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A meteorite crashed through a roof in Sylacauga, Alabama, and hit a sleeping woman in the first verified case of a human being injured by an extraterrestrial object.
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Sylacauga (meteorite)
Meteorite that fell in 1954 in Alabama
The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954, at 12:46 p.m. local time in Oak Grove, Alabama, near Sylacauga, in the United States. It is also commonly called the Hodges meteorite because a fragment of it struck Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges (1920–1972).Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sylacauga, Alabama
City in Alabama, United States
Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,578.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)