Latitude; 33.173N: Longitude; -86.251W (rough area)

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