[meteorite-list] NP Article, 12-1954 Women Ask Return of Fallen Meteorite (Sylacauga)
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:45 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV39wSA1XvpFV00013ae1_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C32302.43D44F40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Ames Daily Tribune =20 City: Ames, Iowa =20 Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1954 Page: 4 Woman Ask Return of Fallen Meteorite SYLACAUGA, Ala. (UP) - Mrs. Hulett Hodges, the first person ever struck b= y a falling meteortie, demanded today that the Air Force return teh one t= hat ripped into her home and injured her. The meteorite, six or eight inches in diameter, fell through her roof lea= ving a three-foot hole and struck her on the hip and hand Tuesday afterno= on. She was only slighty injured, however, by the object that may have be= en one of many that fell from a 40-mile high explosion visible in three s= tates. A helicopter crew from Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., flew to Mrs. Hodges'= home to examine the object and the Air Force said it would be taken to A= ir Force laboratories in Washington. Sylacauga Mayor Ed J. Howard apparently unaware of the Air force's plans,= said the nine-pound object would be placed in the state museum of Natura= l History at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. But the 32-year old Mrs. Hodges and her huband said they planned to deman= d that the Air Force return the stone-like object to them as a souvenir. She said she was lying on her sofa when she heard the explosion that was = plainly visible to persons from Atlanta to Greenville, Miss. A few second= s later she said, the meteorite came tearing through the roof of her home= . Mrs. Hodges, who was later treated for shock and bruses, said she ran out= side after regaining her composure and saw, about a mile up, "a kind of b= oiling smoke." Editor James E. Mills of the Scripps-Howard Birmingham Post-Herald saw th= e phenomenon south-east of Birmingham. "It looked something like a shell burst but gave off white smike. Then it= trailed off in a spiral 1,000 feet below and was visble for about 15 min= utes." Mills said. George Swindle, a field representative of the U.S. Geological Survey, who= was in Sylacauga for a water survey, examined the meteorite that hit Mrs= . Hodges and said it was of the "sulphide variety." Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C32302.43D44F40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Paper:</B> Ames Daily Tribune </P><B> <P>City:</B> Ames, Iowa </P><= B> <P>Date:</B> Wednesday, December 01, 1954</P> <P>Page: 4</P></FONT><FO= NT face=3DArial size=3D2> <P> </P> <P>Woman Ask Return of Fallen Met= eorite</P> <P> </P> <P>SYLACAUGA, Ala. (UP) - Mrs. Hulett Hodges, th= e first person ever struck by a falling meteortie, demanded today that th= e Air Force return teh one that ripped into her home and injured her.</P>= <P>The meteorite, six or eight inches in diameter, fell through her roof= leaving a three-foot hole and struck her on the hip and hand Tuesday aft= ernoon. She was only slighty injured, however, by the object that may hav= e been one of many that fell from a 40-mile high explosion visible in thr= ee states.</P> <P>A helicopter crew from Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., fl= ew to Mrs. Hodges' home to examine the object and the Air Force said it w= ould be taken to Air Force laboratories in Washington.</P> <P>Sylacauga M= ayor Ed J. Howard apparently unaware of the Air force's plans, said the n= ine-pound object would be placed in the state museum of Natural History a= t the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.</P> <P>But the 32-year old Mrs= . Hodges and her huband said they planned to demand that the Air Force re= turn the stone-like object to them as a souvenir.</P> <P>She said she was= lying on her sofa when she heard the explosion that was plainly visible = to persons from Atlanta to Greenville, Miss. A few seconds later she said= , the meteorite came tearing through the roof of her home.</P> <P>Mrs. Ho= dges, who was later treated for shock and bruses, said she ran outside af= ter regaining her composure and saw, about a mile up, "a kind of boiling = smoke."</P> <P>Editor James E. Mills of the Scripps-Howard Birmingham Pos= t-Herald saw the phenomenon south-east of Birmingham.</P> <P>"It looked s= omething like a shell burst but gave off white smike. Then it trailed off= in a spiral 1,000 feet below and was visble for about 15 minutes." Mills= said.</P> <P>George Swindle, a field representative of the U.S. Geologic= al Survey, who was in Sylacauga for a water survey, examined the meteorit= e that hit Mrs. Hodges and said it was of the "sulphide variety."</P></FO= NT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.Meteorite= Articles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</D= IV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C32302.43D44F40-- Received on Sun 25 May 2003 10:11:53 PM PDT |
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